Amherst High School

Amherst High School offers a wide range of educational programs to students in grades nine through 12. It is a public school that has an enrollment of more than 1,000 students. The school is located in Amherst, N.Y., and is operated by Amherst Central Schools. It provides a variety of advanced placement courses to the students. The school provides curriculum that includes English, mathematics, science, social studies, accounting, chemistry, physics, and health and physical education. The school has psychologists for conducting assessments, developing educational recommendations, counseling, and intervention and behavior management programs. It also has library information center that offers project and research assignments, classroom papers and multimedia presentations. The school uses bibliographic forms in classrooms that include endnotes, reference lists, footnotes and NoodleTools database for preparation and documentation from print and nonprint materials, including electronic database.

Amherst Central School District comprises Windermere Boulevard and Smallwood Drive elementary schools, Amherst Middle School, and Amherst Central High School. A comprehensive educational program is offered to all students, including those needing special education. Each elementary school serves more than 600 students from kindergarten through grade five. The middle school, built in 1955, has an enrollment of more than 700 students in grades six to eight. Amherst High School provides education to students in grades nine to 12, and offers a variety of subjects, including advanced placement courses. The district, located in Amherst, N.Y., also provides music and art programs, and a full-range of interscholastic and intramural athletic opportunities. It also supports and maintains playground facilities at Windermere and Smallwood elementary schools. Amherst Central School District employs more than 250 faculty members and has a total staff of over 500 people.