Schreiber Once Again Recognized as a Scholar-Athlete School of Distinction

Paul D. Schreiber High School has earned the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete School of Distinction Award for the seventh time in eight years.

Schreiber is one of 32 schools in New York State to receive this recognition for the 2015-16 school year.

The award is presented to those schools whose varsity teams have all achieved a cumulative GPA of 90 percent or higher. NYSPHSAA established the program during the 2002-03 school year to honor those schools that effectively emphasize the importance of academic success with their student-athletes. It also unites varsity coaches in challenging their teams to achieve a statewide honor in addition to the Scholar/Athlete Team Award, which was initiated in the 1991-92 school year.

Schreiber's Girls Spring Track and Field team led the school with the highest unweighted GPA at 98.529. All of Schreiber’s varsity teams achieved 90 or greater as the school was one of just 32 in the state to earn the NYSPHSAA Scholar/Athlete School of Distinction Award.

“We take great pride in the success of our athletes, on and off the playing field,” said Stephanie Joannon, director of health, physical education and athletics. “This award represents the dedicated effort that is put into the classroom. When coupled with hard work and success on the field, it brings true meaning to the term ‘scholar-athlete’ and exemplifies what the program is all about.”

Approximately 875 public highs schools in New York State were eligible for this honor during the 2015-16 school year.

Story by Syntax, Photo courtesy of Port Washington UFSD: Girls Spring Track and Field team.