| Bow High School | |
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| Location | |
| 32 White Rock Hill Road Bow, NH 03304[1] |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1997[2][3] |
| School district | Bow School District |
| Principal | John House-Myers[4] |
| Faculty | 53.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 640 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.1[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue, Gold and White[5] |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Website | School website |
Bow High School is a four-year public high school located in Bow, New Hampshire, USA, as part of the Bow School District.[6] The principal is John House-Myers[4] who took over in June 2006 from George Edwards who had been principal since the school's establishment.[7]
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 640 students and 53.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.1.[1]
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Bow High School was established in 1997 with four classes.[3] Before this time high school students from Bow went to Concord.[2] In 1993 the Concord School District told Bow they could no longer send Bow students to Concord High after the 1996-1997 school year.[2] Immediately Bow started to make plans for a high school of their own.[2] The school was built and now sits on the shores of Turee Pond.[2] The school was originally designed to accommodate 600 students,[2] and in 2005/2006 had a student population of 640.[1] The school cost $16 million dollars. The school has a 600-seat auditorium, an 800 seat gym, a video production facility and state of the art technology.[2]
Classes at Bow High School are leveled in a heterogeneous manner.[8] Each student at BHS is required to take two science classes, although the majority of students take more than that.[8] Students are required to graduate with three Building Essential Skills for Tomorrow (B.E.S.T) classes (physical education).[8] Students are also required to take a freshmen humanities class, a sophomore American studies class, a junior world studies class, and seniors are required to take senior seminar, a class that directs them through their senior project.[8]
Graduation requirements for Classes 2007-2010:[8]
Jim Kaufman is Bow School District's Athletic Administrator.[9] As of 2007, Bow had won 25 state championships (including a total of five state championships in spring 2003 alone).
The athletic teams participate in NHIAA Division II and Division III. The following sports are represented: soccer, golf, field hockey, football, cross country, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, indoor track, spirit, swimming, lacrosse, tennis, softball, baseball, and track and field.
Student Teal Van Dyck won second place in the national Poetry Out Loud in 2006, earning a $10,000 scholarship.[10] Van Dyck was also selected to be one of Bow High School's Granite State Challenge competitors on New Hampshire's PBS station, NHPTV.[11]
The school was the scene of a set piece speech by Bill Clinton on January 8, 2008 in support of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.[12]
In 2005 there was controversy when the Bow High School administration chose not to award a student, Isabel Gottlieb, her graduation diploma for not satisfying the school's physical education requirement despite waivers from her previous school and participation in varsity athletics.[13] The situation was resolved when her old school issued her a new transcript giving credit for physical education courses.[14]
In June 2005 the student population, with the exception of the senior class, took place in a school mandated DHHS survey. 17% of surveyed students reported smoking marijuana during a 30-day period and 31% reported consuming alcohol during the same period. The results were below the state average for student substance abuse and the school principal did not consider the results sufficient to necessitate drug testing of student athletes.[15]