Palmyra-Macedon High School

Pal-Mac provides education for grades nine through twelve with classes administered by 50 full-time teachers.^[3] 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^[4] and has performed at the Rochester International Jazz Festival since 2022.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

• 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.^[8]
• 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

Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report have both recognized Palmyra-Macedon as one of the top public high schools in America.^[9]