King Philip Regional High School
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King Philip Regional High School is a regional high school in Massachusetts
drawing students from three towns: Wrentham
, Norfolk
and Plainville
. The school is located at 201 Franklin Street in Wrentham.
On April 4, 2008, KPTV and the Wake Up Warriors program were selected as one of the top 100 finalists in Fox 25's "Best High School News" Contest, and won the newscasters vote as best program. They would have won outright, but there was a glitch in which you could vote many times at once over and over again for your own school.
Fall Sports:
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Boys' and Girls' Soccer
Volleyball
Winter Sports:
Boys' and Girls' Basketball
Cheerleading
Gymnastics
Boys' and Girls' Ice Hockey
Indoor Track
Boys' and Girls' Swimming
Wrestling
Spring Sports:
Baseball
Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse
Softball
Boys' and Girls' Tennis
Boys' and Girls' Track
This school replaces the 1950s yellow brick building, which was demolished during the fall of 2006. Only the gymnasium and the auditorium were saved, with the auditorium being converted into the music rooms. The field house, which was added to the school in the 1970s, was also saved in this project. The new parking lot sits in the area in which part of the old classroom wing once stood.
The school has also renovated its athletic areas. New bleachers and lights have been installed at the football stadium, as well as a new track. The school is also considering replacing the football field with an artificial turf field. In a first in Massachusetts, parents,students, and other community members are raising money for the new field, $1 million, entirely from private donations. The baseball/softball fields had to be re-created as they were used as the student parking lots during the 2006-2007 school year. As part of the athletic field renovations, the school also expanded and renovated the tennis courts.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
drawing students from three towns: Wrentham
Wrentham, Massachusetts
Wrentham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,955 at the 2010 census.- History :Wrentham was first settled by the English in 1660 and officially incorporated in 1673. It was burned down during King Philip's War 1675-1676. For a short time, it was the...
, Norfolk
Norfolk, Massachusetts
Norfolk is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States with a population of 10,460 people in 2,818 households at the 2000 census. Formerly known as North Wrentham, Norfolk broke away to become an independent town in 1870.-History:...
and Plainville
Plainville, Massachusetts
Plainville is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 8,264. Plainville is part of the Providence metropolitan area.- History :Plainville was originally a part of the town of Wrentham, Massachusetts...
. The school is located at 201 Franklin Street in Wrentham.
Wake Up Warriors
The students of King Philip that take part in the television production program produce their own show which is supposed used to promote school events, as otherwise it would not be allowed. Students sometimes get to purely express themselves, but a constant strict administration demands that the majority of programming be for money-making school events, and furthermore the teacher choses what goes on the show, not the students. It airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning (or the last day before a break/vacation) during homeroom.On April 4, 2008, KPTV and the Wake Up Warriors program were selected as one of the top 100 finalists in Fox 25's "Best High School News" Contest, and won the newscasters vote as best program. They would have won outright, but there was a glitch in which you could vote many times at once over and over again for your own school.
Music program
The school has a nationally award-winning Music Program known as "The Pride and the Passion" under the direction of Past director Peter G. Tileston and current director Joshua O. Wolloff as of the summer of 2010. The school has a marching band, a symphony band, a concert band, a jazz band, several Jazz combos, a folk band, a Chorus, a percussion ensemble, and a color guard. The marching band has won 24 consecutive gold medal titles in the MICCA evaluations and has achieved the highest ranking in the USSBA Regional Championships for 6 years in a row.Athletics
The sports team, the Warriors, competes in the Hockomock League with other area school districts. The school colors are green and gold and the mascot is a Native American.Fall Sports:
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Boys' and Girls' Soccer
Volleyball
Winter Sports:
Boys' and Girls' Basketball
Cheerleading
Gymnastics
Boys' and Girls' Ice Hockey
Indoor Track
Boys' and Girls' Swimming
Wrestling
Spring Sports:
Baseball
Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse
Softball
Boys' and Girls' Tennis
Boys' and Girls' Track
Building project
In August 2007, King Philip Regional High School completed its building project, which began in April 2005. The first phase of the project included a new two-story classroom wing with updated classrooms and science labs, a new library/media center, a renovated field house with an indoor track/rock climbing wall, a new kitchen, new athletic locker rooms, a new weight/fitness room, new guidance offices, a new bus lobby, and new technology classrooms. The second phase of the project included new administrative spaces, a renovated gymnasium, new band/music spaces, a new 850-seat auditorium, new fine art classrooms, a new commons-style cafeteria, a new school store, new phys. ed locker rooms, a new nurse's office, and a new main lobby.This school replaces the 1950s yellow brick building, which was demolished during the fall of 2006. Only the gymnasium and the auditorium were saved, with the auditorium being converted into the music rooms. The field house, which was added to the school in the 1970s, was also saved in this project. The new parking lot sits in the area in which part of the old classroom wing once stood.
The school has also renovated its athletic areas. New bleachers and lights have been installed at the football stadium, as well as a new track. The school is also considering replacing the football field with an artificial turf field. In a first in Massachusetts, parents,students, and other community members are raising money for the new field, $1 million, entirely from private donations. The baseball/softball fields had to be re-created as they were used as the student parking lots during the 2006-2007 school year. As part of the athletic field renovations, the school also expanded and renovated the tennis courts.
Notable alumni and faculty
- Liam Kyle SullivanLiam Kyle SullivanKelly, a cross-dressed Liam, has released an album entitled Shoes digitally through TuneCore and on rare CDs by Susan Walker's label Galleria Records, which consists of tracks recorded by herself, her ex-boyfriend, and her mom. "Shoes" is also the name of Kelly's biggest hit, which won a People's...
, American comedian and actor. - Lofa TatupuLofa Tatupu-Seattle Seahawks:Tatupu quickly established himself as one of the top defensive players in the league as a rookie in 2005, in which he was named to the Pro Bowl, while leading the NFC Champion Seahawks in tackles, with 104, en route to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history...
, NFL linebacker. - Jeff PlymptonJeff PlymptonJeffrey Hunter Plympton is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 2", 205 lb., Plympton batted and threw right-handed...
, Former Red Sox Pitcher - Jason ChandlerJason ChandlerJason Chandler is the lead vocalist for the rock band The Frustrators.He attended King Philip High School in Wrentham, Massachusetts, where he met fellow future Frustrator, Art Tedeschi. Chandler and Tedeschi were both in the bands Thrash Frog and Violent Anal Death...
, singer of the rock band The FrustratorsThe FrustratorsThe Frustrators are a punk rock band with Jason Chandler , Terry Linehan , Art Tedeschi , and Mike Dirnt...