Studying
@ Sleepy
Hollow
HS, NY:
In the
Tradition
of Ichabod
Crane
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Welcome! We are an um-
brella site, serving these
S.H.H.S. Classes exclu-
sively: the graduating
year of 1970, then on
thru 1979; S.H.H.S. mean-
ing–in this case–Sleepy
Hollow High School, N.Y.;
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Which–incidentally–
served not only N. Tarry-
town (present-day Sleepy
Hollow), but most parts
of “The Tarrytowns”
(as we used to say!).
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Others should not con-
fuse any of the follow-
ing S.H.H.S. schools
with this school of ours
(which is, undoubtedly,
the original S.H.H.S.!):
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Sweet Home H. S., also in
New York State
Sacred Heart H. S., another
in New York State
Sacred Heart H. S. (again),
this time in Connecticut
Sacred Heart H. S. (still
again), this time in Kansas
Shawnee Heights H. S., also
in Kansas
Science Hill H. S. in TN
Scotts Hill H. S., also in TN
Spring Hill H. S., another
in Tennessee
Sylvan Hills H. S. in AR
Shaker Heights H. S. in Ohio
Smoky Hill H. S. in Colorado
St. Helens H. S. in Oregon
Sam Houston H. S. in LA
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Sam Houston H. S.
(again), 2 schools in Texas
South Houston H. S., also
in Texas
South Hills H. S., another
in Texas
South Hills H. S. (again),
this time in California
Shadow Hills H. S., also in
California
Sunny Hills H. S., another
in California
St. Helena H. S., still
another in California
South Hadley H. S. in MA
South Haven H. S. in MI
Sterling Heights H. S.,
also in Michigan
South Hagerstown H. S.
in Maryland
Snow Hill H. S., also in
Maryland
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Why so many? Think
about it! Doesn’t it just
make some sense, when
naming a high school, to
have the first initials
match the last two–
only in reverse order?
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Also, why not inter-
pret “SHHs” as the
plural form of “SHH”?
(That’s something we all
heard a lot of, especially
in the school library!)
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A side note: since 1979,
our school has been shar-
ing its moniker S.H.H.S.
with a member of the
President's Cabinet: the
SECRETARY OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES!
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Identifying oneself as a
Tarrytowner
is pretty straightforward,
but what do we use for a
resident of Sleepy Hollow?
Sleepy Hollower
lacks that needed ring to
it. Better:
Sleepy Hollowan
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Or perhaps:
Sleepy Hollowian
(but does one stress the
2nd or 3rd syllable?)
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Or perhaps the most crea-
tive of all (but requiring
reversal of the word order):
Hollow-Sleeper
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After all, it is primarily a
"bedroom community."
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Many of you are familiar
with the popular Sleepy
Hollow TV series, which
had a four-season run on
Fox TV. However, far few-
er are aware of the follow-
ing movie; actually, our
namesake feature film!
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While Sleepy Hollow
High isn't available for
viewing in its entirety on
Youtube at present, we ARE
able to present here a por-
tion of the official trailer:
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Just click on the above
photo of our Mr. Breezo,
captured on film expres-
sing his innermost feelings
about working at S.H.H.S.
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Next, a little history is in
order–VERY little–as we
typically tried for in Cit.
Ed. (or was it already
called Social Studies?).
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Most members of these
Classes were born in the
1950s, many at Phelps
Memorial Hospital in
Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
(then called–of course–
North Tarrytown).
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If you were to look back
more closely, you’d soon
discover that native
Tarrytowners often
emanated from an earlier
hospital (below)–but only
those born before 1956.
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You could even say that–
during these Baby Boom
years–the so-called Tarry-
town Hospital turned out
more babies than Fisher
turned out bodies!
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You might even deduce
that our villages were
suddenly situated at the
crossroads of the so-
called generation gap.
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Listen to famous D.J.
Alan Freed mention
Tarrytown during a
diatribe in which he
defends teenagers!
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Imagine the following
conversation, now: oc-
curring around a piano
at one of our prede-
cessor schools–either
North Tarrytown High
School or Washington
Irving High School:
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(man at piano): Jingle
Bell–Rock? Not at our
house!
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(woman): It’s just a fad–
and we’re not Beatniks!
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(next man): You down
there, at the end! Why
do you call yourself–
a rebel?
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(tallest man): I know–be-
cause–he never ever does,
what he should! Just what
are you guys rebelling
against?
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(youth): Whadda ya got?
If we’re not ever any
good, just because: we
don’t do, what every-
body else does; then go
ahead & call us rebels!
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(singing man): Da do ron-
ron-ron, da do ron-ron!
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Lastly, on a more
scholarly note, we
often overlook that,
up until the break-
up of the USSR,
Sleepy Hollow HS
had a sister school
located there. The
Freshmen Class at
Helluva High, now
a Russian Federa-
tion school, has sent
us warm greetings:
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Click on the picture!
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Now it’s time to return to
“We Gave it the College
Try,” and visit one or
more of our pages there.
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These "Class of" pages
are where S.H.H.S.
news will appear
(if/when it comes
to the attention
of a Webmaster).
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This last picture
courtesy of:
curbappealinsleepyhollow.blogspot.com
Dorothy Handelman
is the photographer.
(Thanks, Dot!)
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