Its students are admitted into six newly updated programs:[3] Digital Art & Design, Music Performance & Production, Environmental Engineering & Technology, Humanities & Non-Profit Management, Computer Programming & Web Design, and Sports Medicine & Management.

[4] These programs offer students the opportunity to earn college credits,[3] participate in industry internships and learn more about careers in the field.

The school has pioneered Whole Child Guidance practices and is further improving curriculum through the additions of internships and of numerous college-accredited courses.

[9][10] Bayside opened its doors on March 16, 1936, taking in 2,300 students who had previously attended Flushing High School.

[10] In 1978 the Bayside High School music program, then under department chairman Sidney Lovett and teacher John Benza, was among the first secondary schools in the nation to purchase and teach music synthesis on a synthesizer, the Roland System 100.