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Ware Junior Senior High School (WJSHS) is a public school serving grades 7–12 for the Ware School District in
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
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History

The old Ware High School building was erected in 1893 and is part of the Church Street Historic District.


Athletics

The Ware Indians are part of the
Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference The Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference (PVIAC) is a high school athletic conference in District 1 of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA). Member schools Current members * Agawam High School * Amherst Re ...
. School colors are green and white. It has a baseball team, a football team, and a cheerleading squad. In 2009, the school's football team won the Division 4 Western Massachusetts Super Bowl. The now-defunct
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played their
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home games at the school in 2008 and 2009.


Notable alumni

* Tracy Brown-May, member of the
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* Karen S. Lynch, businesswoman and president of
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See also

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List of secondary school sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples Among the categories of names for sports teams in the United States and Canada, those referring to Indigenous peoples are lesser in popularity only to the names of various animals. In a list of the top 100 team names, "Indians" is 14th, "Braves ...


References

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