Palmyra-Macedon High School, known as "Pal-Mac", is a public high school located on the border of Palmyra and Macedon, New York, United States. It is part of the Palmyra-Macedon Central School District which serves the towns of Palmyra and Macedon. The principal is Andrew Wahl. The school colors are red and white.

Academics Pal-Mac provides education for grades nine through twelve with classes administered by 50 full-time teachers. A wide variety of specialty classes are offered in arts, music, technology and business; as well as advanced placement and college dual-enrollment opportunities.

Music The Pal-Mac Music department consists of one instrumental symphonic band, one jazz ensemble, and two vocal performance groups. The Select Choir is the highest level of chorus. Students who excel in vocal and musical ability may audition for a limited position in the Select Choir. The Select Choir has a history of high performance in NYSSMA Festivals. The school's Jazz Band is widely respected in the Rochester area and has performed at the Rochester International Jazz Festival since 2022.

Technology The Pal-Mac Technology Department is a rapidly growing aspect of the school. The school offers several courses including Digital Imaging, Woodshop, Architecture, TV Broadcasting and Communications, as well as a Robotics course. Pal-Mac High is also a PLTW Certified Engineering school, first implementing the curriculum in 1999.

FIRST Robotics The FIRST Robotics Competition team at Pal-Mac has participated in several regionals, and competed many times in the final rounds. The Robotics team at Pal-Mac is a rapidly growing Extra-Curricular Activity and Club that utilizes the abilities of student programmers, mechanics, as well as several student-artists and web designers.

Advanced courses

Palmyra-Macedon High School offers a wide variety of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and dual enrollment courses. It also has the distinction of being an IB World School since 2002 and currently one of two high schools offering the IB Diploma Programme in Wayne County.

Advanced Placement courses offer students a college level curriculum which can often be transferred as introductory credits in US universities. AP Courses that are offered include: American History, AB Calculus, BC Calculus, Biology, Physics, and World History. Pal-Mac also offers dual enrollment courses in conjunction with Finger Lakes Community College, Monroe Community College, State University of New York at Oneonta, and Rochester Institute of Technology. The IB Diploma Program provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education and is accepted at many universities worldwide. IB courses that are offered include: Biology, English Literature A1, French B, History, Mathematics, Psychology, Spanish B, Theory of Knowledge, and Visual Arts

National rankings Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report have both recognized Palmyra-Macedon as one of the top public high schools in America.

Year Newsweek Ranking US News Rankings 2008 815 Not Ranked 2009 1503 Not Ranked 2010 1666 Not Ranked 2011 Not Ranked Not Ranked 2012 Not Ranked 1672 2013 1794 Not Ranked 2014 Not Ranked Not Ranked 2015 Not Ranked Not Ranked

Athletics The Pal-Mac nickname is the Red Raiders, while the mascot is a red-tailed hawk. The school district changed their mascot to a hawk in 2017 because the previous mascot, a Native American, was deemed offensive by the mascot committee. The former mascot was the Red Devils until 1961.

Pal-Mac has a strong tradition of success in many of its varsity sports, especially basketball and wrestling, winning multiple New York State Championships. Other varsity sports offered include football, cheerleading, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, volleyball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, and track and field. Pal-Mac offers 22 varsity sports in all, as well as many junior varsity and modified teams. All Pal-Mac teams participate in Section V of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

In 2005, the Pal-Mac boys basketball team won the Class B New York State Championship. It was the first state championship by a Pal-Mac sports team. Representative James T. Walsh honored the team, the leading scorer Anthony Hall, and the team coach Chip Tatro, in Congress.

State titles Year Sport 1992 (runner-up) Boys Basketball 2005 Boys Basketball 2010 Wrestling 2011 Wrestling

References

External links Palmyra-Macedon CSD website Palmyra-Macedon High School website