Stoughton High School (SHS) is a public high school the town of
Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States. It serves students in grades 9 to 12 and is a part of
Stoughton Public Schools. It has an average of 300 students per grade level. It is located on 232 Pearl Street in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The principal is Juliette Miller. SHS is known for their award-winning
marching band
A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...
and color guard, known as the Marching Black Knights.
History
Originally built in 1923, Stoughton High School had multiple additions before being completely rebuilt. (https://compass.vertexeng.com/projects/stoughton-high-school/)
The Stoughton High School Building Committee voted on Thursday, November 12, 2015 to recommend to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) that the Town construct option C2A, to build a new Stoughton High School. The preliminary cost analysis for the total project is estimated to be $126,137,847. The projected state reimbursement is estimated at $54,598,291. The Town’s protected share of the cost is estimated to be $71,539,557.
Sports
The Stoughton High School mascot is the Black Knights and the colors are orange and black.
Fall sports at Stoughton High School include football, marching band, volleyball, cross country, soccer, golf, field hockey, and cheerleading. Winter sports include boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming, indoor track and field, ice hockey, wrestling, and cheerleading. Spring sports include lacrosse, softball, baseball, track and field, and tennis.
Notable alumni
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Darin Jordan
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, former NFL player
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Ryan LaCasse
Ryan LaCasse (born February 6, 1983) is a former American football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, primarily as a special teams player. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft, but was traded to ...
, former NFL player
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Robert Lanza, scientist
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Ed McGuinness
Edward McGuinness is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on books such as ''Superman'', ''Superman/Batman'', ''Deadpool'', and ''Hulk''. His pencil work is frequently inked by Dexter Vines, and as such, their cove ...
, comic book artist
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Lori McKenna
Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit sing ...
American folk singer/songwriter
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Gerard O'Neill
Gerard Michael O'Neill (September 1, 1942 – August 22, 2019) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and writer. A long time investigative reporter for ''The Boston Globe'', he was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reportin ...
,
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and editor of ''
The Boston Globe
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Kenny Wormald
Kenneth Edgar Wormald (born July 27, 1984) is an American dancer, reality television star and actor. His best known role to date is perhaps as Ren McCormack in the 2011 remake of 1984's '' Footloose''. Wormald was a regular on the MTV reality te ...
, professional dancer and star of the 2011 film ''
Footloose
Footloose may refer to:
* ''Footloose'' (1984 film), a musical film
** ''Footloose'' (1984 soundtrack)
** "Footloose" (song), performed by Kenny Loggins
* ''Footloose'' (2011 film), a remake of the 1984 film
** ''Footloose'' (2011 soundtrack) ...
'', graduated in 2002
[Rodman, Sarah (October 9, 2011)]
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Paula J. Olsiewski, American biochemist
References
External links
Stoughton High School websiteStoughton High School Bands websiteStoughton High School Overview at USNews
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Public high schools in Massachusetts
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