Stoneham High School
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{{infobox school
| name = Stoneham High School
| location = 149 Franklin St
Stoneham, MA 02180
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|42.4726|N|71.0890|W|type:edu_region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
| image = Running track, Stoneham High School, Stoneham MA.jpg
| caption = On the running track
| information = 781-279-3810
| nickname = Spartans
| colors = Blue, and White {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}
| grades = 9–12
| district = Stoneham Public Schools
| type = Public high school
| enrollment = 585 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2511220&ID=251122002295|title=Stoneham High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 26, 2025}}
| SAT = 559 verbal
550 math
1109 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}}
| teaching_staff = 58.78 (FTE)
| website = [http://www.stonehamschools.org/?q=highschool School website]
}}
Stoneham High School is a comprehensive, four-year public school located in Stoneham, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. As members of the Middlesex League, Stoneham High School student-athletes compete in 20 varsity sports.
Academics
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Seven classes are scheduled with six blocks meeting each day; periods are 57 minutes long. The Superintendent of Stoneham Schools is John Macero. The assistant principal is Craig Murray. SHS offers Advanced Placement Program courses in French, Spanish, Italian, Biology, History, Chemistry, Studio Art, Physics, Calculus and Psychology, English.{{Cite web |title=Stoneham High School Staff |url=https://www.stonehamschools.org/schools/stoneham-high-school/people |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=www.stonehamschools.org}}
Athletics
Stoneham is a member of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Middlesex League.
Sports:
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- Fall
- Boys and Girls Cross Country
- Boys and Girls Swimming
- Golf
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Girls Volleyball
- Boy and Girls Soccer
- Cheerleading
- Winter
- Boys and Girls Indoor Track
- Boys and Girls Basketball
- Boys Hockey
- Girls Gymnastics
- Spring
- Boys and Girls Outdoor Track
- Baseball
- Boys and Girls Tennis
- Softball
- Lacrosse
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Performing arts
The Drama Club, puts on three productions each year; one in the fall, a 40-minute piece in the winter (which they bring to the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild One-Act Festival), and a musical in the spring. The drama club is completely student run, only having faculty/adult supervision and direction.
They went to the state finals in March–April 2014 for their adaptation of the stage version of Spring Awakening. They also attended state finals again in March–April 2017 for their adaptation of "Kindertransport".{{Cite web|title = Stoneham High School Drama Club to perform in Festival final round|url = http://m.stoneham.wickedlocal.com/article/20140327/News/140327661|website = Stoneham Sun|access-date = 2016-01-20}}
The Drama Club also made it to the semi-finals round in 2019 with their performance of The Yellow Boat.{{Cite web|url=https://metg.org/high-school-festival/2019-semi-final-round.html|title=High School Theater Festival - METG|website=metg.org|access-date=2020-02-10}}
Demographics
The racial makeup of Stoneham High School is: 77.6% White, 11.1% Hispanic, 6.3% Asian, and 2.2% Black.{{cite web |title=Stoneham High 2023-24 Enrollment |url=https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/general/general.aspx?topNavID=1&leftNavId=100&orgcode=02840505&orgtypecode=6 |website=profiles.doe.mass.edu |access-date=15 June 2024}}
Notable alumni
- Glenn Adamson: curator, author, and art historian
- Peter Adamson: professor of philosophy
- Quincy Brisco: comedian and media personality
- Mario Cantone: comedian and actor
- Sandro Corsaro: American animator and author
- Charles Gibbons: Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and 1958 candidate for governor[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbons.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gibbons][https://web.archive.org/web/20110131150228/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,863847,00.html TIME, September 15, 1958]
- Josh Gondelman: actor, comedy writer, and stand-up comedian
- George J. Hall: U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
- Chris J. Johnson: actor
- Nancy Kerrigan: two-time Olympic figure skating medalist
- Killer Kowalski: professional wrestler
- Hideo Mabuchi: physicist and Professor of Applied Physics
- Joe McLaughlin: linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants
- Bill Peirce: Libertarian candidate for Governor of Ohio in 2006.
- Joe Vitiello: Major League Baseball player from 1995 to 2003
- Steve Yarbrough: novelist{{Cite web |title=Index |url=https://www.stonehamschools.org/schools/stoneham-high-school/shs-athletic-hall-of-fame/index |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=www.stonehamschools.org |language=en}}
References
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