Amherst Central High School


Amherst Central High School is a public high school in Snyder, New York, a hamlet within the town of Amherst, which is within the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. It is the only high school in the Amherst Central School District. Its enrollment is approximately 802 students. The school opened in 1931; construction on the current building began in 1929.

District

The high school served 802 students from grades nine through twelve for the 2012-13 academic year. The school's Parent-Teacher-Student Association is a joint organization with the Amherst Middle School. The Amherst School District has a population of 27,578 as of October 2012. The high school serves the school district which encompasses the neighborhoods of Eggertsville and Snyder, as well as small portions of the village of Williamsville and the town of Cheektowaga.
In 1998 the high school was judged one of the 100 best in the country by Newsweek magazine, with students taking the highest number of Advanced Placement examinations in Western New York.

Music and Theater

Amherst is well known for the high quality of their music program. Instrumental music comprises an Orchestra Department and a Band Department. The Band Department consists of Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Ensemble, as well as smaller sectional ensembles. The Orchestra Department consists of Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Operetta Pit Orchestra, Sinfonia, and smaller chamber ensembles. The Choral Department includes Concert Choir, Concert Chorale, Sweet Sixteens, and Varsity Singers.
Music Directors
Mr. Craig IncontroBand Director/Music Department Chair
Mr. Matt PendrakOrchestra Director
Mr. Justin PomietlarzChoral Director/Operetta Producer

Drama Club
The drama club's past shows include A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life and The Diary of Anne Frank. Also in the spring of 2008, students directed short one-act comedies. These have since been made a seasonal tradition.
Operetta
Amherst also has a prominent Operetta program. Amherst has been producing Operettas annually since about 1932. The Operetta for 2019-2020 will be Titanic.
OperettaSeason
Titanic2019-2020
42nd Street2018-2019
The Phantom of the Opera2017-2018
Beauty and the Beast2016-2017
Grease2015-2016
Guys and Dolls2014-2015
Anything Goes2013-2014
Les Misérables2012-2013
Oklahoma!2011-2012
2010-2011
Leader of the Pack2009-2010
The Boy Friend2008-2009
Into the Woods2007-2008
2006-2007
Damn Yankees2005-2006
The Wizard of Oz2004-2005
Once on This Island2003-2004
Anything Goes2002-2003
Bye Bye Birdie2001-2002
Hello, Dolly!2000-2001
Fiddler on the Roof1999-2000
Oklahoma!1998-1999
Guys and Dolls1997-1998
South Pacific1996-1997

Athletics

Amherst supports many sports and is a Section B school. The school has a turf athletic stadium, the Dimp Wagner Athletic Field, which serves as the home playing surface for the Amherst Tigers football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, and many JV and modified teams. The stadium also plays host to many local high school play-off and championship games in various sporting events.
Amherst had a championship men's hockey team and women's lacrosse teams, producing multiple Division I athletes every year. The men's hockey team won the section six championship on 2/28/2010. This team made league history by winning the championship as the last place seed coming in. It also boasts championship tennis, field hockey, and basketball programs. Their field hockey team has had much success in the past ten years. The team won the Far West Regional Championship game in Medina, NY against Pittsford-Sutherland High School with a score of 2-1 and advanced onto the State Championship for Class B in Vestal NY on November 20th, 2009. Amherst's Field Hockey program has continued it's success with Section 6 Championship wins in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017.

Amherst Central Alumni Foundation

Established in 1983, the Foundation funds experiences for students emphasizing projects that extend their horizons or involve helping others. The Foundation also funds mini-grants for teachers for special projects or equipment not otherwise funded by the school district.

Notable alumni and former students

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