Marblehead High School is a
public high school
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located in
Marblehead,
.
History
The school has approximately 970 students. The current campus began construction in 2001, and opened for the 2002–2003 school year. In 2002,
National Grand Bank opened a student-operated bank
branch
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in the school.
Academics
The school currently employs approximately 70 teachers
among five core subjects (
Mathematics
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,
English language
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,
Social Studies, and the
Science
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s), foreign languages (
Spanish language
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,
French language
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, and
Latin
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), as well as
special education
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staff and tutors.
Athletics
Currently, Marblehead High School has over thirty sports teams for fall, winter, and spring sports. The school mascot for most sports is the Magician. However, the boys' ice hockey team is known as the Headers, continuing the insistence of former head coach Bob Roland, who coached the team from 1962-1992. Marblehead High School athletics has had significant success in recent years, winning numerous conference and state titles in the past several years, including a state title in hockey in 2011, and their first ever state title in boys cross country in 2015.
*Fall sports
** Boys Cross-Country
***(NEC Champs 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)
** Girls Cross-Country
** Field Hockey
** Football
** Golf
** Boys Soccer
** Girls Soccer
** Football Cheerleading
** Volleyball
*Winter sports
** Boys Basketball
** Girls Basketball
** Boys Ice Hockey
***(Div 3 North Champions 2008, 2010, 2011)
***(State Champs 2011)
***(NEC Champions 2016)
** Girls Ice Hockey
** Boys Swimming
** Girls Swimming
***(State Champions 2011, 2016)
***(NEC Champions 2005-2016)
** Gymnastics
** Boys Indoor Track
** Girls Indoor Track
** Ski Team
*Spring sports
** Baseball
** Softball
** Boys Lacrosse
** Girls Lacrosse
** Boys Spring Track
** Girls Spring Track
** Boys Tennis
** Girls Tennis
** Sailing
Notable alumni
*
Keith Ablow
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Formerly an assistant clinical professor at Tufts University School of ...
, psychiatrist
*
Abdul-Malik Abu
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High school career
Abu first attended Marblehead High School in Marblehead, Massachusetts befo ...
(born 1995), basketball player in the
Israeli Premier Basketball League
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*
Rob Delaney
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, comedian
*
Shalane Flanagan
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, Olympic
long-distance runner
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*
Loyd Grossman
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, author
*
Dick Hinch, member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
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*
Bob Ingalls
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, professional
football
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player
*
Joel Mark Noe
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, surgeon
*
Bruce Rosenbaum
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*
Cory Schneider
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, professional
ice hockey
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player
*
Charlie Semine
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Life and career
Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts to Christian and Deborah, Semine is a graduate of Marblehead High School, Tu ...
, actor
*
Amy Siskind
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, activist
See also
*
List of high schools in Massachusetts
This is a list of high schools in the state of Massachusetts.
Barnstable County
* Cape Cod Academy, Osterville
* Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, South Yarmouth
* Mashpee Middle-High School, Mashpee
* Nauset Regional High School, E ...
References
{{Massachusetts Public High Schools
Schools in Essex County, Massachusetts
Public high schools in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Marblehead, Massachusetts
Northeastern Conference