Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) is an open-enrollment high school in
Acton, Massachusetts, United States. A part of the
Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, it serves the
Massachusetts towns of Acton and
Boxborough and has students in
grades
Grade most commonly refers to:
* Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance
* Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage
* Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope
Grade or grading may also r ...
9 through 12. It is situated downhill from the
Raymond J. Grey Junior High School, at 36 Charter Road in Acton. Raymond J. Grey Junior High School occupies the facility that, until 1973, was the high school
In 1999 multiple fires were set at ABRHS. The first fire began near the gymnasium but was quickly extinguished. The second fire, a five-alarm blaze in the school auditorium, seriously damaged the auditorium and forced the evacuation of all 1,300 students and canceled school the following day. No students or staff were injured, but one firefighters was hospitalized after suffering from smoke inhalation. ABRHS underwent a $40 million renovation and expansion in 2005
Notable alumni
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Seth Abramson
Seth Abramson (born October 31, 1976) is an American professor, attorney, author, political columnist, and poet. He is the editor of the ''Best American Experimental Writing'' series and wrote a bestselling trilogy of nonfiction works detailing t ...
, poet
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Tom Barrasso, Hall of Fame NHL goalie, 2x Stanley Cup Champion,
2002 Winter Olympics
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Silver medalist
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Bob Brooke
Robert Wesley Brooke (born December 18, 1960) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played 447 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and New Jersey Devils between 1984 and 1 ...
, NHL player
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Jamie Eldridge, MA Senator
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Steve Hathaway
Steven Ryland Hathaway (born September 13, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2016.
Amateur career
Hathaway attended Acton-Boxborough Regional High S ...
, MLB pitcher
*
Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox
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Skylar Kergil, LGBTQ activist, public speaker, YouTube vlogger, and musician
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Maria Konnikova, writer, professional
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...
player, and journalist
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Shin Lim, magician, America's Got Talent Season 13 and America's Got Talent: The Champions winner
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Bill Morrissey, Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter
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Jeff Norton, NHL hockey player
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Caroll Spinney,
Sesame Street puppeteer who performed
Big Bird
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Evelyn Stevens, cyclist
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Bob Sweeney, Retired NHL player, President of
Boston Bruins Foundation
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Jessamyn West, librarian
References
External links
ABRHS Homepage
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Public high schools in Massachusetts
Schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Acton, Massachusetts
School buildings completed in 1973
1973 establishments in Massachusetts