Glastonbury High School
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Glastonbury High School is a public, co-educational high school
located in Glastonbury, Connecticut
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Glastonbury High School is the only high school in the town of Glastonbury, Connecticut. It serves roughly 2,500 students and employs roughly 130 faculty members.
, Career
and Vocational Education
, English Language Learners/ELL
, English/Language Arts
, Foreign Language
, Health
and Physical Education
, Social Sciences
, Mathematics
, Music
, and Science
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Glastonbury High School has two support departments: School Counseling and Special Education/Pupil Services.
The Mary A. Kingsbury Library at Glastonbury High School provides research material in the building and at home with a variety of print resources (i.e. books, magazines, reference material) and paid Internet databases (e.g. newspaper archives).
, football
, swimming and diving,field hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, wrestling and track
teams.
In addition to the sports programs, there is a large selection of clubs and extracurricular activities that support the mission statement. The administration promotes participation in clubs by all students, as there are clubs for many interests. Examples include Science Quiz Bowl, Debate Club, Spanish Club, Men's Choir, and Math Team. Recently founded in 2007, a new chapter of DECA
has been started at the school. The largest club in the school is Key club.
Glastonbury High School is also well known for its Russian program which recently reached its 50th year. They are celebrating with different activities including the Russian Bazaar which is featuring the Yale Russian Chorus and a performance from the world-renowned Hartford Symphony.
and classrooms were added to the school and various other improvements were made to the school building. The old science wing, auditorium
, gym
facilities, and field house
received major renovations, and the library and cafeteria
each received an addition. The renovation increased the capacity of the school from 1,500 students to 2,300 students.
The Glastonbury Education Foundation funded a state-of-the-art Digital Television studio in May, 2008.
Glastonbury High School was built in 1952 (Wings B, E, and F), and has received the following:
Prior to 1952, Glastonbury High School was housed in what is now the town hall, at the former Academy School
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High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Glastonbury, Connecticut
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Glastonbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1693. The population was 31,876 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, 7 miles southeast of Hartford. The town...
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Glastonbury High School is the only high school in the town of Glastonbury, Connecticut. It serves roughly 2,500 students and employs roughly 130 faculty members.
Departments
Glastonbury High School has thirteen academic departments: ArtArt
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, Career
Career
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
and Vocational Education
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
, English Language Learners/ELL
ELL
Ell or ELL may refer to:* Ell, a measure of length* Ell, Luxembourg, a commune and town in Luxembourg* Ell, Netherlands, a town in the Netherlands* Ell , a wing of a building* Ell , a Scottish measure of length...
, English/Language Arts
Language arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
, Foreign Language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
, Health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
and Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, and Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
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Glastonbury High School has two support departments: School Counseling and Special Education/Pupil Services.
The Mary A. Kingsbury Library at Glastonbury High School provides research material in the building and at home with a variety of print resources (i.e. books, magazines, reference material) and paid Internet databases (e.g. newspaper archives).
Activities
Glastonbury High School (GHS) offers a variety of clubs and activities to students, including its cross-countryCross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, swimming and diving,field hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, wrestling and track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
teams.
In addition to the sports programs, there is a large selection of clubs and extracurricular activities that support the mission statement. The administration promotes participation in clubs by all students, as there are clubs for many interests. Examples include Science Quiz Bowl, Debate Club, Spanish Club, Men's Choir, and Math Team. Recently founded in 2007, a new chapter of DECA
DECA (organization)
DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
has been started at the school. The largest club in the school is Key club.
Glastonbury High School is also well known for its Russian program which recently reached its 50th year. They are celebrating with different activities including the Russian Bazaar which is featuring the Yale Russian Chorus and a performance from the world-renowned Hartford Symphony.
Recent Athletic Accomplishments
- The Tomahawks Football won the Class LL Championship on Saturday, December 6, 2008 against Cheshire, with a final score of 28-14.
Renovations/Building History
In 2002, citizens voted to have Glastonbury High School renovated. The renovation was completed as of September, 2007. New science labsLaboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
and classrooms were added to the school and various other improvements were made to the school building. The old science wing, auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
, gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
facilities, and field house
Field House
Field House or Fieldhouse is a common name for indoor sports arenas and stadiums, mostly used for college basketball, volleyball, or ice hockey.-Colorado:*Balch Fieldhouse, University of Colorado...
received major renovations, and the library and cafeteria
Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
each received an addition. The renovation increased the capacity of the school from 1,500 students to 2,300 students.
The Glastonbury Education Foundation funded a state-of-the-art Digital Television studio in May, 2008.
Glastonbury High School was built in 1952 (Wings B, E, and F), and has received the following:
- 1956: Additional classroom wing (Older part of C wing)
- 1971: (Former) science wing (Newer part of C wing), gymnasium, and auditorium were built
- 1991: Additional classroom wing constructed (D wing) and renovations done to the building
- 2007: Added a Science Wing (A wing), additional renovations done to the building (particularly the former science wing - newer part of C wing)
Prior to 1952, Glastonbury High School was housed in what is now the town hall, at the former Academy School
Academy School
Academy School is a former school complex located in Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA. It was discontinued for school use in 2001 with the opening of the Smith Middle School and renovation of the Gideon Welles School. From 1974–2001, Academy School was the town's sixth-grade school, although it housed...
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