Keene High School
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| Keene High School | |
| '"Veritas Per Scientiam" (Latin translation "Truth Through Knowledge") |
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| School type | Public |
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| Established | 1828 |
| Principal | Alan Chmiel |
| Faculty | 204
Enrollment: 1,850 |
| Mascot | Blackbirds |
| Location | 43 Arch St. Keene, NH 03431 |
| Information | (603) 352-0640 |
| Website | [1] |
Keene High School (KHS) is a public high school located in Keene, New Hampshire. It serves the city of Keene and the surrounding towns of Chesterfield, Harrisville, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson and Westmoreland.
The Cheshire Career Center, a co-curricular and community education center, is also located in the South Annex of the building.
Other area high schools include: Monadnock Regional High School (MRHS), Contoocook Valley Regional High School (ConVal), and Fall Mountain Regional High School.
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[edit] Mission Statement
POOTANG!!!
[edit] Awards and recognition
Teacher Kelly Budd was recognized in 1999 as a winner of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards for work that included a ninth-grade unit on the Holocaust that culminated in a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. for the entire freshman class.[1]
Keene High School was winner of the 2002 International Envirothon title, a high school environmental competition, defeating 47 teams from high schools across the United States and Canada.[2][3] The Keene team won the 2006 New Hampshire Envirothon competition in 2006, then placed 12th overall in the North American competition.[4]
[edit] Administration
The school is under the administration of the New Hampshire School Administrative Unit No. 29 (SAU 29) which is located on West Street, in downtown Keene.
Within the school, there is a Main Office, Guidance Office, Health Office, Department Offices and "House Offices". The Houses are arranged in groups of students, alphabetically. There are four house offices: Blue, Green, Gold and Red.
[edit] Departments
There are 10 curricular departments:
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[edit] Music
KHS is an award-winning school for music. It has two choirs: the Concert Chorus and the A Cappella Choir. It has two concert bands: Freshman Concert Band and the Sophomore-Senior Concert Band. It also has two Jazz bands: the Jazz Band (less experienced) and the Jazz Ensemble (more experienced). The Jazz Ensemble is the focus of many local Jazz concerts.
In addition to the performing classes, there are courses in Music History, Music Theory, Beginning Piano, Intermediate Piano, and Beginning Guitar.
[edit] Athletics
2006 was a successful year for the Keene High School sports teams, with the Boys Swimming and Diving winning the state championship over Oyster River High School 235-135, and the girls winning the Division I cross-country skiing championship over Concord High School. The boys ski team was runner-up to state champion Concord High School in both the Division I Alpine and Division I Cross Country.[5]
The boys baseball team won back-to-back Class L state championships in 1996 and 1997, winning their second in a row with a 12-5 win over Merrimack High School in the championship game.[6]
Keene High School's Dave Minickiello retired in 1999 after 31 years as the school's wrestling coach, having led the team to nine state titles and a New England crown, having coached seven New England individual champion wrestlers and winning more than 60 New Hampshire state championships.[7]
[edit] Scheduling
Keene High School is based on a block scheduling system. There are four blocks in a school day. Each block is 87 minutes long. Classes switch during the second semester.
[edit] Visiting speakers
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the school on February 11, 2007.[8]
Wesley Clark spoke at the school in the run-up to the 2004 New Hampshire primary.[9]
During the 1976 primaries president of the United States Gerald Ford spoke at Keene High School, in his efforts to stave off an incipient challenge from Ronald Reagen.[10]
United States Senator George McGovern spoke at the school during the run-up to the 1972 Democratic New Hampshire primary, in his ultimately successful bid to win the party's nomination for President.[11]
[edit] Notable alumni
- James Cochran, skier and member of the U.S. Alpine Ski team competing for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[12]
- Heather Wilson, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Mexico's 1st congressional district. She is the first woman veteran ever elected to the United States Congress.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards, accessed March 20, 1999
- ^ Keene Envirothon Team Returns Triumphant, New Hampshire Public Radio, August 7, 2002
- ^ New Hampshire Students Set to Compete in the 2004 Envirothon At Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services press release dated May 13, 2004. "In 2002, the Keene High School team bested 47 other teams from Canada and the U.S. to win the Canon International Envirothon title!"
- ^ New Hampshire Envirothon, accessed March 10, 2007.
- ^ NHIIAA 2005-06 WINTER CHAMPIONS, New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Stator, Spring 2006, p. 9.
- ^ KEENE IS TOO BUSY WINNING TO THINK ABOUT REBUILDING BLACKBIRDS ARE IN THICK OF TITLE FIGHT AGAIN, Boston Globe, May 31, 1998. "Take the Keene High School baseball team, which graduated some key players after winning a second straight Class L championship last spring."
- ^ "Keene High's pioneering coach retires Minickiello got wrestling started", Boston Globe, March 7, 1999. pg. 14.
- ^ Clinton stumps nearby at Keene High School, The Dartmouth, February 12, 2007
- ^ Clark catching on with voters as contests near, USA Today, January 8, 2004
- ^ "FORD INTENSIFIES ATTACK ON REAGAN; However, Aides Minimize New Hampshire Vote", The New York Times, February 20, 1976. p. 13.
- ^ "McGovern to Remake Robert Kennedy Tape", The New York Times, February 17, 1972. p. 24.
- ^ Jim Fennell: Cochran readying for world event, New Hampshire Union Leader, February 11, 2007. "Seven years ago, Jimmy was just worried about beating his brother Tom and the Harrington boys, Sean and Ryan, down the hill at Pat's Peak as part of the Keene High School ski team."
- ^ Heather Wilson Congressional biography, accessed March 20, 2007
