Parish Hill High School

Infobox HighSchool
name = Parish Hill High School


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type = Public
head = Kathryn L Walsh
city = Chaplin
state = Connecticut
country = USA
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students = About 325
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colors = Green & White
homepage = http://www.parishhill.org/

Parish Hill High School is a regional secondary school and middle school in rural Chaplin, Connecticut.

=General Information=

Affectionately known as "the Hill",the school mascot is the "Pirate" GRRRRRR!, 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.

=Mission Statement=

Parish Hill fosters academic and personal excellence, develops the ideals of respect, integrity and fairness, and embraces community participation within a safe school environment. [http://www.parishhill.org/mission/mission.htm]

=Demographics=

Racial makeup of the school in 2006-2007 was

White 94.2%,

African American 1.2%,

Native American 0.9%,

Asian 0.6%,

extraterrestrial 0%
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population. [http://www.parishhill.org/publications/district126.pdf]

=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, glee club golf, track & field,cross country and happy hands for high school students.

=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. [http://www.parishhill.org/ Official Web Site]