Hall High School (Connecticut)
| William H. Hall High School | |
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| 975 North Main Street West Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | Together We Are Proud, Together We Are Hall High! |
| Established | 1970 |
| Founder | William H. Hall |
| School district | West Hartford Public Schools |
| Principal | Donald J. Slater |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2604 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Newspaper | Hall Highlights |
| Yearbook | Hallmarks |
| Athletic Rival | Conard High School |
| Website | Website |
Hall High School. |
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William H. Hall High School, also known as Hall High School, is a four-year public high school located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school colors are blue and white, and the mascot is the "Warrior." It is one of two public high schools in the West Hartford Public Schools, the other being Conard High School. Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2006-2007 school year was 2,604 students.
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[edit] Academic accomplishments
- Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation's top (No. 855) high schools.[1]
- Blue Ribbon School in 1984-85.[2]
- Recognized in the November 2008 Issue of Connecticut Magazine as the 13th best school in the state of Connecticut.[3]
[edit] Athletics and Clubs
Hall has a long running, cross-town rivalry against Conard High School competes in the Central Connecticut Conference in the West Division. In 2006, the school's football team had its best season in over a decade, finishing with a 9-1 record.[citation needed] In soccer, Hall won the 1980 state championship 1-0 over E.O. Smith High School. In soccer, the school reached the semifinals of the state tournament four times under head coach Zeke Seguro, who won his 150th game as coach on October 10, 2008 with a 1-0 victory at South Windsor.[4]
Hall offers the following sports programs[5]:
Fall:
Boys
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Girls
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Winter:
Boys
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Girls
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Spring:
Boys
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Girls
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Clubs
Hall also features a number of extracurricular clubs [6] such as...
- Empty Bowls, a charity that helps raise money to feed financially constrained citizens.
- The Answer (the Improv Club comedy troupe) *
- the Hall High Chess team, which won the 2011 Connecticut State Chess Association Championship and won 2nd place in the 2010 New England Scholastic Chess Competition. *
- Hall High Art club, which took off after the National Honor Society for Art was dismantled due to finances.
- Anime Club
- Jewish Student Union
- Model UN
...among others, clubs changing by year and with student interest. (With past clubs including the anonymous writers society, "The radish", a satirical magazine, and foreign film club.)
Music
- The Hall High School jazz program was founded in the 1950s under the leadership Bill Stanley and has continued for over 60 years. The program is nationally recognized institution.[7]
- The Hall High Orchestra
- The Hall High Concert Jazz, Stage Jazz and standard Band
[edit] Honor Societies
Language honor societies are also offered to students who take up a foreign language, in addition to National Honor Society:
- Chinese Honor Society
- French Honor Society
- Latin Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society
[edit] Notable alumni
- David Alan Basche, actor (United 93, War of the Worlds)
- Jeff Bleich, United States Ambassador to Australia (2009-)
- Chris Carrabba, musician and lead singer of the band Dashboard Confessional attended freshman year
- Matthew Eisenfeld, was killed in the Jerusalem bus 18 massacres
- Andy Fleischmann, Politician, Connecticut State General Assembly
- Wavy Gravy, activist and comic
- Jonathan Harris (politician), former Connecticut State Senator
- Charlie Kaufman, Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation., Being John Malkovich)
- Frank Luntz, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Correspondent, Communication Consultant Company President and Political Pollster
- Brad Mehldau, jazz pianist
- Ken Ober, Actor, game show host, comedian
- Brian Rosenworcel, musician and member of the band Guster
- Sara Roy, Middle East scholar[8]
- Michael Schur, writer and producer (The Office, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, www.firejoemorgan.com)
- Roger Sperry, neuropsychologist and Nobel Prize laureate.[9]
- David H. Steinberg, screenwriter (Slackers, American Pie 2, Puss In Boots, American Pie: Book of Love)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ctnow.com/news/connecticut/hartford/hc-schools-honored-0615-20100614,0,478172.story
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools: 1982-2002
- ^ http://www.connecticutmag.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20200464&BRD=2329&PAG=461&dept_id=484827&rfi=6
- ^ http://www.casciac.org/scripts/schedule-0809.cgi?school=WmHall&sport=boys-soccer&site=&levels=V&show_bus_info=1&color=0000CC
- ^ http://www.whps.org/schools/hall/sports/sports-main.asp
- ^ www.whps.org/schools/hall/Student_Activities/Clubs and Activities 09.pdf
- ^ http://articles.courant.com/2011-07-03/entertainment/hc-von-kleist-0703-20110703_1_erica-von-kleist-jazz-theory-music-teacher
- ^ http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/people/research-associates
- ^ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1981/sperry-autobio.html
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 41°47′42″N 72°45′03″W / 41.7949°N 72.7508°W
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