Scarsdale High School

{{see also|Japanese in New York City}}

Around 1986 only 5% of the school was of Asian origins. By 1991 large numbers of Japanese students enrolled at Scarsdale High because their fathers, on business assignments from Japanese companies, moved to Scarsdale for the quality of the schools. By that year almost 20% of the students were of Asian origins, most of them were of Japanese ancestry and a few being of Chinese and Korean origins. The school established an English as a second language (ESL) program to help Japanese students adjust. Initially the Japanese students faced hostility from many of the American students, and some Japanese students had hostility towards classmates they felt were becoming too Americanized and/or socialized too much with Americans. Therefore, the Japanese and American students socialized separately.Handelman, David. "The Japanning of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 40]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 45]. - CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41 41]. Principal Judy Fox formed the Multicultural Steering Committee to try to resolve racial tensions within the school.Handelman, David. "The Japanizing of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 40]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 45]. - CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 42].

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In 2007, the school stopped using the Advanced Placement curriculum and started using the "Advanced Topics" curriculum instead.{{cite news | title=Scarsdale Seeks Alternative to Advanced Placement |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 18, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/18wetopic.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Scarsdale%20Seeks%20Alternative%20to%20Advanced%20Placement&st=cse&oref=slogin | first=David | last=Scharfenberg}}{{cite news |title=Scarsdale Adjusts to Life Without Advanced Placement Courses |first=Winnie |last=Hu |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/education/07advanced.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 6, 2008 |access-date=July 31, 2011}} Students were no longer required to take AP examinations. The school continued to send its syllabi to the College Board, which designs and administers AP examinations. In 2008, Winnie Hu of The New York Times wrote "most students and teachers here praise the change for replacing mountains of memorization with more sophisticated and creative curriculums." There were some parents who did not support the change. A vice president of the College Board, Trevor Packer, argued that the new curriculum had a "very cosmetic" difference to the old one.

• Boys soccer state champions (2022,2023){{Cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Mike |title=Scarsdale goes back-to-back, topping Guilderland for another NYSPHSAA boys soccer title |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/11/12/scarsdale-tops-guilderland-4-2-in-nysphsaa-boys-soccer-championship/71495752007/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Journal News |language=en-US}}
• Girls tennis state champions (2021, 2022, 2023){{Cite web |last=Wallenstein |first=Joanne |title=They Did It Again! Tennis Team Wins Division I Title for Third Year in a Row |url=https://scarsdale10583.com/schools/10534-they-did-it-again-tennis-team-wins-division-i-title-for-the-third-year-in-a-row |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Scarsdale |language=en-GB}}
• Girls golf state champions (2019, 2024){{Cite web |title=Past Champions - Girls Golf |url=https://nysphsaa.org/sports/2021/6/9/WGOLF_0609212448.aspx |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=nysphsaa.org |language=en}}

• Jacqueline Alemany (2007), journalist{{Cite news|url=http://www.marathi.tv/political-analyst/jacqueline-alemany/|title=Jacqueline Alemany CBS News Wiki, Age, Bio, Harvard, Wikipedia|date=2017-02-03|work=Marathi.TV|access-date=2017-12-02|language=en-US}}
• Eric Alterman (1978), Nation columnist{{cite web | title = Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY | publisher = NNDB | url = http://www.nndb.com/edu/846/000165351/ }}
• Jacob M. Appel (1992), author and bioethics scholar{{cite news |title=Bioethicist Discusses Health Care Controversies |first=Dan |last=Wiessner |url=http://scarsdale.patch.com/articles/bioethicist-discusses-health-care-controversies |newspaper=ScarsdalePatch |publisher=Patch |date=February 8, 2010 |access-date=July 31, 2011}}
• Nan Aron (1966), civil rights advocate, public interest lawyer{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/aron_nan_shs_1966 |title=Aron Nan (SHS 1966) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Nancy Atlas (1967), United States federal judge{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/atlas_f_nancy_shs_1967 |title=Atlas F. Nancy (SHS 1967) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Greg M. Behrman (1994), author; Henry Kissinger Fellow for Foreign Policy at The Aspen Institute; founder, editor and CEO of NationSwell{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/greg_behrman_shs_1994 |title=Greg Behrman (SHS 1994) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Marc Bell (1985), Three Time Tony Award winner{{Cite web |title=Marc Bell – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marc-bell-407091#Awards |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.ibdb.com}}
• Dan Biederman (1971), urban management pioneer
• Leslie Cannold (1983), author, commentator, ethicist, activist
• Nick Civetta (2007), rugby lock/flanker
• Ed Cohen (2001), sportscaster
• Lizabeth Cohen (1969), historian, scholar{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/lizabeth_cohen_shs_1969 |title=Lizabeth Cohen (SHS 1969) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Lydia Cornell (as Lydia Korniloff) (1971), actress
• Laura Dave (1995), novelist
• Lisa Donovan (1998), actress
• Robert Durst (1961), murderer,{{cite news |last1=Bagli |first1=Charles |title=Robert Durst Found Guilty of Murder After Decades of Suspicion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/us/robert-durst-murder-trial.html |access-date=18 September 2021 |agency=The New York Times |date=17 September 2021}} son of Seymour Durst and real estate heir{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/two-decade-spiral-into-suspicion-long-after-wife-disappears-heir-vanishes-after.html |title=A Two-Decade Spiral Into Suspicion; Long After Wife Disappears, Heir Vanishes After Texas Murder |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 21, 2001 |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• John S. Dyson (1961), businessman
• Nicole Eisenman (1983), visual artist
• Eve Ensler (1971), playwright, performer, activist{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/eve_ensler_shs_1971 |title=Eve Ensler (SHS 1971) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• David Feldshuh (1961), physician, dramatist, artistic director at Cornell University
• Tovah Feldshuh (1966), actress{{cite web|title=Broadway comes to Westchester! Tovah Comes Home!|publisher=Sarah Lawrence College|date=April 11, 2008|url=http://www.slc.edu/news-events/2007-2008/2008-04-11.php}}{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Alvin|title= THEATER; Tovah Feldshuh Comes to the Emelin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 21, 1991|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DF1039F932A15754C0A967958260}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/tovah_feldshuh_shs_1966 |title=Tovah Feldshuh (SHS 1966) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Rob Fishman (2004), entrepreneur and writer
• Richard Foreman (1955), playwright, avant-garde theater pioneer{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/richard_foreman_shs_1955 |title=Richard Foreman (SHS 1955) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• David Galef (1977), novelist, short story writer
• Lindsay Gottlieb (1995), USC Trojans head coach
• Gordon Gould (1938), physicist credited with inventing laser{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/gordon_gould_shs_1937 |title=Gordon Gould (SHS 1937) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Earl G. Graves Jr. (1980), basketball player{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/earl_graves_shs_1980 |title=Earl Graves (SHS 1980) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Ross Greenburg (1973), executive for HBO Sports{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/ross_greenburg_shs_1973 |title=Ross Greenburg (SHS 1973) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Peter Grosz (1992), actor{{Cite web | url=http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=2505169 |title = Peter Grosz, Class of 1992 - Scarsdale High School - Classmates}}
• Jonathan Haidt (1981), social psychologist
• Jeffrey Hoffman (1962), astronaut{{cite web|title=Biographical Data|publisher=NASA|date=September 2002|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hoffman.html}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/jeffrey_hoffman_shs_1962 |title=Jeffrey Hoffman (SHS 1962) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Richard Holbrooke (1958), diplomat{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/richard_holbrooke_shs_1958 |title=Richard Holbrooke (SHS 1958) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Heather H. Howard (1986), health policy expert and political advisor{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/howard_heather_shs_1986 |title=Howard Heather (SHS 1986) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Yanni Hufnagel (2001), college basketball coach
• Roger Harold Hull (1960), Educator, Administrator, Lawyer {{cite web |title=Scarsdale Inquirer, Volume XLIX, Number 24, 15 June 1967 |url=https://news.hrvh.org/veridian/?a=d&d=scarsdaleinquire19670615.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |website=news.hrvh.org/ |access-date=30 April 2023}}
• Andy Jassy (1986), CEO of Amazon{{Cite web | url=http://scarsdale10583.com/the-goods/4244-amazon-s-andy-jassy-86-to-be-interviewed-by-dr-hagerman-on-tuesday-at-8pm | title=Amazon's Andy Jassy '86 to be interviewed by Dr. Hagerman on Tuesday at 8pm}}
• Gish Jen (1974), novelist{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/gish_jen_shs_1973 |title=Gish Jen (SHS 1973) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Kenneth I. Juster (1972), government official, lawyer{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/kenneth_juster_shs_1972 |title=Kenneth Juster (SHS 1972) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Brewster Kahle (1978), founder of the Internet Archive and Wayback MachineEmail Archive 2008, Scarsdale High School PTA (2008){{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/kahle_brewster_shs_1978 |title=Kahle Brewster (SHS 1978) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Matthew Kahn (1984), environmental economics scholar
• Bob Kauffman (1964), professional basketball player
• Alison Knowles (1951), artist
• Zach Kornfeld (2008), YouTube personality and member of The Try Guys
• Barbara Kopple (1964), documentary film director{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/barbara_kopple_shs_1964 |title=Barbara Kopple (SHS 1964) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Richard Kostelanetz (1958), writer and visual artist
• Glenn Kramon (1971), journalist, assistant managing editor of The New York Times
• Robert Kuttner (1961), journalist, editor{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/robert_kuttner_shs_1961 |title=Robert Kuttner (SHS 1961) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• David Lascher (1990), actor
• John Leventhal (1970), musician, producer, songwriter, recording engineer{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/john_leventhal_shs_1970 |title=John Leventhal (SHS 1970) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Mara Liasson (1973), National Public Radio correspondent{{cite news|last=Gerring|first=Nicole|title=This is Mara Liasson|newspaper=The Ithacan|date=March 31, 2005|url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0503/31/news/7lsquoth.htm}}
• Cabot Lyford (1942), sculptor{{cite news|title=Cabot Lyford obituary |url=http://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?pid=177501513 |work=Portland Press Herald |date=2016-01-29 |access-date=2016-02-13}}
• Charles S. Maier (1956), professor of history at Harvard University
• Michael Mark (1968), musician/composer
• Linda McCartney (1960), photographer, wife of Paul McCartney{{cite news|title=Linda McCartney dead|publisher=BBC|date=April 19, 1998|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/obituaries/80481.stm}}
• Liza Minnelli (attended 1961–62, did not graduate), singer, actor{{Cite web| url=http://scarsdale.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-scarsdale-s-liza-minnelli|title= Happy Birthday to Scarsdale's Liza Minnell1|date= 2016-03-12}}
• Rick Moser (1974), NFL (Steelers) football player, actor
• Ethan Nadelmann (1975), writer and advocate on drug policy reform
• Nadine Netter (1962), tennis player
• Charles Newirth (1973), film producer
• Jack Newkirk (1932), naval aviator
• Judith Newman (1977), journalist and author
• Suzanne Nossel (1987), non-profit executive and human rights activist
• Geoffrey Nunberg (1962), noted linguist, author, professor (U C Berkeley and Stanford) and commentator on NPR's "Fresh Air"
• Emily Nussbaum (1984), journalist
• Dan O'Brien (1992), playwright, poet, librettist, essayist
• Jon Oringer (1992), entrepreneur and the founder of the popular microstock photography site Shutterstock
• Cathryn Jakobson Ramin (1975), journalist and writer
• Victoria Redel (1976), poet, fiction writer, professor at Sarah Lawrence College{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/victoria_rede_shs_1976 |title=Victoria Rede (SHS 1976) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Bryan Reynolds (1983), playwright, Shakespeare scholar
• Thomas E. Ricks (1973), journalist{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/tom_ricks_shs_1973 |title=Tom Ricks (SHS 1973) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Tom Rogers (1972), media executive{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/tom_rogers_shs_1972 |title=Tom Rogers (SHS 1972) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Dan Rosensweig (1979), business executive, CEO of Chegg{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/rosensweig_daniel_shs_1979 |title=Rosensweig Daniel (SHS 1979) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Elisabeth Rosenthal (1974), physician, journalist for The New York Times
• Cynthia E. Rosenzweig (1966), climatologist
• Douglas Rushkoff (1979), media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist and documentarian
• David Rusk (1958), author and consultant on regional strategies for metropolitan areas, former mayor of Albuquerque, member of the New Mexico legislature
• Daniel Schacter (1970), psychologist{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/daniel_schacter_70 |title=Daniel Schacter (SHS 1970) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |date=October 27, 2013 |first=Ricardo |last=Garcia-Amaya |access-date=October 23, 2014 }}
• Noah Schnapp (2022), actor
• Carl Emil Schorske (1932), cultural historian{{cite web|title=Carl E. Schorske (SHS 1932) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association }}
• Christopher M. Schroeder (1982), entrepreneur
• Alan Schwarz (1986), sportswriter
• John E. Schwarz (1957), political scientist, distinguished senior fellow at Demos
• DJ Shiftee (2004), DJ, turntablist, born Samuel Morris Zornow{{Cite web | url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/11/14/the-all-spin-zone-a-hrefhttpwwwthecrimsoncomarticleaspxref520755s/ | title=The All-Spin Zone | Magazine | the Harvard Crimson}}
• Cevin Soling (1984), filmmaker, musician, and writer
• Aaron Sorkin (1979), screenwriter{{cite web | title = Distinguished Alumni | publisher = Scarsdale Alumni Association | url = http://scarsdalealumni.org/da | access-date = 2008-06-24}}{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/new-york/scarsdale/aaron-sorkin-to-revisit-scarsdales-social-network |title=Aaron Sorkin to Revisit Scarsdale's 'Social Network' |publisher=Patch.com |date=May 23, 2011 |first=Kathleen |last=Willcox |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Andrew Ross Sorkin (1995), journalist
• Fred Stahl (1962) early computer scientist, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University.
• Richard Stengel (1973), editor of Time magazine{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/richard_stengel_shs_1973 |title=Richard Stengel (SHS 1973) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Roderick Stephens (1927), sailor
• Carolyn Strauss (1981), television executive and producer{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/carolyn_strauss_shs_1981 |title=Carolyn Strauss (SHS 1981) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• George Sugihara (1968), theoretical biologist{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/sugihara_george_shs_1968 |title=Sugihara George (SHS 1968) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Ivan Sutherland (1955), Internet pioneer{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/ivan_sutherland_shs_1955 |title=Ivan Sutherland (SHS 1955) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association }}
• Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson (1969), judge{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/o_rogeriee_thompson_shs_1969 |title=O. Rogeriee Thompson (SHS 1969) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Nina Totenberg (1962), journalist, NPR legal affairs correspondent[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ybp2xI8NXPUC&q=totenberg+%22scarsdale+high%22 Current Biography Yearbook 1996]{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/nina_totenberg_shs_1962 |title=Nina Totenberg (SHS 1962) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• James Traub (1972), journalist
• Gary Trauner (1979), Wyoming politician{{cite web|title=Raiders Football Alumni|publisher=Scarsdale Football|url=http://www.scarsdalefootball.com/alumni}}{{cite web|title=Raiders Boys Basketball Alumni|publisher=Scarsdale Boys Basket|url=http://scarsdalebasketball.com/alumni}}{{cite web|title=Raiders Boys Lacrosse Alumni|publisher=Scarsdale Boys Lacrosse|url=http://scarsdalelacrosse.com/alumni}}
• Florence Wald (1934), nurse, professor, administrator{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/florence_schorske_wald_shs_1934 |title=Florence Schorske Wald (SHS 1934) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• John Wallach (1960), journalist, author, editor, founder of Seeds of Peace{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/john_wallach_shs_1960 |title=John Wallach (SHS 1960) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Ellen Weiss (1977), radio executive{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/ellen_weiss_shs_1977 |title=Ellen Weiss (SHS 1977) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• Bob Wilber (1945), jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, band leader
• Harris Wofford (1944), United States Senator from Pennsylvania{{cite news|title = The Eyes of a Schoolboy|newspaper=Time |date = November 20, 1944|url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796807,00.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081214232150/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796807,00.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = December 14, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scarsdalealumni.org/harris_wofford_shs_1944 |title=Harris Wofford (SHS 1944) |publisher=Scarsdale Alumni Association |access-date=October 24, 2014 }}
• George Zimmer (1966), entrepreneur

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