Wethersfield High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Wethersfield High School
type = Public secondary
principal = Thomas R. Moore
faculty = approx. 100
students = approx. 1,150
mascot = Eagle
colors = Navy Blue and White
city = Wethersfield
state = Connecticut
country = USA
website = [http://www.wethersfield.k12.ct.us/High_School/whs.htm Wethersfield High School web site]
grades = 9–12
address = 411 Wolcott Hill Road
yearbook = "The Elm"
newspaper = "The Phoenix"

Wethersfield High School is the only high school in Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States.

Facilities

Wethersfield High has a 37 acre campus. The campus includes a greenhouse, a synthetic surface outdoor track, the Esposito baseball complex, a softball field, the DiCicco soccer field and the Cottone Football Stadium. The building has approximately convert|230000|sqft|m2|-3 of space.

The school's ice hockey team skates out of Newington Arena (formerly known as Connecticut International Skating Center) in Newington, Connecticut.

Enrollment

In the 2003-2004 school year, there were about 100 staff members and 1150 enrolled students.

Notable alumni

*Tony DiCicco, former coach of U.S. Women's National Soccer team
*Christopher S. Murphy, U.S. Congressman
*Paul Doyle, CT State Senator
*Mark Linn-Baker, Actor (famous for his role as Larry Appleton on the television sitcom Perfect Strangers)
*Betsey Johnson, Fashion Designer
*Merritt Baldwin, All-American Soccer Player (University of Connecticut)
*Colin McDonald - Professional hockey player
*Christopher Shinn - New School For Drama Instructor and Obie winning Playwright ('Four')
*Sarah Rooney - Soprano (NBR New Zealand Opera)

Notable Faculty

*Benjamin Tallmadge was a superintendent of the high school and later served in the U. S. House of Representatives.

Awards

Wethersfield High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1996.fact|date=October 2007

Athletics

Wethersfield High School excels at a variety of sports including Soccer, Baseball, and Track and Field.

The soccer team currently holds the most titles in the state, with 14. In the 2007 season, they reached the semifinals before losing to Joel Barlow High School 2-1 in overtime.

In 2008, the baseball team posted an 18-2 regular season record, the best in school history. Also, they were a perfect 10-0 in the CCC West Conference, making them the Conference Champions for the second time in three years.

Wethersfield's ice hockey team won the Connecticut Division III State Championships in 2007, for the first time in the team's 33 year history. The win is the first state championship for Coach Dennis Tulimieri, who has been head coach of the Eagles for 21 years, and assistant coach Bryan Healy, whose senior year resulted in the team's first trip to the championship, losing 8-7 in overtime to Immaculate High School in 1986 at the Hartford Civic Center.

Wethersfield's Track and Field Team in 2006 Won CIAC's Class L State Meet. On June 3rd, 2008 The Boys Won CIAC's Class MM State Meet, the team's only two state championships in school history.

Theater program

The school's theater program generally produces two plays per academic year, a non-musical theatrical production in the fall season, and a musical in the spring. Recently, Wethersfield has performed productions of "Little Shop of Horrors", "Godspell", "West Side Story", "Oklahoma!", and "Honk!". Fall productions have included a collection of stories by Kurt Vonnegut, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Importance of Being Earnest". In March 2008, students put on the musical "Kiss Me, Kate". Wethersfield is currently working on the creation of a full time drama department within the school.

References

External links

* [http://www.wethersfield.k12.ct.us/High_School/whs.htm School website]