Grafton High School is a high school in
Grafton,
, United States. It has a population of 750 students in grades 9–12, with an average class size of 21.
The curriculum offers a wide variety of courses in areas of business and computer science, music, video game design, English, family consumer science, health, physical education, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, special education, visual and performing arts, world languages, community service, school service, and independent studies.
History
Although Grafton operated a high school as early as 1838, the first purpose-built building was constructed in 1850, and served as the town’s high school for over 100 years. In 1952, the “Grafton Junior-Senior High School” opened on a large parcel of land along Lake Ripple. The school moved to a new building on the same parcel in 1963 and, in 2002, to its current building. The 1963 high school now serves as the Grafton Middle School housing grades 7 and 8, and the 1952 building serves as the town’s municipal offices and senior center.
Athletics
Grafton High School is home to the Grafton Gators. The school hosts many sports teams including soccer, football, track and field, lacrosse, basketball, ice hockey, baseball, cheerleading, tennis, golf, cross country and softball. The school is part of the Southern Worcester County Athletic League. The ice hockey and softball teams recently won the State Championship in 2017.
Notable alumni
*
Obi Melifonwu, NFL safety, currently on the practice squad for the
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...
*
Ifeatu Melifonwu, an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
cornerback
A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...
. He played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Syracuse
*
Ricky Duran, contestant on season 17 of
The Voice
The Voice may refer to:
Fictional entities
* The Voice or Presence, a fictional representation of God in DC Comics
* The Voice (''Dune''), a fictional ability in the ''Dune'' universe
* The Voice, a character in the American TV series ''Cleo ...
on
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
*
Steve Spagnuolo
Stephen Christopher Spagnuolo (; born December 21, 1959) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He rejoined Andy Reid after being a defensive assistant wit ...
, defensive coordinator for the
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
The tea ...
of the National Football League
References
External links
Official WebsiteGrafton Public Schools WebsiteGrafton High School Facebook Page
Schools in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Public high schools in Massachusetts
1993 establishments in Massachusetts
Educational institutions established in 1993
{{Massachusetts-school-stub