Simsbury High School

Simsbury High School
Address
34 Farms Village Rd.
Simsbury, Connecticut
United States
Information
Type Public
CEEB code 070675
Principal Andrew O'Brien
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,440
Nickname Trojans
Accreditation
  • Included on Newsweek magazine's 2008 top 2400 public schools, and top among the Farmington Valley School systems
  • In the top 6% of all schools nationally[1]
  • Ranked the 300th best secondary school in the country by US News and World Report in 2015[2]
Newspaper Forum
Yearbook Pinnacle
Website www.simsbury.k12.ct.us/schools/shs

Simsbury High School offers 33 varsity sports with 72 competitive teams that involve over 1180 individual students. The athletic program has been honored multiple times with the Achievement Cup for outstanding achievement in athletics in the state of Connecticut.[3] The musicals have been recognized multiple times by the Halo Awards[4] and the performing arts program is very competitive. About 75% of the student body is involved in clubs and activities.

Academic achievements

SHS students ranked highly on the Connecticut Academic Performance Test, scoring at or above 97% percent proficient in all categories in 2007 and 2008.[5]

Simsbury High School was selected as having one of the top 100 outstanding music programs in the United States.[6]

In 2005, the mean SAT score was 1162.[7]

In 2014, the mean SAT score was 1709, out of 2400, which was 11th best in the state. [8]

Athletics

Fall
Cheerleading
Crew (Boys' and Girls')
Cross Country (Boys' and Girls')
Field Hockey
Football
Soccer (Boys' and Girls')
Volleyball (Girls')
Winter
Basketball (Boys' and Girls')
Cheerleading
Cross Country Skiing (Co-ed)
Ice Hockey (Boys' and Girls')
Indoor Track & Field (Boys' and Girls')
Swim & Dive (Co-ed)
Wrestling
Spring
Baseball
Crew (Boys' and Girls')
Golf (Boys' and Girls')
Lacrosse (Boys' and Girls')
Rugby (Boys' and Girls')
Softball
Tennis (Boys' and Girls')
Track & Field (Boys' and Girls')
Volleyball (Boys')

[9]

Simsbury Wrestling

Simsbury High school wrestling competes in Local(CCC west), state(CIAC), and regional(New England Open). The team has won the CIAC in 1992,1995, and 1997.

Simsbury Crew

The Simsbury Crew is the school's rowing team. Established in 1971, the team races in events throughout the northeastern United States and abroad. At home, it rows out of Paine Boathouse on the Farmington River. The Simsbury Crew has won several New England Championships: First Girls in 1980 and 1982; Second Girls in 1981, 1983 and 1984; Third Girls in 1978 and 1982; Third Boys in 1987.[10]

Sara Hendershot ('06) represented the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the W2- (xoc-less pair) along with her partner, Sarah Zelenka.

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160
  2. ↑ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/connecticut/districts/simsbury-school-district/simsbury-high-school-4539
  3. ↑ "Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance 65th Gold Key dinner" (PDF). Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance. p. 7. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Simsbury High School Theater Productions Receive Award Nominations". tribunedigital-thecourant. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Simsbury High School". GreatSchools Inc. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Where Are the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education" in America?". Yamaha Corporation of America. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  7. ↑ "CERC Town Profile 2008" (PDF). www.cerc.com. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  8. ↑ Busemeyer, Stephen. "What High Schools Have The Highest SAT Scores?".
  9. ↑ https://www.simsbury.k12.ct.us/schools/shs/athletics/team-pages
  10. ↑ "NEIRA History Results" (PDF). New England Interscholastic Rowing.

Coordinates: 41°52′14″N 72°49′17″W / 41.87056°N 72.82139°W / 41.87056; -72.82139

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