Naugatuck High School

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Naugatuck High School
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Fran Serratore
Faculty	186 (2007-2008 school year) ^[1]
Students	1587 (2007-2008 school year) ^[2]
Grades	9-12
Location	Naugatuck, Connecticut, {{{country}}}
Colors	Garnet and Grey
Newspaper	'The Greyhound'
Website	[1]

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Naugatuck High School is a high school (grades 9-12) in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut. The school principal is Fran Serratore. The Associate Principal is Janice Saam.

Naugatuck High School (c. 1910)

The school is located at 543 Rubber Avenue. The building was constructed in 1959. The old High School, located on Hillside Ave., was built in 1905 and is now the Hillside Middle School.

The school mascot is the greyhound and the school colors are garnet and grey. Naugatuck competes in the Naugatuck Valley League.

NHS has a storied football rivalry with the high school in Ansonia that is one of the longest in America. Like the other high schools in the Naugatuck Valley, the two teams meet the morning of Thanksgiving Day. The first meeting was in 1900. Ansonia is the long-term winner in the series.

Other notable student activities include the NHS Marching Band, Chamber Singers, AFJROTC, and the boys' Cross Country Team, which has gone undefeated two years straight, with a record of 40-0.