[1][additional citation(s) needed] SSHSNY was a laboratory school of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and provided students with a dual general and Judaic studies curriculum.

In 1974, two seniors from Solomon Schechter High School were expelled after their involvement in what was called "the biggest cheating scandal to touch New York's Regents exams...since they were introduced in 1878).

"[2] They confessed to having broken into the principal's office, stolen the key to the strongbox, and photocopied the answers, which were sold with the help of two college students at $50 a piece.

[2] The school's core curriculum included studies in English, history, math, science, Hebrew, Tanakh (Bible), and Talmud.

In addition, students learned a foreign language (French, Spanish, and at one point, Japanese), the arts, and physical education.