Oyster River High School (ORHS), part of the Oyster River Cooperative School District (ORCSD), is a public high school located in Durham, New Hampshire, United States with an enrollment of about 700 students. It serves Durham and the neighboring communities of Lee and Madbury. The high school opened and the first graduating class was in 1956. Dean Sackett was the Chairman of the School Board, Arthur E. Toll was the Superintendent of Schools, John H. Day was Principal, and George W. Pasichuke was the Associate Principal. The school yearbook is named Trion, named by Margaret Campbell in a school-wide contest. [1] The high school moved to its present site on October 22, 1964. [2]
During 2001-2003 it had a graduation rate of 96.97%. For the graduating class of 2008, the drop-out rate was 0. In 2006 the school underwent a major renovation and expansion to its facilities, including a new gym, theater, classroom wing and science wing, at a cost in excess of $22 million.[3]
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The school has had success in boys soccer and girls cross-country, which have each won several state championships. The girls basketball team went undefeated in the 2005-2006 season to bring home a state championship, and also won the state championship in the 2008-2009 season. The boys indoor track team won a state championship during the 2006-2007 season. The boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams have each captured multiple state championships. In the 2010 season the girls' volleyball team went undefeated, and the boys cross country and indoor track teams won the newly created division 2 championships.
The administration of ORHS is led by Principal Todd Allen, who assumed the interim position in mid-2011. Allen had previously served as Assistant Principal at Oyster River Middle School, but was moved to the High School after the previous ORHS principal, Laura Rogers, left and the School Board was unwilling to fill her spot through a conventional search process.[4] Allen is assisted by Sara Wotton and Mike McCann, both Assistant Principals. The Guidance Department is administered by Guidance Director Heather Machanoff.[5]