Floral Park Memorial High School

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Floral Park Memorial High School is a coeducational, public high school in Floral Park, New York, United States. It is one of five schools in the Sewanhaka Central High School District. It enrolls students in grades 7 through 12. As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,389 students and 94.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.8:1.

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South Floral Park, New York

South Floral Park is a village within the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 1,741 at the time of the 2020 census. At 0.096 square miles, the Incorporated Village of South Floral Park is the smallest village in the State of New York by total area.

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Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada

The St. Mary, Queen of Peace Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy in USA and Canada is the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church eparchy of the Catholic Church for all of North America, and is home to 23 parishes and missions in different cities. The Syro-Malankara Church observes the Antiochian Rite in the Syriac language. It is immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, and is not part of an ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral is the St. Vincent de Paul Syro Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Elmont, New York, United States.

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Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul

The Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul is the seat of the Syro-Malankara Eparchy of USA and Canada. It is located in Elmont, New York, United States.

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Bellerose station

Bellerose station is a commuter rail station along the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located in the Incorporated Villages of Bellerose and Floral Park, in Nassau County, New York. The station is at Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road, 0.25 miles south of Jericho Turnpike. The station has a full-service ticket vending machine, which is located at the north entrance to the station – in addition to a daily ticket vending machine, which is located at the south entrance.

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Bellerose Village Municipal Complex

The Bellerose Village Municipal Complex is a municipal government office complex & civic center located at 50 Superior Road and Magee Plaza in the Village of Bellerose, in Nassau County, New York, United States.

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There were 253 students (18.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (2.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Awards and recognition

During the 1994–96 school years, Floral Park Memorial High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. The school also received a U.S. News gold medal for being one of the best public high schools in the United States.

Athletics

The school has color guard and marching band, junior varsity and varsity boys' and girls' basketball, boys' baseball, boys' and girls' track, girls' softball, boys' and girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' lacrosse, boys' football, girls' field hockey boys' riflery, girls' cheerleading, and kickline. The varsity girls' basketball team were the 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 Nassau County Class "A" Champions. They were the Long Island Champions in 2007–2008 and in 2008–2009. In 2024, the boys' soccer team won the New York State Class A Championship under head coach Ahkeel Rodney.

World record

In 2007, students at Floral Park Memorial High School broke the Guinness Book of World Records' previous record for the most hugs in one hour by a single person. The event was a fundraiser for a scholarship in the honor of two students who died at the end of the 2005–2006 school year.