Farmington High School (Connecticut)

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Farmington High School
Address
10 Monteith Drive
Farmington, Connecticut, 06032
USA
Coordinates 41°45′02″N 72°52′04″W / 41.750432°N 72.867869°W / 41.750432; -72.867869Coordinates: 41°45′02″N 72°52′04″W / 41.750432°N 72.867869°W / 41.750432; -72.867869
Information
Type Public
School district Farmington School District
Superintendent Kathleen C. Greider
NCES School ID 090156000273[1]
Principal William Silva
Faculty 97 (2014)
Grades 9 - 12
Number of students 1,293 (2014) [2]
Color(s) Maroon and White         
Team name Indians
Newspaper The Voice
Yearbook The Exodus
Website FHS Homepage


Farmington High School is a public high school in Farmington, Connecticut serving grades 9-12. In Newsweek's 2005 poll, FHS was ranked #1 in Connecticut and #271 in the nation, scoring high on both the challenge index and the equity and excellence index.

Academics

FHS offers 21 AP courses:

English Literature Government & Politics Statistics Physics B French
English Language Macroeconomics Computer Science Physics C Spanish
US History Calculus AB Biology Studio Art Music Theory
European History Calculus BC Chemistry Drawing and Painting Environmental Science
Microeconomics

In the class of 2013, 88% of students took the SAT. The mean scores for the class were 552 in critical reading, 571 in math, and 555 in writing.[3]

Athletics

The football team practices near FHS's outdoor track and football field. View from the upper fields.

66% of students compete in one of the 32 interscholastic sports offered. The athletics department also offers over 20 intramural sports. School teams have won state championships in:

In addition to its championship seasons, Farmington men's soccer has been nationally ranked from 1996–2008, finishing 9th in the U.S. in '08. The crew team has also excelled in recent years, ranking 3rd in the state in 2003 and 2nd in 2007. In 2007, 2008, and 2009, the crew team also earned coveted invitations to the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2006, the men's volleyball team had a perfect regular season of 18-0, the girls volleyball team came in 1st in the 13-14 state championship. 

The baseball team won the school's first Northwest Conference championship since 1981.

In 2013, the school announced that the athletic department was conducting a campaign to get a turf football field. As of the school year 2014-2015 the Turf field has been in use for multiple team uses; football, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey.

The FHS men's swim team won the conference title in the CCC West championships in a three way tie with Hall High School and Connard High School. The women's and men's swim team has been coached by many successful years of championship wins and state titles by head coach Scott Frigno and assistant coach D. Radcliffe. They coached top division 1 athletes that go on to compete in the NCAA.

Despite being in different conferences, Farmington has a heated rivalry with Avon High School. Both schools were at a time members of the Northwest Conference.

FHS now competes in the CCC west division of the states athletic programs.

Notable alumni

Recent Events

Farmington Highschool students organized a boycott against Chartwells, their provider for food service, on November 3rd, 2014. So far, the story has been featured on NBC CT , Fox CT , WFSB Channel 3, as well as several personal blogs. Students three days prior to the boycott met with personnel from Chartwells and the superintendent and the principal, Dr. Silva. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Farmington High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ US News 2014
  3. ↑ "Farmington High School Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tim Abromaitis". The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ ""Put Down The Cigarette . . . And Drop Out of BU."". SB Nation. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Michael Gladis". The Courant. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dick McAuliffe". SABR. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ Riley, Lori (December 6, 2009). "Bobsled Driver Pursues Dream To Compete In Olympics". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Pawel Szajda". The Courant. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  10. ↑ Terry Wooden Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards
  11. ↑ http://foxct.com/2014/10/29/farmington-students-in-food-fight-with-school-lunch-provider/

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