Natick High School

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Natick High School

Type	Public
Principal	John Hughes
Faculty	90 (2004)
Students	1189 (2005)
Grades	9-12
Location	15 West St. Natick, Massachusetts USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Red and Blue
Mascot	Redmen
Newspaper	Sassamon
Website	Website

Natick High School is a public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Natick, Massachusetts. The school is located on the bank of Dug Pond. It enrolled 1189 students as of the 2005-06 school year. The current principal is John Hughes.

The original building was built in 1953 (approximately 189,000 sq. ft.) and expanded in 1964 (additional 94,000 sq. ft.). A complete renovation in 1995 and further renovations and updates have since kept the building up to date.

Several notable alumni have graduated from Natick High School.

One of these alumni is Doug Flutie, who played football at the school. Flutie went on to play at Boston College and won the Heisman Trophy in 1984. His career continued in the NFL and Canadian Football League before retiring after the 2005 season with the New England Patriots.

Another famous alumni is William Finn, a noted lyricist and musical theater composer. One of Finn's greatest commercial successes was Falsettos, the combination of the latter two parts of his Falsettos Trilogy. It won two 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, the latter shared with James Lapine. More recently, Finn was acclaimed for the success of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which he wrote both music and lyrics. The show won two Tony Awards in 2005; one for Best Book of a Musical, and another for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, and toured the United States in 2006. Presently, Finn is continuing to compose and is a teacher of musical theater composition at New York University (NYU)

Singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman graduated from Natick High and featured an instrumental track entitled "Maybe a Walk Home from Natick High School" on his album "Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow".

Also, Susan Wornick of Boston's Channel 5 WCVB News graduated from Natick High.