Parish Hill High School
| Parish Hill High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Chaplin, Connecticut, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Head teacher | Dori Smith |
| Number of students | About 330 as of beginning of 2008-09 school year |
| Color(s) | Green & White |
| Website | http://www.parishhill.org/ |
Parish Hill High School is a regional secondary school and middle school in rural Chaplin, Connecticut.
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[edit] General information
Affectionately known as the Hill, the school mascot is the "Pirate", Parish Hill Middle/High School teaches grades 7 to 12 to students from three local towns: Chaplin, Hampton and Scotland. Parish Hill and the elementary schools in these three towns make up Regional District #11.
There have been several attempts by the three towns (Hampton, Scotland, Chaplin) to dissolve Regional District #11, in which all three towns must vote yes to dissolve. On November 12, 2009, the most recent referendum was narrowly defeated, by the Town of Chaplin, although the Popular vote was for the dissolution
How They Voted On the proposal to dissolve Regional School District 11:
Chaplin Yes: 252 No: 335
Hampton Yes: 374 No: 351
Scotland Yes: 337 No: 173
[edit] Demographics
Racial makeup of the school in 2006-2007 was
White 92%,
African American 1.2%,
Native American 0.9%,
Asian 0.6%
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population.[2]
[edit] After-school activities
Parish Hill offers many after-school activities, including Diversity Club, middle school drama club, and middle and high school newspaper clubs. The school offers baseball, softball, basketball, and soccer for middle school and high school students, and Cheerleading, knitting, golf, track & field, cross country and happy hands for high school students.
[edit] Recent news
Recently, due to poor tests scores and high per pupil costs, the three sending towns of Scotland, Chaplin and Hampton are exploring the options of withdrawal from, dissolving of or re-envisioning the high school.
Parish Hill has recently undergone evaluation by a NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) visiting team and is a fully credited school.
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Coordinates: 41°44′46″N 72°06′32″W / 41.746°N 72.109°W
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