Doherty Memorial High School
| Doherty Memorial High School[1] | |
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| Location | |
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299 Highland Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01602-2193[1] United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1966 |
| School district | Worcester Public Schools[1] |
| CEEB Code | 222492 |
| Principal | Sally Mahoney[1] |
| Faculty | 95.0 (on FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,577[2] (2005-06) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.6[2] |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Mascot | Highlanders[1] |
| Nickname | Home of the Highlanders[1] |
| Website | www.doherty.worcesterschools.org |
Doherty Memorial High School is a public high school located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States. It opened its doors in the fall of 1966, replacing two closing schools: Worcester Classical High School and Worcester Commerce High School.
Doherty Memorial High School
The school has about 2,000 students, in grades 9 to 12, in the Worcester Public Schools district.[2] The school's principal is Sally Mahoney.[1] The schools serves the west side (Pleasant & Chandler Street, Tatnuck Square, Salisbury Street, Forest Grove, Newton Square, and June, Mill, Pleasant, and May Streets neighborhoods) of Worcester. The school is known for its excellence in both academics and athletics.
Competitive teams
Doherty Memorial High School has varsity teams in math and these sports: track, volleyball, baseball, lacrosse, football, cross country, soccer,field hockey,basketball, cheerleading, tennis, and FIRST Robotics.
The Doherty football team won the Massachusetts Division 4 State Championship at Gillette Stadium in 2013, defeating Dennis-Yarmouth by a score of 28-26.
Notable Alumni
- Sam Seder, Comedian, writer, actor, film director, television producer-director, and talk radio host[3]
- Dan O'Connor, Alan Day and Jake Massucco are alumni that have started an American hardcore punk band, Four Year Strong.
- Jimmy Demers, Singer, Songwriter and Concord Music Group Recording Artist. Jimmy was the voice of Coca Cola's "Always Coca Cola" World-Wide Campaign throughout the 1990s.
- Donnie Demers, Songwriter, musician and recipient of 1983 "Donnie Demers Day" in the city of Worcester, MA.
- Doug Stanhope, Comedian. Did not graduate.
- Keith Reed, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles)
Tim Ritchie who ran on the cross country and track teams at Doherty and who holds many school records broke 4 minutes in the mile at Boston University on January 27th, 2012. He also trained for the London 2012 Olympics.
- Jeff Greene, Billionaire real estate investor, ranked 190 on the 2014 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans. He was a candidate in the 2010 U.S. Senate primaries in Florida.
- Nancy Peretsman, a managing director at Allen & Co. She and her husband Robert Scully, both alumni of Princeton University, endowed a new psychology building, Peretsman-Scully Hall, with a $20 million gift in 2012.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Doherty High School". Worcester Public Schools. Retrieved January 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Doherty Memorial High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Richard Duckett. (2004, April 22). Worcester natives' film gathering steam :[1 Edition]. Telegram & Gazette,p. Ent4.
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Coordinates: 42°16′13.16″N 71°49′14.89″W / 42.2703222°N 71.8208028°W