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“There’s always the question of what peoplee would think if we diddrop down,” says who is Nardin’s principal. “But that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyond looking at test results. We want to make certaij our students receivea well-rounded education.” That strategy has paid off agaib this year, as Nardih once again ranks No. 1 among Western New York’s high The all-girls Catholic school has finished firs for eight consecutiveyears -- amongg private schools from 2002 to 2006, and on the combined list ever since. for the completes high school rankings. And for separate rankingsw for each section of WesterhnNew York.
Williamsville East High Schoolis No. 2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighboring Williamsville Northy High School holds third place this up from fifthin 2008. Business Firsr analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-county region, using four years of data from the New York Stat e Education Department. The formula weighed each school’d Regents diploma rate, as well as its scores on a wide arraty ofRegents exams. Nardim emerged as the clear leader. Ninety-nine percentt of its 2008 graduates earned Regentsz diplomas withadvanced designations, which are awarded to seniords who pass eight Regent exams. No other high school in the region did betteer than85 percent.
Reede says her goal is to push Nardin’s advancecd diploma rate one point higheer to100 percent. “We haven’t done it, but it continuews to be something that weshoot for,” she “We always try to challenge our and this is definitely one way to do Williamsville East climbed to seconrd place in 2008 -- its best finisgh ever -- and remains there this year. It’ss one of three Western New York high schools wherew morethan two-thirds of students posted superior scorezs (85 or better) on Regents exams in math, global history and U.S. (Nardin and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Hearg arethe others.
) “Whe you’ve done as well as we some people might think there’s no more room for says Neal Miller, Williamsville East’s principal. “Bugt we’ve never thought that. Every year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie County is Notrde DameHigh School, which ranks seventh The Batavia school, which has an enrollment of 172, drawsa students from six counties. Some live as far away as Brockporttand Warsaw. “There’s no says Joseph Scanlan, Notre Dame’s principal. “We’rew basically old school. We expect all of our kids to do Does thatalways happen? No, but it doesn’ mean that we let up.
” Twenty-eightf high schools are winners of subject awards, putting them among the top 10 percen in English/foreign languages, science or social studies. for complete lists of subject awardd winners. Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsville Nortj are the only schools to sweeo all foursubject awards, while 12 institutionse are honored in a single field. Principak Kevin Ryan credits longerd class periods with helping Alden Senior High Schoolp win its sole subjecg awardin science.
“In both biology and eartuh science, we have an 80-minut class every day along withan 80-minutd lab every other day,” he “That gives us some really solid, concentrated time on science, which has had positive Private schools are not requirefd to administer Regents exams, and Buffalk Seminary, Canisius High School, Nicholsa School and Park School of Buffaloo are among those that They have been excluded from the academi rankings, since Business First lacks the necessary data to generatr objective ratings.