The adjacent
middle school was once the high school.
WHS has received accreditation by the
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Washingtonville High School has set forth three particular goals:
1) Students will demonstrate increased academic performance (i.e. achieving mastery rate (85%) on NYS Regents Examinations);
2) Students will demonstrate preparation for and motivation to study at more rigorous levels of learning (i.e. Advanced Placement/College Courses); and
3) Students will be engaged within a positive social and emotional environment.
In athletics, some of the school's rivals are Monroe-Woodbury in football and Warwick Valley in cross country and track and field. Perhaps Washingtonville's biggest rivalry is with the John Jay Patriots in club ice hockey. Games between the two can attract up to 150 people from each school at
Ice Time in
Newburgh or the
Mid-Hudson Civic Center in
Poughkeepsie.
The school recently completed an addition to the school.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
Filmmaker
Tony Gilroy and his brother,
Dan, both graduated from Washingtonville.
Steve Cahillane, Class of 1983, Executive President and President of
Coca-Cola Americas.[5]
Ralph Mosca, a.k.a. "Roughhouse", wrestled for the WWF and is still actively involved with and now promotes the WWE developmental league in Tampa, Florida.[6]