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located in

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Shrewsbury (/ˈʃruzberi/ ''SHROOZ-bury'') is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Shrewsbury, unlike the surrounding towns of Grafton, Millbury, Westborough, Northborough, Boylston, and West Boylston did not become a ...

, United States. It is the only public high school in the Shrewsbury Public Schools district. It is a large school offering a wide variety of electives and

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. Shrewsbury High School placed 27th in the list of 21,035 high schools that ''U.S News'' reviewed in 2013. The current principal is Todd Bazydlo. Shrewsbury High School is part of Shrewsbury Public Schools, the current

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of which is Dr. Joseph Sawyer.

History

The current campus, located on top of a hill on Holden Street, opened in 2002 with a capacity of 1,400 students, though enrollment has increased to 1835 students as of October 2021. Prior to that it was located at what is now Oak Middle School on Oak Street, and before that was located at what is now Beal School on Maple Avenue.

Sports

The school also received the PEP Grant and has fleshed out the classes the school offers in its physical education programs. The new programs include biking and a ropes course. The boys' hockey team won three state championships in five years between 2014 and 2018 (2014, 2017, and 2018). The boys beat

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in 2014 and 2018, and Old Rochester High School in 2017. Following their 2018 State Championship, they were promoted to Division I in Massachusetts High School Hockey, joining the division as an independent team not belonging to a conference. Improvements to the athletic campus and to the playing and practice conditions of sports, is funded by the Athletic booster club. Shrewsbury High School's campus recently added a turf field, breaking ground in an informal ceremony on June 5, 2018. The new field accommodates lacrosse, soccer, football, field hockey, track and field, and cross country. Physical education class also utilizes the field. The addition of a turf field will hopefully reduce maintenance costs and also generate revenue, as youth sports programs, as well as games and jamborees can be hosted.

Clubs

Shrewsbury High School offers the unique opportunity where if a sport is not offered, it can be created as a club then, eventually, if popular, can become a sport with proper support. The list of clubs includes: * Amnesty International *Anime Club *Asian Cultural Club *Astronomy Club *Behind the Sciences Club *Biology Club * Black History Committee *Book Club *Business Club *SHS Choirs/Orchestra/Band *Chemistry Club *SHS Chess Club *Club of Rock *Cooking with Chemistry *DECA *Destination Imagination *

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*Elementary Tutoring *ELNA *Engineering Club *Excelsior *

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Team 467 *German Club *Glee Club *GMAD *Green Club * Gender & Sexuality Alliance *Helping Hands *History *Improv Club *Marine Biology Club *Math Team *SHS MED Club *

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*Muslim Student Club *MVP *

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*National English Honors Society * National Honor Society * National Latin Honors Society * National Mandarin Honors Society * National Math Honors Society *National Social Sciences Honors Society * National Spanish Honor Society *NEAT *Outdoors Club *Photography Club *Physics Club *Political Action Group *SHS Quiz Team *Science Team *Service Learning *Sign Language Club *Ski Club *Special Peer Connection *

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Team *SAC *Students Community Forum *Student Council *Town Crier *Tri-M *

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*Yearbook *Club Photo Galleries

Music and theater

Shrewsbury High School has 2 main sections of theater, the fall play and the spring musical. It used to do a competition play as well: Shrewsbury High School won Best Overall Production for ''Urinetown'' in 2016 and Best Overall Production in the Large School Division for ''All Shook Up'' in 2018 and ''Seussical'' in 2019 in the TAMY awards SHS offers a variety of music and theater classes and performing ensembles. The classes include: Music Theory I & AP Music Theory, Theater Arts, Movement for Theater, Theater Design, and Music Technology. Wind performing ensembles under the direction of Mr. Justin Bleier: Pep Band, Marching Band, Concert Band, Honors Wind Ensemble, Honors Jazz Band Vocal performing ensembles under the direction of Mr. Michael Lapomardo: Freshman Choir, Mixed Choir, Honors Treble Choir (previously named Honors Women's Choir), Honors A Capella String performing ensembles: Shrewsbury High School Orchestra and Honors Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Kate Mercadante

Advanced placement classes

Shrewsbury High School offers these advanced placement classes: * AP Mandarin Chinese *

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* AP Studio Art Drawing *

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both AB and BC *

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(only offered if enough demand) Other advanced placement classes are offered in the Virtual High School program.

Notable alumni

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, Contributor to ''The New Yorker'', author of the 2013 novel ''Necessary Errors'' * Shawn Loiseau, Linebacker in the

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^ Garven, Rich (December 20, 2014). "Shawn Loiseau makes every minute count". Worcester Telegram. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

References

External links

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Shrewsbury Public Schools official websiteShrewsbury High Schools' official Alumni website
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