Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
| Shawsheen Valley Technical High School | |
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| Address | |
| 100 Cook Street Billerica, MA, 01821 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°32′52.1″N 71°13′6.5″W / 42.547806°N 71.218472°WCoordinates: 42°32′52.1″N 71°13′6.5″W / 42.547806°N 71.218472°W |
| Information | |
| Type | public vocational high school |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Superintendent | Charles Lyons |
| Principal | Robert Cunningham |
| Faculty | 121[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,268 |
| School Colour(s) | Purple, Black & White |
| Athletics conference | Commonwealth Athletic Conference |
| Mascot | Rams |
| Rival | Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical High School (Tyngsboro, MA) |
| Average SAT scores | 1360 [2] |
| Communities served | Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Tewksbury & Wilmington |
| Website | http://www.shawsheentech.org |
Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School is located in Billerica, Massachusetts. "Shawsheen Tech", or "Shaw Tech" as it is usually called(created by Roy Hellmer and Shaun Suprey 07), is a public high school serving 5 towns: Burlington, Wilmington, Bedford, Tewksbury and Billerica making up most of the student body.
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[edit] Extracurricular activities
[edit] Athletics
There are more than 95 championship banners proudly displayed in the gymnasium. Shawsheen offers 20 varsity and 15 sub-varsity sports, including men and women's Soccer, football, men and women's basketball, baseball and softball.The Shawsheen Tech also has an indoor swimming pool for the swim team. Those awards are hung in the pool area. The pool is also held for swimming lessons.
The football team returned to the 2010 Division IV State Championship game in for the first time in 32 years, and won their first state title in school history on December 4, 2010 at Curry College by defeating Blue Hills Regional Technical School by a score of 20-6.
[edit] Curriculum
Shawsheen Tech has a variety of "shops" (such as culinary, automotive, cosmetology, health, metal fabrication. etc) as well as regular academics. Students as freshman rotate through 14 shops over the school year; one week through the academic portion of the shop, and the week after experience what is done in the shop hands on. Around the month of May, the freshmen choose the shop they want, and during the shop week, they learn more about their trade.
During the academic week, students have regular classes they need that is necessary for the curriculum to go on to the next year. The curriculum in order to graduate is four years of English, at least two years of science (if going on to college three years),three years of math (if going to college four years),and two years of history. A student will have three years of physical education; two years being swimming and/or gym for half a year and health education for the other half. During the day, a student will have eight 45 minute classes and a lunch period. The teacher/student ratio is usually one teacher to 10 students.
At the end of Junior year or throughout Senior year, students who have reached their shops requirements, and maintains a B average in all their major classes throughout the year can choose to go on Co-op. Co-op is when students find a job in their particular trade and works there, while getting paid, during shop weeks instead of going to school. This lets the student experience work in their trade and gives the students a feel for working full-time after they graduate if they don't go to college.
[edit] New Health Wing
In the Fall of 2011, Shawsheen Tech officially opened a new health wing. The new wing consists of Health along with new shops for dentistry and nursing. The wing replaced the diesel shop.
[edit] References
- ^ Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech High School - Enrollment/Indicators. Massachusetts Department of Education.
- ^ Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech High School - Test Results. Massachusetts Department of Education.
