| Martha's Vineyard Regional High School | |
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| Established | 1959[1] |
| Type | Public High School[2] |
| Affiliation | Martha's Vineyard Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Stephen Nixon |
| Asst. Principal | Matt Malowski and Andrew Berry |
| Teaching staff | 78[3] |
| Students | 709[4] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, USA |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Purple and White |
| Nickname | The Vineyarders |
| Rival | Nantucket High School |
| Newspaper | The High School View[5] |
| Superintendent | Dr. James Weiss[6] |
| Awards | National Blue Ribbon School Award (2)[7] |
| Website | http://www.mvrhs.org |
Martha's Vineyard Regional High School or MVRHS is a high school in Oak Bluffs on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States.
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MVRHS opened in September 1959.[8] It is the larger of the two high schools located on Martha's Vineyard, the other being the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School in West Tisbury. MVRHS is part of the Martha's Vineyard Public Schools and serves the six towns on the island: Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Chilmark and Aquinnah.
MVRHS has a vocational program that offers training in automotive, building trades, horticulture, culinary, and child care.[9] MVRHS offers an alternative program known as the Rebecca Amos Institute, an open-campus program offering individualized instruction for a small group of students.[10] Students can choose to engage in extracurricular activities ranging from community service, sports, art, drama and debate. MVRHS won two National Blue Ribbon School Awards.[11] MVRHS is one of the very few schools to have won this honor two times. Most recently, MVRHS was the only public high school in Massachusetts selected for Award and one of 111 nationwide.[12]
The MVRHS football team, the Vineyarders, and the Nantucket Whalers football team have a long-standing rivalry, culminating in the annual Island Cup. In 2010 the U.S. Marine Corps chose to include the Nantucket vs. Martha's Vineyard football game on their list of 42 Great American Rivalries. It was the only New England football game to make the list. Currently, the Vineyarders possess the cup, and have for seven years.[13]
In the 1970's and 1980's the school's boys basketball team advanced to the state South Sectional Finals on a few occasions, once bowing 86-72 to a Cathederal Latin team in Boston Garden, that featured Boston Globe All-Scholastic players the likes of Dwan Chandler, Gary Burke, and Mimi James (1976). Outstanding players over the years have included Amaury Bannister, Ralphie Robinson, Jeff Clements, Johnny Rogers, Ronnie Brown, Rory Moreis, Peter Clements, Mikie Robinson, Fuzzy Robinson, Alan Fortes, Marc Rivers, Ralph Harding,and Asil Cash.
The girls' basketball team achieved even greater success, winning the state championship, playing deep into other state tournaments, and producing players who won state honors.
The boys' ice hockey team won state championships in 1998-1999 (Division 3) and 2000-2001 (Division 2).
The boys' football team won the state Super Bowl football title in their division in 2002, in a rout over much larger East Boston H.S. (the school shown in exterior shots during the opening credits of the hit FOX t.v. series "Boston Public")
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