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Palmyra-Macedon High School

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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