Earl L. Vandermeulen High School

The current school building was originally built by the Public Works Administration.Propose New High School

Building at Port Jefferson, Suffolk County News (Dec. 1, 1933)

Port Jefferson High School was renamed around 1960 in honor of Earl L.

Vandermeulen, who served as principal from 1923Port Jefferson

Echo (Sept. 1, 1923) to 1960.

As of 2014, the current student body size (9th - 12th grade) is close

to 400 students.

In the past, the school served a larger student population, including

students from a number of other communities that did not have their

own high schools.{{cite news | url=http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2007-06-14-64916.112114_Port_Jeffersons_50th_Senior_Ball.html | title=Port Jefferson's 50th Senior Ball | work=Port Times | date=June 15, 2007 | accessdate=July 14, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130630004347/http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2007-06-14-64916.112114_Port_Jeffersons_50th_Senior_Ball.html | archivedate=June 30, 2013 }}{{cite news | url=http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2005-05-19-51154.112114-sub_National_recognition_warms_an_old_grads_heart.html | title=National recognition warms an old grad's heart | publisher=Port Times, Times Beacon Record | date=May 19, 2005 | accessdate=July 14, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130731174706/http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2005-05-19-51154.112114-sub_National_recognition_warms_an_old_grads_heart.html | archivedate=July 31, 2013 }} In 1933, for example, the school was

also accepting students from [[Port Jefferson Station, New York|Port

Jefferson Station]], Terryville,

Belle Terre, [[Miller Place, New York|Miller

Place]], Mount Sinai,

Rocky Point, [[Wading River, New York|Wading

River]], Shoreham,

Middle Island, West Middle Island, West

Yaphank, Ridge, Coram,

Selden, and Stony Brook.{{cite news | title=10 L.I. School Areas To Discuss Merger | newspaper= The New York Times | date=Aug 26, 1956 }}(reporting that 10 districts considering a merger, Coram, West Middle Island, East Middle Island, Ridge Yaphank, Shoreham, Miller Place, Rocky Point, Sound Beach, and Wading River were currently sending all secondary students to Port Jefferson High School) As surrounding communities began to

open their own high schools with the spread of suburban growth into

Suffolk County, this practice subsided,

and finally ended with the opening of [[Mount Sinai, New York|Mount

Sinai]] High School in 1991. The last graduating class outside Port Jefferson from Mount Sinai graduated in June 1992.

In 2008, the school was placed 127th on Newsweek Magazine's 1,300 top U.S. high schools list, which placed it first among school ranked in Suffolk County and 20th among schools ranked in New York.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380 | title=The Top of the Class 2008: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. high schools | magazine=Newsweek | date=May 17, 2008 | accessdate=July 14, 2009}} According to 2007 data, 98.9% of school graduates earn a New York State Regent's diploma, 78.2 percent of graduates plan to attend 4 year college, and 19.5% plan to attend a 2-year college.{{cite web|url=http://longisland.newsday.com/schools/graduates.php |title=Newsday: High School Graduates |accessdate=2009-07-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703112943/http://longisland.newsday.com/schools/graduates.php |archivedate=2009-07-03 }}

Earl L. Vandermeulen fields a number of varsity and junior varsity athletic teams in Section 11 (League 8) of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, including the following sports:

Fall

• Football (Boys)
• Soccer (Boys and Girls)
• Volleyball (Girls)
• Gymnastics (Girls)
• Cross Country (Boys and Girls)
• Field Hockey (Girls)
• Golf (Coed)
• Cheerleading (Girls)
• Tennis (Girls)

Winter

• Basketball (Boys and Girls)
• Winter Track (Boys and Girls)
• Wrestling (Boys)
• Cheerleading (Girls)

Spring

• Baseball (Boys)
• Softball (Girls)
• Track (Boys and Girls)
• Lacrosse (Boys and Girls)
• Tennis (Boys and Girls)

• James F. Burke: Cornet soloist.
• Chris Colmer: National Football League player.
• Maurice DuBois: Television anchorman.Footnote 1 of Maurice DuBois Wikipedia entry: "Messinger, Eric [http://www.newyorkfamily.com/the-big-story/ "The Big Story"] New York Family (ndg)".
• Les Goodman: National Football League player.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GOODMLES01 |title=Les Goodman |publisher=databaseFootball.com |accessdate=October 3, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531140952/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GOODMLES01 |archivedate=May 31, 2012 }}
• Toby Knight: National Basketball Association player.{{cite web|url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/knighto01.html|title= Toby Knight|publisher=Basketball-Reference.Com|accessdate= October 4, 2012}}
• Steven Legendre: United States men's national artistic gymnastics team member & Nissen-Emery Award winner.
• Ed McMullen: U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
• Martin Tankleff: Wrongfully convicted in the 1988 murder of his parents.

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• http://www.portjeffschools.org/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100426122248/http://portjefferson.com/

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