William H. Hall High School, also known as Hall High, is a four-year public

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located in

West Hartford West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, west of downtown Hartford. The population was 64,083 at the 2020 census. The town's popular downtown area is colloquially known as "West Hartford Center," or simply "The C ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1924, it was named after William Henry Hall, who was a teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools in West Hartford. The school colors are

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and

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, and the school’s mascot is the Titans, formerly the Warriors, after the Board Of Education vote to change it on February 1st, 2022. It is one of two public high schools in the

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, the other being

Conard High School Frederick U. Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It opened in 1957, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board o ...

Demographics

The 2019–2020 demographic profile is as follows: White 61%, Hispanic 15%, Asian American 12%, Black 7%, two or more races 5%, American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.1%, and Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander 0.2%.

Athletics and clubs

Hall high school is part of the CCC, the

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competing in the west division. The Board of Education added varsity sports for girls in January 1972.

Soccer

In soccer, Hall won the state championship in 1980 and 2019. In 2018, they were state championship runner-ups. In 2020, the boys soccer team finished nationally ranked on several polls, including being ranked 3rd in the country, and as the highest ranked public school on the TopDrawerSoccer Fall Fab 50 rankings.

Ice hockey

Hall's boys' ice hockey team captured the CIAC Division II ice hockey state championship in 1993.

Cross country

Hall's Boys' Cross country team has won the Central Connecticut Conference Championships five of the last six years dating back to 2012.

Indoor track

Hall's boys indoor track team won both Class LL Championships and the CT State Open Championships in 2019, 2021, and 2022.

Chess

In 2011, Hall's chess team won the state championship.

Pops 'n Jazz

Hall High School has a renowned jazz program, which stage an annual production called Pops 'n Jazz, regularly selling over 3,000 tickets every year. They have also won the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival twice, in 1998 and 2000. The band has performed for the president at the

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, appeared in

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' documentary film "Jazz."

Academic accomplishments

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in 1984–85. *Ranked as the 11th best school in the state of Connecticut by U.S. News & World Report in 2018.

Notable alumni

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, Survivor: San Juan del Sur winner *

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attended freshman year * Dave Chameides, Emmy Award winning Director and Cameraman *

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, jazz tenor saxophonist *

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, former Connecticut state senator and former mayor of West Hartford *

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References

External links

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West Hartford Public Schools official site
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