Albany High School (New York)

Albany High School in Albany, New York, United States, is a public high school with an enrollment of about 2,300 students for the 2014-15 school year. The school is part of the City School District of Albany. It opened on September 7, 1868, as the Albany Free Academy. Albany High has been located at 700 Washington Avenue since 1974.Albany High School is an International Baccalaureate school with an Advanced Placement program. The school newspaper is The Nest, the literary magazine is Inkblot, and the yearbook is Prisms.Albany High School is the only comprehensive public high school in the city. The school is divided into four themed learning communities known as academies. Those academies are Citizenship Academy which focuses on critical thinking and economic skills; Discovery Academy which focuses on the arts and communication; Innovation Academy which focuses on science, technology, engineering,and math; and Leadership Academy which focus on the skills needed to lead the way to a better future. All students in the school are a member of one of the four academies.HistoryAlbany High School opened on September 7, 1868, as the Albany Free Academy with 141 students. The school was housed in Van Vechten Hall at 119 State Street until May 4, 1876, when it was relocated to Eagle Street (where the Albany County Courthouse is now located). In 1913, the school was moved to a more central location between Washington and Western Avenues. This "old" Albany High School building still stands, and it housed Philip Schuyler Elementary School until 2004. Prior to 1974, Albany had two high schools, Albany High School and Philip Schuyler High School. That year, the institutions were merged to form the "new" Albany High, located at 700 Washington Avenue (the school's current location).