Manchester Central High School
| Manchester Central High School | |
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| Address | |
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207 Lowell Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03104 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°59′35″N 71°27′14″W / 42.993°N 71.454°WCoordinates: 42°59′35″N 71°27′14″W / 42.993°N 71.454°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public High School |
| Motto |
Respice, Adspice, Prospice (Look Towards the Past, Present, and Future) |
| Founded | March 30, 1846[1] |
| School district | Manchester School District |
| Superintendent | Bolgen Vargas |
| CEEB code | 300355 |
| Principal | John Vaccarezza |
| Assistant Principal |
Jane Clayton William Collins Debora Roukey |
| Athletic Director | Michael Wenners |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,532[2] (2016-2017) |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Athletics conference |
NHIAA Division I |
| Mascot | Little Green |
| Rivals | Manchester Memorial High School, Manchester West High School |
| Accreditation | NEASC |
| Newspaper | The Little Green, MCHS Oracle |
| Communities served | Manchester, NH |
| Feeder schools |
Henry J. McLaughlin Middle School Hillside Middle School Southside Middle School Middle School at Parkside |
| Website | Official Site |
| Last updated: January 1, 2018 | |
Manchester High School Central is the oldest public high school in the state of New Hampshire. Located in the heart of Manchester, New Hampshire, approximately 2,100 students attend[3] from communities such as Candia, Hooksett, and Manchester. The name was changed from Manchester High School in 1922 when Manchester West High School opened. Including Central, Manchester has a total of three public high schools.
Its athletics teams are nicknamed the Little Green (after Dartmouth's Big Green), and predictably, the school colors are green and white. Sports Illustrated named the school's athletic department as the best in the state of New Hampshire in 2005.[4]
The school originally had crimson red as its school color, but Concord High School had taken the color soon after. After the start of the 20th century, the two schools decided that the winner of a league championship would keep its colors; Concord won, and Manchester Central chose forest green as its new color.
Ronald Mailhot was named interim principal at the end of 2011, following the retirement of former principal John R. Rist, but will now be returning as full-time principal in 2012. Mailhot later resigned in the middle of the 2013-2014 school year and was replaced by John Rist for his second stint as principal of Central. Rist retired at the end of the 2014 school year and was succeeded by John M. Vaccarezza, who is the current principal.
Central High School's student newspaper The Little Green was commended by Columbia Scholastic Press and featured in the Manchester Daily Express as well as the New Hampshire Union Leader.[5] In 2012, the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA) awarded its Highest Achievement award in Scholastic Editing and Publishing to the newspaper for the 2011-2012 school year.
Diversity at Central
Manchester High School Central has a diverse student population. On a daily basis, Central's faculty teaches students from sixty different countries who speak thirty different languages.[6] New Hampshire Public Radio was so intrigued by the wide array of student backgrounds at Central that it decided to compose a project entitled "Culture Lessons" in 2006. The project's objective was to dive into the core of "a school with a very diverse population in a very homogeneous state".[7]
Notable alumni
- Jane Badler, actress, star of the 1983 TV miniseries V and its sequels
- L. A. "Skip" Bafalis, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983
- Bob Beattie, skiing coach and commentator[8]
- Rogers Blood (1922–1944), a United States Marine Corps Reserve officer and posthumous recipient of the Silver Star for his actions during World War II
- James Broderick, actor and father of actor Matthew Broderick
- James O. Freedman, former president of Dartmouth College
- Rene Gagnon, United States Marine, one of the raisers of the American flag at Iwo Jima
- Chip Kelly, NFL and college football coach
- Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place
- Bob Montana, creator of Archie
- Adam Sandler, comedian and actor
References
- ↑ http://central.mansd.org/central-turns-170
- ↑ "Manchester Central High School Profile - NHDOE". Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "About Central High School". Central High School. Manchester School District. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "2005 Best Sports High Schools By State". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ↑ "High School Journalism Awards". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ↑ "A Crew Team Like No Other". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ↑ "Culture Lessons: Stories of Students at Manchester Central High School". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ↑ McCarthy McPhaul, Meghan (April 2, 2018). "Remembering ski icon Bob Beattie: Manchester native was top athlete, coach, promoter and innovator". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- "A confluence of education, history and architecture", by Dan Brian, Manchester Oblique, Sept. 15, 2011