Syosset High School

• The boys' swim team has been undefeated since the 2015-16 season, going 70-0 in the dual meet season of 2023. The team won its 5th straight Conference 1 title and Nassau County Championships in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2024.{{Cite web|url=http://www.syossetswimming.com/archive.html|title=Syosset Swimming | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809123855/http://www.syossetswimming.com/archive.html | archive-date=2020-08-09}}
• The football team won the 1974 New York State Championship{{cite web | url = http://www.newsday.com/sports/highschool/ny-hsfbchampionships,0,2413888.htmlstory | title = Long Island High School Sports News – Newsday – Scores & Recaps | publisher = Newsday | date = February 28, 2010 | access-date = November 20, 2014}} and the Long Island Championship in 2014.{{cite web | url = http://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/football/syosset-beats-lindenhurst-35-13-for-class-i-title-1.9663251 | title = Syosset beat Lindenhurst, 35-13, for Class I title | publisher = Newsday | date = November 28, 2014 | access-date = December 1, 2014}}
• The boys' cross country team won ten back-to-back Nassau County titles from 1996 to 2006. The cross country and track and field teams have won eleven back-to-back county titles from 2012 to 2016. On February 5, 2005, athletes Chris Howell, Adam Lampert, Dan Tully and Sean Tully set the national indoor record in the 4 × 800 metres relay in a time of 7:42.22. The same team won national championships at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships and Nike Outdoor Nationals and won the 4 × 800 metres relay at the Penn Relays on April 29, 2005.{{Cite web | url = https://ny.milesplit.com/articles/20440/coaches-corner-bart-sessa-syosset | title = Coaches Corner: Bart Sessa - Syosset | first = Christopher | last = Hunt | website = MileSplit New York}}{{Cite web | url = https://ny.milesplit.com/meets/78367-new-balance-indoor-nationals/results/150471/raw | title = New Balance Indoor Nationals - Championship Boys 4x800 (Raw) | website = MileSplit New York}}

In the 1970s, the high school was known for the Substitute Enrichment Program. Funds that would have gone to pay a substitute teacher were instead used to help bring in special guest speakers and class-long programs. When a teacher was absent, students had the option to attend the sub program or go to study hall. Guest speakers included sports figures and artists. For instance, alumni recall seeing Isaac Asimov talking with the late Harry Chapin in the school's Little Theater.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/10/archives/long-island-weekly-substitutes-for-substitute-teachers-substitutes.html|title=Substitutes for Substitute Teachers|last=Kennedy|first=Shawn G.|date=December 10, 1978|website=New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2019}}

In the 2010s, Syosset students created a program titled Breaking Borders, which works to mitigate racial and socioeconomic boundaries on Long Island. Since its founding, the program has significantly grown to include schools from all around Long Island, including Freeport High School.{{Cite web |title=Breaking Borders: Students Discuss Long Island’s Racial/Cultural Issues in Pilot Program - ERASE Racism |url=https://www.eraseracismny.org/component/content/article/490 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=www.eraseracismny.org}}{{Cite web |title=Breaking Borders Brings Communities Together |url=https://www.freeportschools.org/news/archived_news/2020/march/breaking_borders_brings_communities_together |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=freeportschools.org |language=en-US}}

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• Judd Apatow (born 1967), screenwriter, director, and producer[https://connecticut.news12.com/syosset-native-judd-apatow-directs-new-netflix-film "Syosset native Judd Apatow directs new Netflix film"], News 12 Networks, April 19, 2022. Accessed February 8, 2023. "The book features interviews with the greatest comedians of our time, including one with John Candy that Judd did for his Syosset High School radio station when he was a student there."{{cite web | last = Weber | first = Christopher | url = http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/20/school-of-stars-judd-apatow-elaine-chao-michael-isikoff-w-va/ | title = School of Stars: Judd Apatow, Elaine Chao, Michael Isikoff, W.Va. First Lady? | publisher = Politicsdaily.com | access-date = January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724012635/http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/20/school-of-stars-judd-apatow-elaine-chao-michael-isikoff-w-va/ |archive-date=July 24, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
• Lesley Arfin (born 1979), television writer and author, Girls, Love, Brooklyn 99Jacobson, Aileen. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118221350/lesley-arfin-and-gabe-rotter-of/ "Friends’ divergent paths to publication"], Newsday, August 26, 2007. Accessed February 8, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "When they were youngsters Gabe Rotter and Lesley Arfin were best friends running around the neighborhood with a pack of other kids in The Woodlands a condominium complex in Woodbury where they both lived.... By the time they got to Syosset High School they'd drifted into separate cliques both say and eventually lost touch."
• Vito Arujau (born 1999), NCAA Division I All-American wrestlerSarra, Gregg. [https://www.newsday.com/beta/sports/columnists/gregg-sarra/pound-for-pound-syosset-s-vito-arujau-proves-he-s-one-of-the-greats-t08170 "Pound for pound, Syosset’s Vito Arujau proves he’s one of the greats"], Newsday, February 25, 2017. Accessed February 8, 2023. "Arujau left little doubt as to who was the best wrestler in the 138-pound weight class. The Syosset senior rolled through the bracket with two quick pins and a major decision before punctuating his career with an 8-3 win over Hauppauge’s Jake Silverstein before a crowd of more than 6,000."
• Jay Bienstock (born 1965), Emmy award-winning television producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Voice{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
• Sue Bird (born 1980) Israeli-American Women's National Basketball Association point guard, four-time WNBA champion, five-time Olympic champion, thirteen-time All-Star (Seattle Storm){{cite web | last = Livnat | first = Arie | url = http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/women-s-basketball-no-1-wnba-draft-pick-sue-bird-headed-to-ramle-1.205982 | title = No. 1 WNBA Draft pick Sue Bird headed to Ramle | work = Haaretz | date = December 16, 2010 | access-date = December 20, 2010}} (She attended Syosset High School but graduated from Christ the King Regional High School{{Cite web | url = https://nypost.com/2010/04/05/christ-the-kings-wnba-royalty/ | title = Christ the King's WNBA Royalty | last = Raimondi | first = Marc | date = April 5, 2010 | website = New York Post|access-date=August 10, 2017}})
• Alan Blinder – economist, author, and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Rosa Brooks – writer, law professor, former Department of Defense staff member (formerly known as Rosa Ehrenreich)
• Elaine Chao – former Secretary of Transportation, former Secretary of Labor, first Asian-Pacific American woman to be appointed a cabinet member{{Cite news |last=Marquis |first=Christopher |date=2001-01-12 |title=Woman in the News; A Washington Veteran for Labor; a Tested Negotiator for Trade; Elaine Lan Chao |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/12/us/woman-washington-veteran-for-labor-tested-negotiator-for-trade-elaine-lan-chao.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |issn=0362-4331}}
• George Drakoulias – music producer, music supervisor
• Ben Ehrenreich – journalist and novelist
• Alan Eichler – theatrical publicist, producer and talent manager{{Cite web | url = http://broadwayworld.com/bwidb/people/Alan_Eichler/ | title = Broadway World – #1 for Broadway Shows, Theatre, Entertainment, Tickets & More! |access-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709031144/http://broadwayworld.com/bwidb/people/Alan_Eichler/ |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
• Sibel Galindez – actress
• Paul Ginsparg – physicist
• Jerry Gershenhorn – historian
• Brooke Gladstone – journalist and media analyst
• Wayne Gladstone – writer and humorist
• Rick Hodes – medical doctor known for work in the developing world
• Brenda Howard – political activist
• Michael Isikoff – Newsweek journalist
• Kathleen Kim – puppeteer behind the Sesame Street character Ji-Young, the show’s first Asian American Muppet
• Mitchell Lazar – physician-scientist{{Cite web | url = http://www.med.upenn.edu/lazarlab/ | title = Lazar Lab Home }}{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Syosset High School.}}
• Kenneth Lin – playwright
• Jon Lovett – former Presidential speechwriter for Barack Obama and current podcast host{{Cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2017/06/01/podcaster-jon-lovett-aims-to-deliver-a-tonic-for-our-troubled-times/ | title = Podcaster Jon Lovett aims to deliver a tonic for our troubled times | newspaper = Washington Post|access-date=August 10, 2017}}
• Carolyne Mas – singer-songwriter
• Robert Maschio – actor, Scrubs
• Idina Menzel – actress and singer
• Ed Newman (born 1951), National Football League All-Pro football player
• Mac O'Keefe (1998) Premier Lacrosse League National Lacrosse League All Time leading Goal Scorer in NCAA D1 lacrosse history
• Jeff Panzer – music video executive
• Adam Pascal – actor and singer
• Michael Pollan (1973) – writer
• Tracy Pollan – actress
• Natalie Portman – Israeli-American actress
• Felissa Rose – actress{{cite web|work=Macabre Daily|url=https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/felissa-rose-talks-to-macabre-daily-at-necromantic-brew-cos-dismember-to-remember|title=Felissa Rose talks to Macabre Daily at Necromantic Brew Co.'s Dismember to Remember!|date=December 27, 2023|last=Greenblatt|first=Lowell|url-status=live|archive-date=October 13, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241013193512/https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/felissa-rose-talks-to-macabre-daily-at-necromantic-brew-cos-dismember-to-remember}}
• Liz Rosenberg – poet, novelist, children's book author
• Gabe Rotter (born 1978), novelist, television writer and producer
• Jim Rowinski – NBA player
• Dave Rubin – television personality and political commentator, host of The Rubin Report
• John C. Russell – playwright{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/magazine/lives-well-lived-john-c-russell-he-who-dances.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm/ | title = LIVES WELL LIVED: JOHN C. RUSSELL; He Who Dances | newspaper = The New York Times | date = January 1, 1995 | access-date = January 24, 2011}}
• Carl Safina – conservationist and author
• Doug Stegmeyer – bassist in Billy Joel's band {{Cite web | url = https://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/doug-stegmeyer/ | title = Long Island Music Hall of Fame}},
• Brandon Taubman – baseball executive, former assistant general manager for the Houston Astros{{Cite web | url = https://heavy.com/sports/2019/10/brandon-taubman/ | title = Brandon Taubman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | last1 = Cleary | first1 = Tom | work = Heavy.com | date = October 24, 2019}}{{Cite magazine | url = http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/houston-solved-problem/ | title = Houston, We Solved a Problem | last1 = Herzog | first1 = Brad | magazine = Cornell Alumni Magazine | date = March 2018}}
• Doug Varone – choreographer
• Barry Weiss – Chairman of BMG Label Group
• Meg Wolitzer – novelist
• Irad Young (born 1971) – American-Israeli soccer player
• Jordan Young – television producer and writer

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