Fairfield Warde High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Fairfield Warde High School

motto = Welcoming, Academic, Respectful, Dynamic, Ethical
established = 1956 as Andrew Warde High School, renamed Fairfield High School in 1986, renamed Fairfield Warde HS in 2004
city = Fairfield
state = Connecticut
country = USA
campus =
type = Public
principal = James Coyne
faculty = 197
students = 1,200
grades = 9-12
address = 755 Melville Avenue
district = Fairfield Public Schools
mascot = Mustang
colors = Red, White, and Black
newspaper = Focus (formerly Crimson Crier)
yearbook = Equus (formerly Farfieldiana, formerly Flame)
free_label_1 = Magnet School
free_1 = No
free_label_2 = Charter School
free_2 = No
free_label_3 = Year-round schedule
free_3 = No
website = [http://www.edline.net/pages/fwhs FWHS website]
footnotes =
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Fairfield Warde High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

History

In 2001, Fairfield High School was deemed overcrowded. To alleviate population overflow, Fairfield Ludlowe High School was opened at the former Roger Ludlowe High School site in 2003. The existing Fairfield High School, originally called Andrew Warde High School since its opening in 1956, was renamed Fairfield Warde High School in 2004. In the 2003–2004 school year, Warde went under an extensive renovation projection which was completed in 2006.For years, Warde was known for its successes in women's sports, notably volleyball and softball, and in math league, in which it dominated county and state competition for most of the 70s and 80s, and occasionally won regional (New England) championships.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Andrew Warde / Fairfield High / Fairfield Warde include:

* Andrew Hidalgo, (class of 1974) founder of WPCS International Incorporated
* Linda Kozlowski, (class of 1976) actress
* Eliot A. Jardines, (class of 1980) founder of the National Open Source Enterprise
* J. J. Henry, (class of 1993) professional golfer
* Thomas Blake, (class of 1994) professional tennis player
* John Mayer, (class of 1995) musician and Grammy Award winner
* Matt Morgan, (class of 1995) professional wrestler
* James Blake, (class of 1997) professional tennis player
* Raviv "Ricky" Ullman, (class of 2004) actor

References

External links

* [http://www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/wardehs/ FWHS official website]
* [http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/der/ssp/SCH0506/sr037.pdf] Fairfield Warde High School "Strategic School Profile 2005-2006", Connecticut Department of Education
* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ct/303] Fairfield Warde Web page at Great Schools Web site