- Oyster River High School
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Coordinates: 43°08′27″N 70°55′03″W / 43.14083°N 70.9175°W Oyster River High School (ORHS), part of the Oyster River Cooperative School District (ORCSD), is a public high school located in Durham, New Hampshire, United States with an enrollment of about 700 students. It serves Durham and the neighboring communities of Lee and Madbury.
During 2001-2003 it had a graduation rate of 96.97%.[citation needed] For the graduating class of 2008, the drop-out rate was 0.[citation needed] In 2006 the school underwent a major renovation and expansion to its facilities, including a new gym, theater, classroom wing and science wing, at a cost in excess of $22 million.[1]
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Athletics
The school has had success in boys soccer and girls cross-country, which have each won several state championships. The girls basketball team went undefeated in the 2005-2006 season to bring home a state championship, and also won the state championship in the 2008-2009 season. The boys indoor track team won a state championship during the 2006-2007 season. The boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams have each captured multiple state championships. In the 2010 season the girls' volleyball team went undefeated, and the boys cross country and indoor track teams won the newly created division 2 championships.
Notable alumni
- Jack Edwards, sportscaster
- Ethan Gilsdorf, author
- Joyce Maynard, author
- Carol Shea-Porter, U.S. congresswoman
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References
Categories:- Schools in Strafford County, New Hampshire
- Public high schools in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire school stubs
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