Conard High School

Conard High School
Conard High School
ConardHighSchool.png
Motto Diversity is Strength[1]
Established 1957
Type Public high school
Principal Peter Cummings
Students 1461[2]
Grades 9-12
Location 110 Beechwood Road,
West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
District West Hartford Public Schools
Colors Red and gray
Mascot Chieftain
Newspaper 'The PowWow'
Athletic rival Hall High School (Connecticut)
Website whps.org/school/conard/index.asp
ConardEXT1.jpg
Conard High School's front entrance.

Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, Connecticut. It opened in 1957, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board of Education when plans for the school were approved.[3] Conard is one of two West Hartford public high schools, the other being Hall High School.

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History

Conard's first classes were held on September 4, 1957.[4] Conard was originally designed to accommodate 1100 students.[5] However, today there are more than 1500 students in attendance.

In 1999, Alphonse Chuck Landroche became Conard's principal. Landroche retired at the end of the 2007 school year.[6][7] Tom Moore became Conard's principal in 2007.[8] In 2010, Moore became assistant superintendent, which left Conard without a principal. In the fall of 2010, Dr. Peter Cummings became principal of Conard High School.

Facts and statistics

As of 2007, Conard had a population of 1,461 students, with 60.9% white, 19.1% Hispanic, 10.7% Black, 9.1% Asian American and 0.2% American Indian.[2]

Conard's mascot is an American Indian chieftain. This is denoted on the schools athletic jerseys by the letter "C" crossed with an Indian feather, which replaced the side profile of a chieftain in Fall of 2007.

As of 2007, Conard offers 26 AP courses.[2]

There is a prominent rivalry between Conard High School and its cross-town counterpart, Hall High School.

Accomplishments

  • Recognized by Newsweek magazine as the 329th best public high school in the nation in 2010.[9]
  • Recognized by Newsweek as Connecticut's top public high school in 2006, based on "the number of Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2005 divided by the number of graduating seniors."[10]
  • Blue Ribbon School in 1984-85.[11]

Student activities

Conard High School offers a variety of different clubs and boards.[12]

Clubs

  • Aerospace Club
  • Anime Club
  • Art Club
  • Business Club
  • Be The Media (with West Hartford Community Television http://www.whctv.org)
  • Chess Club
  • Drama
  • Drill Team
  • Environmental Club
  • French Club (Le Club Francais)
  • Freshman Class Board
  • Gay-Straight Alliance
  • Improv Club
  • Interact Club
  • Junior Class Board
  • Math Team
  • Mock Trial Team
  • Model UN Club
  • Musical[13]
  • Outside the Box Lunch Club
  • Ping Pong Club
  • Pow Wow (School Newspaper)
  • Senior Class Board
  • Sophomore Class Board
  • Step Team
  • Student Council
  • Unified Theater
  • Video Club

Athletics

  • Baseball
  • Basketball M
  • Basketball W
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross-Country
  • Field Hockey
  • Football
  • Golf M
  • Golf W
  • Gymnastics
  • Ice Hockey M
  • Ice Hockey W
  • Indoor Track
  • Lacrosse M
  • Lacrosse W
  • Soccer M
  • Soccer W
  • Softball
  • Swimming & Diving M
  • Swimming & Diving W
  • Tennis M
  • Tennis W
  • Track & Field
  • Volleyball M
  • Volleyball W
  • Winter Cheerleading
  • Wrestling

Honor Societies

  • Athletic Leadership Council
  • National Honor Society
  • French Honor Society
  • Latin Honor Society
  • Spanish Honor Society

Notable alumni

References

External links

Coordinates: 41°44′07″N 72°44′53″W / 41.73529900°N 72.74793700°W / 41.73529900; -72.74793700


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