Naugatuck High School

Naugatuck High School
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Janice Saam
Faculty	127 (2007-2008 school year)
Students	1346(2007-2008 school year) [1]
Grades	9-12
Location	Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA
Colors	Garnet and Grey
Newspaper	'The Greyhound'
Website	[1]

Naugatuck High School is a high school (grades 9-12) in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut. The school principal is Janice Saam.

Original Naugatuck High School (c. 1910)

The school is located at 543 Rubber Avenue. The building was constructed in 1959. 3 wings were added during the 1970s and are known as Castle House, Goodyear House, And the Applied Education Wing which contains all of the shop classes. The main building is now known as the Judd House. The original building, located on Hillside Ave., was built in 1905 by McKim, Mead, and White and then was the Hillside Middle School until the 2010-2011 term when it became Hillside Intermediate School.

The school mascot is the greyhound and the school colors are garnet and grey. Naugatuck competes against other towns in the Naugatuck Valley. These towns include Waterbury, Watertown, Torrington, Derby, Ansonia, Bristol, Region 16, Seymour, New Haven, and Oxford.

NHS has a storied football rivalry with the high school in Ansonia that is one of the longest in America. Like the other high schools in the Naugatuck Valley, the two teams meet the morning of Thanksgiving Day. The first meeting was in 1900. Ansonia is the long-term winner in the series. Then in 2010 the greyhounds beat Ansonia to win the NVL Championship.

Other notable student activities include the NHS Marching Band, Chamber Singers, NHS Drama Club, AFJROTC and the boys' Cross Country Team, which has gone undefeated for three years straight, with a record of 60-0.^{[citation needed]}

The school, in 2009, added solar panels to its roof.

See also

• List of high school football rivalries (100 years+)

References

1. ^ Naugatuck High School - Naugatuck, Connecticut/CT - Public School Profile

• Naugatuck High School Homepage

Coordinates: 41°29′28″N 73°04′29″W / 41.4911°N 73.0746°W / 41.4911; -73.0746