Wethersfield High School (Connecticut)
| Wethersfield High School | |
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| Address | |
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411 Wolcott Hill Road , | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Thomas R. Moore |
| Faculty | approx. 100 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | approx. 1,150 |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | [1] |
Wethersfield High School is the only high school in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and has won many awards for excellence.
Facilities
Wethersfield High has a 37-acre campus. The campus includes a greenhouse, a synthetic surface outdoor track, the Esposito baseball complex, a softball field, the DiCicco soccer field and the Cottone Football Stadium. The building has approximately 230,000 square feet of space.
The school's ice hockey team skates out of Newington Arena (formerly known as Connecticut International Skating Center) in Newington, Connecticut.
Enrollment
In the 2003-2004 school year, there were about 100 staff members and 1150 enrolled students.
Alumni
- Christopher S. Murphy, U.S. Congressman
- Paul Doyle, CT State Senator
Awards
Wethersfield High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1996.
Athletics
Wethersfield High School excels at a variety of sports including soccer and baseball.
Wethersfield's ice hockey team won the Connecticut Division III State Championships in 2007, for the first time in the team's 33 year history. The win is the first state championship for Coach Dennis Tulimieri, who has been head coach of the Eagles for 21 years, and assistant coach Bryan Healy, who's senior year resulted in the team's first trip to the championship, losing 8-7 in overtime to Immaculate High School in 1986 at the Hartford Civic Center.
Theater program
The school's theater program generally produces two plays per academic year, a non-musical theatrical production in the fall season, and a musical in the spring. Recently, Wethersfield has performed productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, and West Side Story. Fall productions have included a collection of stories by Kurt Vonnegut and a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Wethersfield is currently working on the creation of a full time drama department within the school.
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