Pembroke High School, is a public secondary school located on 80 Learning Lane in
Pembroke, Massachusetts
Pembroke is a small historic town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located about halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. The town is considered rural wi ...
, United States.
The school serves students in grades 9-12 and has an approximate student population of 930 students.
It is the only high school serving the town of Pembroke. Students come directly from Pembroke Community Middle School (PCMS). The three elementary schools in the town include Hobomock Elementary, Bryantville Elementary, and North Pembroke Elementary School.
History
Pembroke High School was formed in 2004 when the town of Pembroke split away from the
Silver Lake Regional School District over concerns about overcrowding, and that Pembroke consisted of half of the population of the then four town district. The building was constructed as the Pembroke campus of the
Silver Lake Regional High School
Silver Lake Regional High School is a public, regional high school in Massachusetts' South Shore region. It is the only secondary school in the Silver Lake Regional School District, comprising the towns of Kingston, Plympton and Halifax, Massa ...
and opened in October 1976, and was subsequently the Silver Lake District's middle school.
Pembroke's middle school is located on
Rte. 27, and was the Silver Lake Junior High School from 1968 to 1991, when the district's middle school shifted to the Learning Lane building. Upon Pembroke's secession from the Silver Lake district in 2004, the town repurchased the property, establishing it as the new Pembroke Community Middle School.
Clubs and activities
Pembroke High School has a wide range of clubs for students. Popular clubs include
Key Club,
DECA, and Drama. The complete list of clubs are as follows:
*Art Club
*Audio Engineering Club
*Best Buddies
*Celtic Music Club
*DECA
*Environmental Club
*Fall Festival of Plays
*Gay/Straight Alliance
*Jazz Band
*Key Club
*Literary Magazine
*Marching Band
*Math Club
*Men's Choir
*Mock Trial
*National Honor Society
*Newspaper
*Outdoor Club
*Photography Club
*Robotics Club
*Shakespeare Club
*Spring Plays
*Student Council
*Titans Against Destructive Decisions
*Thespian Society - Thespian Troupe 7127
*Ultimate Frisbee
*Water Polo
*Women's Choir
*Yearbook
Demographics
As of 2008, the population of the school was 98% white, with 10% of the student body of low income and 10% classified as special needs.
[http://www.pembroke.mec.edu/NCLB%20Report%20Cards/High%20School%20NCLB%20Report%20Card%202008.pdf ] 95% of targeted students met MCAS requirements for English, while 88% met MCAS requirements for mathematics.
Athletics
The school's sports teams are known as the Titans, and the school colors are Blue, Red & White. Pembroke competes in the Patriot League. The Patriot League's members are
Scituate,
Quincy,
Hanover
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,
Middleborough
Middleborough (frequently written as Middleboro) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,245 at the 2020 census.
History
The town was first settled by Europeans in 1661 as Nemasket, later changed to M ...
,
Duxbury
Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 20 ...
,
Hingham,
Plymouth North,
Plymouth South,
Whitman-Hanson,
North Quincy, and
Silver Lake
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. The league is divided into two divisions, Patriot-Fisher and Patriot-Keenan. These divisions are divided up based on school population, with Pembroke being a member of the Patriot-Fisher division.
References
External links
Pembroke High School Website2006 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Data2008 NCLB report card
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Educational institutions established in 2004
Pembroke, Massachusetts
Schools in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Public high schools in Massachusetts
2004 establishments in Massachusetts