Yarmouth High School (Maine)

Yarmouth High School
Address
286 West Elm Street
Yarmouth, Maine, 04096
United States
Coordinates 43°47′38″N 70°11′41″W / 43.79389°N 70.19472°WCoordinates: 43°47′38″N 70°11′41″W / 43.79389°N 70.19472°W
Information
Type Public
School district Yarmouth Schools
Superintendent William J. Michaud
Principal Edward C. Hall Jr
Vice principal Josh Ottow
Enrollment 506
Language English
Color(s) Blue and White
Mascot Clipper Ship
Rival Falmouth/Cape
Yearbook Maines'l
Website yhs.yarmouthschools.org

Yarmouth High School is a four-year public high school in Yarmouth, Maine, a part of the Yarmouth Schools district.

Yarmouth High School was recently renovated to accommodate a 500-seat auditorium, a student union/cafeteria, and a new office area that contains offices for the guidance counselors, the social worker, the substance abuse counselor, the athletic director, the nurse, and the administrative officers.

There were about 520 students enrolled for 2008–2009. Eighty-five percent of seniors go on to college and university studies. There were 52 teachers including all counselors, social workers, special educators, and technology and library specialists.

Yarmouth High is widely recognized as one of the strongest schools in the state academically and athletically.

Awards and recognition

During the 1986–87 school year, Yarmouth Junior-Senior High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[1] the highest award an American school can receive.[2][3] Since renamed, Yarmouth High School was recognized again as a Blue Ribbon School during the 2005–06 school year.[4]

Each year Newsweek ranks the top 5% of schools in the country. There are over 27,000 high schools throughout the country and Newsweek ranks the top 1,300 by what is called the AP Challenge Index. Yarmouth High School has consistently ranked in the top 400, ranked 303 in 2006, 345 in 2007, 275 in 2008, 176 in 2009, and 239 in 2010.[5] (Yarmouth High School was not ranked in 2011,[6] possibly due to Newsweek's decision to change their ranking methodology to include six components: graduation rate (25%), college matriculation rate (25%), AP tests taken per graduate (25%), average SAT/ACT scores (10%), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10%), and AP courses offered (5%).[7])

Demographics

As of 2008, Yarmouth High School had 506 students.[8]

Athletics/extracurricular activities

To participate in any athletic activity in Yarmouth schools, students must obey the Honor Code.

The most notable sports at Yarmouth High School are lacrosse, football, soccer, and skiing. These teams have claimed a large number of state titles in the past few years. Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Ice Hockey and Football are on the rise of championships. This school has won many state championship games. More recently, the 2011 girl's volleyball also claimed the state championship. In the past 2011-2012 year, the Football team won their second state title as they went undefeated for the second season in a row, the Boy's Basketball Team won the State Title, the Boy's Ski Team won states, and the Girl's Ski Team won their sixth state title in the past six years.

List of sports by semester

Fall sports include Football, Cross Country, Crew, Field Hockey, Golf, Soccer, Sailing, [9] and Volleyball.

Winter sports include Basketball, Dance, Nordic & Alpine Skiing, Swimming, Indoor Track, and Ice Hockey.

Spring sports include Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Sailing, Outdoor Track, and Crew

Rivalry

Yarmouth has a well-known academic and athletic rivalry with Falmouth High School.

Academics

Theater

Yarmouth has an exceptional theater program, putting on a musical production in the fall and participating in the Maine Principals' Association Maine State One Act Competition each winter. In years 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014, Yarmouth High School won state titles in the Maine One Act Competition, Class B.[10]

Student Government

The student senate is made up of 29 members from all grades and works to improve the already outstanding academics, extracurriculars and culture of Yarmouth High School. Since its founding in 2006 the senate has accomplished a variety of things including:[11]

Each grade is also individually represented by class councils. The class councils do fundraising and organizes spirit week for their respective grades.

References

  1. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  2. ↑ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  3. ↑ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  4. ↑ 2005 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools Program award winners, United States Department of Education, accessed April 6, 2007
  5. ↑ America's Best High Schools: The List - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
  6. ↑ America's Best High Schools 2011 - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
  7. ↑ Best American High Schools: How We Compiled the List - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
  8. ↑ "Yarmouth High School". School Digger. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Yarmouth Sailing Club".
  10. ↑ "Maine Principals' Association & Maine Drama Council's Maine State One Act Competition, Result Page".
  11. ↑ "YHS Student Senate". YHS Student Senate. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

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