Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
| image = ABRHS220.jpg
| established =
| type = Public secondary school
| principal = Joanie Dean
| streetaddress = 36 Charter Road
| city = Acton
| state = Massachusetts
| zipcode = 01720
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|42|28|47|N|71|27|26|W|type:edu_region:US-MA|display=title,inline}}
| district = Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
| class =
| mascot = Acton Boxborough Revolution
| rival =
| colors = Blue & Gold {{color box|blue}}{{color box|goldenrod}}
| SAT = 656 verbal
684 math
1340 total (2017-2018){{Cite web|url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/sat.aspx|title = Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - 2019-20 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report}}
| athletics = 21 interscholastic sports{{Cite web |url=http://abrhs.abschools.org/athletics |title=AB Community Handbook of Athletics |publisher=Acton-Boxborough Regional Schools |access-date=February 24, 2013}}
| teaching_staff = 121.51 (FTE)
| enrollment = 1,649 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2501710&ID=250171000012|title=Acton-Boxborough Regional High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=February 8, 2025}}
| homepage = {{url|http://abrhs.abschools.org}}|
}}
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS or simply AB) is an open-enrollment high school in Acton, Massachusetts, United States. A part of the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, it serves the Massachusetts towns of Acton and Boxborough and has students in grades 9 through 12. It is situated downhill from the Raymond J. Grey Junior High School, at 36 Charter Road in Acton. Raymond J. Grey Junior High School occupies the facility that, until 1973, was the high school.{{Cite magazine|last=Konnikova|first=Maria|title=The Open-Office Trap|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-trap|access-date=October 30, 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|date=January 7, 2014|language=en-us}}
In 1999 multiple fires were set at ABRHS. The first fire began near the gymnasium but was quickly extinguished. The second fire, a five-alarm blaze in the school auditorium, seriously damaged the auditorium and forced the evacuation of all 1,300 students and canceled school the following day. No students or staff were injured, but one firefighter was hospitalized after suffering from smoke inhalation.{{YouTube|VG_LKNkLOFE|"ABRHS School Fire"}} ABRHS underwent a $40 million renovation and expansion in 2005.{{Cite web|title=Acton-Boxborough Regional High School|url=https://schooldesigns.com/Projects/acton-boxborough-regional-high-school/|access-date=October 30, 2020|website=School Designs|language=en-US}}
Mascot
In June of 2020, a change.org petition was started to change the AB "Colonials" mascot to "challenge the normalization of colonialism in our daily lives." A few months later, after a challenging debate, "the Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee unanimously voted to retire the Colonial as the school mascot."{{Cite web |last=Mahoney |first=Patty |title=Colonial voted out as Acton-Boxborough school mascot |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/the-beacon/2020/10/16/colonial-voted-out-as-acton-boxborough-school-mascot/114425540/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Wicked Local |language=en-US}} After nearly two years, a new mascot was chosen from a narrowed down list of submissions resulting in the new mascot, the Acton Boxborough Revolution.{{Cite web |last=Bonilla |first=Jhonatan |title="Acton-Boxborough Revolution" to be the new mascot for the district |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/the-beacon/2022/05/10/acton-boxborough-school-district-mascot-revolution-colonial-adoption/9675504002/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Wicked Local |language=en-US}}
Notable alumni
{{alumni|date=August 2019}}
- Seth Abramson, poet
- Tom Barrasso, Hall of Fame NHL goalie, 2x Stanley Cup Champion, 2002 Winter Olympics Silver medalist
- Bob Brooke, NHL player
- Jamie Eldridge, MA Senator
- Steve Hathaway, MLB pitcher
- Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox
- Maria Konnikova, writer, professional poker player, and journalist{{Cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-trap |title=The Open-Office Trap |last=Maria Konnikova |date=January 7, 2014 |access-date=September 18, 2014 |magazine=The New Yorker}}
- Shin Lim, magician, America's Got Talent Season 13 and America's Got Talent: The Champions winner
- Bill Morrissey, Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter
- Jeff Norton, NHL hockey player
- Matt Shearer, reporter for WBZ
- Caroll Spinney, Sesame Street puppeteer who performed Big Bird
- Evelyn Stevens, cyclist
- Bob Sweeney, Retired NHL player, President of Boston Bruins Foundation{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/community/foundation-contact|title = Boston Bruins Foundation- Contact Us}}
- Jessamyn West, librarian
- Taylor Jenkins Reid, author
References
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External links
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- [http://abrhs.abschools.org/ ABRHS Homepage]
{{Massachusetts Public High Schools}}
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Category:Public high schools in Massachusetts
Category:High schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:Buildings and structures in Acton, Massachusetts
Category:School buildings completed in 1973