Some schools choose not to take part in what are now called The Metropolitan Awards, honoring the best in high-school-musicals from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties. But here is the list of 40 schools that have thrown their hats in the ring to be considered, with the shows that were judged.

Westchester County- 19 schools participating
Archbishop Stepinac: “Curtains”
Blind Brook: “The King and I”
Briarcliff: “Little Shop of Horrors”
Edgemont: “Guys and Dolls”
Hastings: “Rent: School Edition”
Hendrick Hudson: “The Wizard of Oz”
Kennedy Catholic: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
Mamaroneck: “Footloose”
Peekskill: “Guys and Dolls”
Pleasantville: “Hello, Dolly!”
Port Chester: “Godspell”
Putnam Valley: “Urinetown”
Rye Neck: “42nd Street”
Salesian: “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Solomon Schechter: “Anything Goes”
Tuckahoe: “Once On This Island”
Westlake: “Bye Bye Birdie”
Woodlands: “42nd Street”
Yorktown: “Good News”

Rockland County – 6 schools participating
Albertus Magnus: “Guys and Dolls”
Clarkstown North: “Pippin”
Clarkstown South: “Cabaret”
Rockland Country Day: “She Loves Me”
Spring Valley: “Fame”
Tappan Zee: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”

Bergen County- 15 schools participating
Academy of the Holy Angels: “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
Don Bosco Preparatory: “Les Miserables”
Emerson: “Mr. Cinders”
Fair Lawn: “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
Mahwah: “All Shook Up”
New Milford: “Working”
Northern Highlands: “The Baker’s Wife”
Paramus: “Annie Get Your Gun”
Park Ridge: “Curtains”
Pascack Hills: “Guys and Dolls”
Pascack Valley: “Seussical the Musical”
Ramsey: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
River Dell: “Beauty and the Beast”
Saddle River Day: “Little Shop of Horrors”
St. Joseph: “Tommy”

The nominees for the 11th annual Metropolitan Awards will be announced Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m. You can watch them LIVE at www.lohud.com/live and read all about them right here. (If you miss the live announcements, they’ll be available on demand.