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William H. Hall High School
Address
Map
975 North Main Street

West Hartford
,
Connecticut
06117

United States
Coordinates41°47′41″N 72°45′05″W / 41.7946°N 72.7513°W / 41.7946; -72.7513
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto'Live like a Warrior.'
Established1924[1]
FounderWilliam H. Hall
School districtWest Hartford Public Schools
SuperintendentTom Moore
PrincipalDan Zittoun
Faculty102 (2014)
Grades9 - 12
Number of students1531 (2014)[2]
Color(s)Blue and White   
Team nameWarriors
RivalsConard High School
NewspaperHall Highlights'
YearbookHallmarks'
WebsiteHHS Homepage

William H. Hall High School, also known as Hall High, is a four-year public high school located in West Hartford, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. As the first high school in West Hartford, it opened in 1872 and was named West Hartford High School. In 1924 it was named after William Henry Hall (b. 1845), who was a teacher, principal and superintendent of schools in West Hartford[3][4]. 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.

Demographics

The 2016/2017 demographic profile are as follows: White 66%, Asian American 12% Hispanic 12% Black 10%

Athletics and clubs

Hall has a long running, cross-town rivalry against Conard High School competing in the Central Connecticut Conference in the West Division.They met that record again in 2011 and 2013.[5][6] The team was also the Central Connecticut Conference Champions in 2011 and again in 2013. [citation needed] In soccer, Hall won the 1980 state championship 3-2 over E. O. Smith High School. The school also 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. Hall's boys' cross country team has won the Central Connecticut Conference four of the last five years dating back to 2012.[7] As of 2013, the girls' swimming and diving team had recorded 29 consecutive wins.[citation needed]

Hall has a renowned jazz program, which stage an annual production called Pops 'n' Jazz, regularly selling over 3,000 tickets every year. They have also won the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival twice, in 1998 and 2000. The band has performed for the president at the White House, appeared in Ken Burns's documentary film ''Jazz'' and shared the stage with countless jazz luminaries, including Count Basie Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Ted Nash, Arturo O'Farrell, Elliot Mason, John Daversa, Phil Woods and Joe Lovano.[8]

Academic accomplishments

  • Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation's top (No. 855) high schools.[9]
  • Blue Ribbon School in 1984-85.[10]
  • Recognized in the November 2008 Issue of Connecticut Magazine as the 13th best school in the state of Connecticut.[11]
  • Awarded a Gold Medal by U.S. News as one of the top high schools in the country (#322) and 6th Best in Connecticut in 2012.[12]
  • Fed by #1 Elementary School on planet earth (according to World Almanacs 1952–2017) Edward W. Morley Elementary

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "West Hartford Public Schools". West Hartford Library. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. ^ "William H. Hall High School in WEST HARTFORD, CT | Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. ^ https://patch.com/connecticut/westhartford/what-year-was-this-team-picture-taken, retrieved 2017-08-10 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.whps.org/uploaded/Schools/High_Schools/Hall_High_School/Students/1617Hall_High_School_Student_Handbook.pdf?1472056123485, retrieved 2017-08-10 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "2013 - Division I-West". Central Connecticut Conference. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ^ "2011 - Division I-West". Central Connecticut Conference. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  7. ^ "2013 CCC Championship Meet Results". Centralconnecticutconference.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  8. ^ Staudter, Thomas (2001-05-13). "Not Just Another School Band Recital". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  9. ^ [1][dead link]
  10. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools: 1982-2002 Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ https://archive.is/20081210062221/http://www.connecticutmag.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20200464&BRD=2329&PAG=461&dept_id=484827&rfi=6. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "William H. Hall High School in WEST HARTFORD, CT | Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "West Hartford's Hall High School Prepares for Annual Pops 'n Jazz" (HMTL). we-ha.com. February 13, 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  14. ^ "Research Associates | Center for Middle Eastern Studies". Cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  15. ^ "Roger W. Sperry - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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