| Sutton High School | |
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| Sutton High School | |
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| 383 Boston Road Sutton, Massachusetts, Worcester County, 01590 USA |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public High School |
| School district | Sutton Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Theodore (Ted) F. Friend |
| Dean | Gerard Goyette |
| Principal | Lucille DiLeo |
| Faculty | 55 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 400 |
| Color(s) | Kelly Green & White |
| Athletics | Sutton Athletics |
| Athletics conference | Dual Valley Conference, Division 2 |
| Nickname | Sammies and Suzies |
| Yearbook | 'Exitus' |
| Website | Sutton High School website |
Sutton High School is a public high school serving students in the ninth through twelfth grades, located in the rural town of Sutton, Massachusetts, USA.
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The original school building, completed in 1952, has been added to with the last addition being completed around 2000.
The high school's mascots are the Sammies and Suzies, named after a local gun-toting legend. The school has won many division, district and state titles in men's and women's soccer. They compete in Division 2 of the Dual Valley Conference IDVC). The school's teams include track, cross country, soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, indoor track, softball and football in collaboration with Oxford and Millbury High School. The basketball program has been successful. In 2008, the Sammies made it to the district finals before being defeated. Sammie and Suzie Award Winners
Awarded to the outstanding senior male or female athlete who has demonstrated proficiency, dedication, leadership, sportsmanship in the Suzie, Sammie tradition in three sports, in the past year.
| Year | Sammies | Suzies |
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| 2007 | Justin Roberts | Kelsey Baltzell |
| 2008 | Raheem Lewis | Sarah Hebert |
| 2009 | Trent Baltzell | Julie Winn |
| 2010 | Stephen Kerr | Lauren Cadrin |
Sutton offers a wide variety of other non-athletic activities as well. The SHS Drama Club was established in 2007 and is still running today. Over the years, the student productions have consisted of Pride and Prejudice, Our Town, Arsenic and Old Lace,[1] and The Curious Savage. There are typically three showings of each performance, usually in March. In 2011, the Drama Club will be presenting The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
Other clubs at SHS consist of the Math Team, National Honors Society, Future Teachers,[2] Photography Club, Ceramics Club, Community Service Learning, Gay-Straight Alliance, etc.
In addition to the prestigious clubs,the school also includes a remarkable band under the direction of Mr. Mark Smith. In 2009 and 2011, the band had competed in Williamsburg VA and took home superior ratings in both competitions. The band has also held public performances on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C and in the center of Merchant Square in Jamestown, VA. http://www.millburysutton.com/news/2011-04-14/Schools/Sutton_Band_Receives_Generous_Accolades.html
Coach Stephen Romasco was a history teacher at the high school. At the time the basketball team was lowly at best but when he took over, he changed the whole face of the program. He made the players wear dress clothes to the games and virtually transformed the system. In 2005, the night before the finals of the Clark Tournament against Bromfield, Romasco died from a stroke.[3] No one expected the Sammies to win but they pulled off one of the comebacks of the century.