Albany High School

Albany High School (AHS) in Albany, New York, United States, is a public high school with an enrollment of about 2,600 students for the 2017–18 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. The school is an International Baccalaureate school with an Advanced Placement program. The school newspaper is The Nest (published online, it replaced the longtime print newspaper The Patroon, in 2012), the literary magazine is Inkblot, and the yearbook is Prisms. History On September 7, 1868, when the Albany Free Academy opened its doors to the public, there were 141 students enrolled. For a time, the school was located in Van Vechten Hall at 119 State Street until it was relocated to Eagle Street on May 4, 1876 (where the Albany County Courthouse now can be found). In 1913, the school was relocated to a new location that was more centrally located on North Lake Avenue between Washington Avenue and Western Avenue so that it would be more accessible for students. This location served as Albany High School until the 1974-75 school year, when the school relocated once again to its current campus at 700 Washington Ave. The 1973-74 Albany High building served as Philip Schuyler Elementary School until 2005, and then as temporary swing space for several City School District of Albany schools during a sweeping district-wide facilities project during the 2000s. The district sold the building to the University at Albany in 2010. Prior to 1974, Albany had two high schools, Albany High and the former Philip Schuyler High School in the South End. The schools merged for the 1974-75 school year to become the "new" Albany High at the 700 Washington Ave. location. Until 2011, Albany High was divided into two large administrative divisions known as the "North House" and the "South House." Each house had its own cafeteria and administrative offices.