Brentwood High School

Brentwood High School is a secondary school in Brentwood, New York, United States. It is one of the largest high schools in New York State, and is located on the southern shore of Suffolk County, Long Island.History1951-1970The first class to graduate from Brentwood High School was the class of 1957. Prior to this, public school students in the district attended Bay Shore High School. The physical brick and mortar structure had not yet been built.Brentwood High School began with the Ross Building, with its tennis courts and state of the art swimming pool. It was named for psychiatrist William H. Ross, M.D., founder in 1898 of the Ross Health Resort (now Ross Healthcare, still located on Suffolk Avenue).In 1961 Dr. Eugene G. Hoyt, then the District Principal, and Dr. Raymond Scheele of Hofstra University, presented a plan for curriculum development to Dr. Meade of the Ford Foundation. On the basis of this work, the foundation awarded Brentwood High School (with Hofstra as the "cooperating university") a grant of more than $300,000 for curriculum development.The Sonderling Building was completed and open for students in September 1964. It was named for the then-President of the Board of Education, Edward Sonderling.The first senior class to graduate in Brentwood was the class of 1965.During the summer of 1968 (in compliance with the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968), temporary portable classrooms were constructed between the Ross and Sonderling Buildings, housing the language and health classes. The Guy di Pietro Building was later constructed between the two main buildings and named in honor of the late Social Studies (1963-1967) Department Chairman (1967-1972), who became the Superintendent of Schools in 1973, and remained so until his death in 1985.