Ansonia High School is a public four-year

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located in

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. It has approximately 513

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s in grades 9 through 12. About 31.6 percent of the student body is

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; 68.4 percent is

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. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and the

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, at the foot of Prospect Street, near the intersection of North and South Cliff Street. Today, the lot serves as a small park and playground. The building burned in a massive fire on February 23, 1939. According to the ''Evening Sentinel'', the building was being used for eighth and ninth grade at the time of the fire, and served 590 students. The fire started in the basement and ten were injured while fighting it. The original building was erected in 1880. A new high school was opened in 1937, located on Howard Avenue on the west side of the

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. This was relocated to the east side, where a new building opened in 1999. The previous building became the new Ansonia Middle School. The school has 79

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s and have an average of 13.9 years of experience. 80 percent have a master's degree and 42 percent trained for the Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) program as

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s, assessors, or cooperating

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s. The school year contains two semesters and four marking periods. The minimum passing grade for the school is a 60.

Sports

In the mid-1970s, the high school adopted the "Chargers" as its mascot. Ansonia is part of the

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The football team has won the

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's Joseph W. Kelly Trophy - awarded to Connecticut's top football team - in '83, '89, '05, '06, '07, and '13. It has placed boys in the all-star

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team for the state. The boys'

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team has also produced players who have been recruited for colleges.

Notable alumni

* Richard A. Brualdi * John Cooke *

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* Samuel Jaskilka, Class of 1937 *

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Sandy Osiecki Stanley Eugene "Sandy" Osiecki (born May 18, 1960) is a former quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona State. Early life Osiecki was born and grew up in Ansonia, Connecticut, and attended Ansoni ...

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* Eric Stokes (Class of 1981), former American football guard

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High School A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

Public high schools in Connecticut Schools in New Haven County, Connecticut

Sports

Notable alumni

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