Ponaganset High School

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Ponaganset High School is a school of the Foster-Glocester School District, located in North Scituate, Rhode Island (in Providence County). The majority of high school students in the rural towns of Foster, Rhode Island and Glocester, Rhode Island This is a public high school, known for its music program, as well as its agricultural,and automotive specialties.They are known as the Cheiftains. The school has gained notoriety in RI for having a seemingly disproportionate number of winter weather-related cancellations each year. The cancellations stem from the rural layout and high-altitude terrain of the two towns; inclement weather conditions make the area more dangerous to travel in car or school bus compared to the rest of Rhode Island's coastal, suburban and urban areas.

Recent graduates have attended well known schools such as Wake Forest University, Emerson College, Harvard University, Hamilton College, Bates College,((CCRI)) Carleton College, Ithaca College, Ursinus College, Providence College, Johns Hopkins, Assumption College, The New York University, Syracuse University, The George Washington University, Brown University, The University of Virginia and Babson College

PHS is currently under the public eye with regards to their fuel cell program, titled "Fuel Cell Systems and Infastructure", to make faster cars. Led by instructor Ross McCurdy, this program has received several grants from various organizations, such as the Department of Defense, and local energy corporations. They are currently converting a gasoline powered vehicle to a fuel cell/battery-electric hybrid vehicle. You can learn more about this program here.

Noted alumni include astronaut "Woody" Spring.

The School is also in construction for a new building which will be made up from the old ponaganset middle school and a walkway will be put in to attach these two buildings. The renovations will be done around 2010.