Danvers High School

Danvers High School
Address
60 Cabot Road
Danvers, MA 01923
United States
Coordinates 42°34′56″N 70°55′53″W / 42.58222°N 70.93139°W / 42.58222; -70.93139Coordinates: 42°34′56″N 70°55′53″W / 42.58222°N 70.93139°W / 42.58222; -70.93139
Information
Type Comprehensive high school
Motto "Ladies and Gentlemen Always"
Established 1962
Opened 2013
School district Danvers Public Schools
Superintendent Lisa Dana, Superintendent
Principal Dr. Jason Colombino
Faculty 100.8 (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1044[1]
Hours in school day 7:30am - 1:55pm
Campus size 46 acres
Campus type Single Building
Color(s) Royal blue and white         
Athletics conference Northeastern Conference (NEC)
Mascot Falcon
Rival Gloucester
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Average SAT scores 558 verbal
557 math
1115 total (2016-2017)[2]
Newspaper The Flying Onion
Feeder schools Holten-Richmond Middle School
Danvers Elementary Schools
Website School website

Danvers High School (DHS) is a public high school in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Danvers Public Schools school district.

Demographics

Student enrolment for the 2015-2016 School year (Grades 9-12) was 1020. The school employs 85.2 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) teachers. The average class size is 19.1 (State average is 18.1) and the ratio of teachers to students is 1:13.

History

Opened in September 1962, Danvers High School was the successor to Holten High School. This had opened in 1855 originally in the town hall, with 67 students.[3] It had been funded by the Danvers Prudential Committee.[4]

Danvers High School received national (and later international) attention when use of the word "meep" by students was forbidden, due to its disruptive use by some students.[5] Principal Thomas Murray banned the word, and threatened police action over its use in either speech or on clothing.[6][7]

In June 2010, The Boston Globe commended the speech "Operation Red Sprinkles" [8] by DHS Salutatorian Anisha Shenai (class of 2010), as one of the most e-mailed inspirational articles at Boston.com.[9]

Murder

On October 22, 2013, teacher Colleen Ritzer, 24, was murdered in a restroom at the school. Ritzer's body was found in a recycling bin behind the school campus. Student Philip Chism, then 14, was arraigned in her death.[10][11] On November 21, 2013, Chism was indicted on charges of murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery.[12] Chism was charged as an adult and, on December 15, 2015, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery.[13] On February 26, 2016 he was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 40 years.[14]

The school was given additional financial support by the U.S. Department of Education to help it recover from the murder.[15]

Academics

Danvers High School offers the following levels of instruction: College Preparatory and Honors, Accelerated and Advanced Placement coursework. Standardized tests include the PSAT, SAT, SAT II, ACT, AP and MCAS.

Assistant Superintendent and Principal

The positions of Assistant Superintendent and Principals were merged in 2011, and then replaced by the position of Principal in 2017.

  • ? - 2010: Tim Murray (Assistant Superintendent)
  • 2010 - 2017: Susan Ambrozavitch (Assistant Superintendent and Principal)
  • 2017 - : Dr. Jason Colombino (Principal)

Athletics

The school fields teams in seven spring sports, eight fall sports, and 10 winter sports.

The arts

Marching band

The Falcon Marching Band has performed three times in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. They have also performed in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Hawaii. The Band has been under the direction of Ron Parsons since 1987.

A Cappella

There are three a cappella groups at Danvers High School, Deception, Ingrid Sound, and Falconize. Deception is a six-person co-ed group that consists of members from Ingrid Sound and Falconize. Ingrid Sound is an all-female group. Falconize is a co-ed cappella group. They most recently placed 3rd at the International Competition of High School A Cappella in New York City in 2015 and Ingrid Sound recently placed 1st at the NE Voices Festival and traveled to Memphis, TN for the National A Cappella Convention High School Competition in 2017.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://danverspublicschools.org/dhs/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/12/DHS-RC-overview.pdf
  2. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/sat.aspx
  3. ↑ Trask, Richard B (2008). "Touching the Past Occasional Descriptions of Items Within the Collections of the Danvers Archival Center". Danvers Archival Center. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Peabody High School". Peabody School History Project. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Forman, Ethan. "What's wrong with 'meep'? It's all in how you say it" Archived 2012-07-15 at Archive.is, The Salem News, 10 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Meep Banned At Danvers High School". wbztv.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  7. ↑ "Danvers High School says students can't say 'meep'". Boston Herald. bostonherald.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Operation Red Sprinkles"
  9. ↑ "Danvers High Salutatorian Speech", Boston Globe, Boston.com, Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  10. ↑ Botelho, Greg; Brown, Don; Brown, Pamela (October 25, 2013). "Sources: Teen followed Danvers teacher into bathroom, killed her with box cutter". CNN. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ "14-year-old charged with killing beloved Danvers, Massachusetts, teacher". CNN. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts teen accused of killing teacher indicted on murder, other charges". CNN. November 21, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts teen found guilty of murdering math teacher, other charges". CNN. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Teenager who raped and killed his maths teacher is jailed for life". The Guardian. February 27, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  15. ↑ "U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $50,000 Grant to Danvers High School to Restore Safe School Environment". U.S. Department of Education. U.S. Department of Education. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Representative Theodore C. Speliotis". Retrieved February 1, 2018.

Bibliography

  • Ladies and Gentlemen Always: The Illustrated Story of Holten High School, Richard P. Zollo and Virginia Sherry Zollo (1994)
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