Shrewsbury High School (Massachusetts)

For the independent girls school in England, see Shrewsbury High School (England).

Public school in the United States

Shrewsbury High School

Location

75 Cypress Ave
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545

United States

Information
Type| Public
Open enrollment[1]
Superintendent| Joseph M. Sawyer
Principal| Todd H. Bazydlo
Staff| 124.39 (FTE)[3]
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 1,823 (2022–2023)[3]
Student to teacher ratio| 14.66[3]
Language| English
Schedule type| 7 Day Rotation with Daily Drop
Hours in school day| 6.5
Color(s)|  Navy Blue and Vegas Gold
Mascot| Colonials
Newspaper| The Town Crier
Information| No. of Pools = 1
Website| schools.shrewsburyma.gov/high
Sign at the school entrance

Shrewsbury High School is a public high school located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only public high school in the Shrewsbury Public Schools district. It is a large school offering a wide variety of electives and extracurricular activities. Shrewsbury High School placed 27th in the list of 21,035 high schools that U.S News reviewed in 2013.[citation needed] The current principal is Todd Bazydlo. Shrewsbury High School is part of Shrewsbury Public Schools, the current superintendent of which is Dr. Joseph Sawyer.

## History

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The current campus, located on top of a hill on Cypress Avenue, opened in 2002 with a capacity of 1,400 students, though enrollment has increased to 1835 students as of October 2021. [4]

Prior to that it was located at what is now Oak Middle School on Oak Street, and before that was located at the recently closed Beal School on Maple Avenue.

## Athletics

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Varsity sports  Season  | Boys  | Girls

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Fall  | football, golf, cross country, boat team, soccer | field hockey, golf, cross country, volleyball, cheerleading, crew, soccer
Winter  | basketball, ice hockey, swimming, indoor track and field | basketball, ice hockey, swimming, indoor track and field, gymnastics, cheerleading
Spring  | baseball, lacrosse, tennis, outdoor track and field, crew | softball, lacrosse, tennis, outdoor track and field, crew

The school also received the PEP Grant and has fleshed out the classes the school offers in its physical education programs. The new programs include biking and a ropes course.

The boys' hockey team won three state championships in five years between 2014 and 2018 (2014, 2017, and 2018). The boys beat Hanover in 2014 and 2018, and Old Rochester High School in 2017. Following their 2018 State Championship, they were promoted to Division I in Massachusetts High School Hockey, joining the division as an independent team not belonging to a conference.

Improvements to the athletic campus and to the playing and practice conditions of sports, is funded by the Athletic booster club. Shrewsbury High School's campus recently added a turf field, breaking ground in an informal ceremony on June 5, 2018.[5] The new field accommodates lacrosse, soccer, football, field hockey, track and field, and cross country. Physical education class also utilizes the field. The addition of a turf field will hopefully reduce maintenance costs and also generate revenue, as youth sports programs, as well as games and jamborees can be hosted.

## Clubs

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Shrewsbury High School offers the unique opportunity where if a sport is not offered, it can be created as a club then, eventually, if popular, can become a sport with proper support.[6] The list of clubs includes:

* Amnesty International
* Anime Club
* Asian Cultural Club
* Astronomy Club
* Behind the Sciences Club
* Biology Club
* Black History Committee
* Book Club
* Business Club
* SHS Choirs/Orchestra/Band
* Chemistry Club
* SHS Chess Club
* Club of Rock
* Cooking with Chemistry
* SHS DECA Business Team
* Destination Imagination
* Dungeons & Dragons
* Elementary Tutoring
* ELNA
* Engineering Club
* Excelsior
* FIRST Robotics Competition Team 467
* German Club
* Glee Club
* GMAD
* Green Club
* Gender & Sexuality Alliance
* Helping Hands
* History
* Improv Club
* Marine Biology Club
* Math Team
* SHS MED Club
* Model UN
* Muslim Student Club
* MVP
* National Art Honor Society
* National English Honors Society
* National Honor Society
* National Latin Honors Society
* National Mandarin Honors Society
* National Math Honors Society
* National Social Sciences Honors Society
* National Spanish Honor Society
* NEAT
* Outdoors Club
* Photography Club
* Physics Club
* Political Action Group
* SHS Quiz Team
* Science Team
* Service Learning
* Sign Language Club
* Ski Club
* Special Peer Connection
* Speech & Debate Team
* SAC
* Students Community Forum
* Student Council
* Town Crier
* Tri-M
* Ultimate Frisbee
* Yearbook
* Vietnamese Student Association
* Club Photo Galleries

## Music and theater

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Shrewsbury High School has 2 main sections of theater, the fall play and the spring musical. It used to do a competition play as well:

Theatre productions  Year  | Spring Musical  | Fall Play  | Competition (Spring) Play

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2008  | Once On This Island | The Diary of Anne Frank (play) and Boy Meets Girl (play)
2009  | Seussical | The Crucible | The Diary of Anne Frank (play)
2010  | Anything Goes | Almost, Maine | Rabbit Hole
2011  | The Sound of Music | The Outsiders | The Tempest
2012  | Curtains | Romeo and Juliet | Dancing at Lughnasa
2013  | Legally Blonde (musical) | Charlotte's Web | What I Did Last Summer
2014  | Bye Bye Birdie (musical) | It's a Wonderful Life | Enchanted April
2015  | Cinderella
2016  | Urinetown
2017  | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)
2018  | All Shook Up (musical)
2019  | Seussical
2020  | The Addams Family (musical)
2021  | NOT SURE (musical)
2022  | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (musical) | The Scarlet Letter
2023  | Babes in Arms | Murder on the Orient Express
2024  | Little Shop of Horrors |

Shrewsbury High School won Best Overall Production for Urinetown in 2016 and Best Overall Production in the Large School Division for All Shook Up in 2018 and Seussical in 2019 in the TAMY awards

SHS offers a variety of music and theater classes and performing ensembles. The classes include: Music Theory I & AP Music Theory, Theater Arts, Movement for Theater, Theater Design, and Music Technology. [7]

Wind performing ensembles under the direction of Mrs. Caryn Wardwell: Pep Band, Marching Band, Concert Band, Honors Wind Ensemble, Honors Jazz Band. [8]

Vocal performing ensembles under the direction of Mr. Michael Lapomardo (“Strell”): Freshman Choir, Mixed Choir, Honors Treble Choir (previously named Honors Women's Choir), Honors Chamber Choir. [9]

String performing ensembles: Shrewsbury High School Orchestra and Honors Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Jordan Proctor

## Advanced placement classes

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Shrewsbury High School offers these advanced placement classes:

* AP Mandarin Chinese
* AP United States History
* AP Studio Art Drawing
* AP English Language and Composition
* AP English Literature and Composition
* AP Environmental Science
* AP Biology
* AP Physics
* AP Chemistry
* AP Statistics
* AP Calculus both AB and BC
* AP Psychology
* AP Human Geography
* AP Music Theory
* AP Spanish Language
* AP French Language
* AP Latin (only offered if enough demand)

Other advanced placement classes are offered in the Virtual High School program.

## Notable alumni

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* Brittany Altomare, professional golfer
* Caleb Crain, Contributor to The New Yorker, author of the 2013 novel Necessary Errors[10]
* Shawn Loiseau, Linebacker in the National Arena League[11]
* BoyWithUke, formally known as Charley Yang, Singer

## References

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1. ^ "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - Error Page" (PDF). www.doe.mass.edu.
2. ^ "Massachusetts Department Of Elementary And Secondary Education - 2017-18 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report". profiles.doe.mass.edu.
3. ^ a b c "Shewsbury Sr High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
4. ^ "Current Enrollment figures for Shrewsbury Public Schools in Shrewsbury, MA".
5. ^ "Officials break ground on new turf fields at Shrewsbury High School". June 10, 2018.
6. ^ "Welcome to Shrewsbury Public Schools in Shrewsbury, MA". schools.shrewsbury-ma.gov.
7. ^ "Home". Shrewsbury Music.
8. ^ "Justin Bleier". schools.shrewsburyma.gov. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
9. ^ "Welcome to Shrewsbury Public Schools in Shrewsbury, MA". schools.shrewsbury-ma.gov.
10. ^ Altman, Anna (August 6, 2013). "Imaginary Extensions: A Conversation with Caleb Crain".
11. ^ ^ Garven, Rich (December 20, 2014). "Shawn Loiseau makes every minute count". Worcester Telegram. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

## External links

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* Official website
* Shrewsbury Public Schools official website
* Shrewsbury High Schools' official Alumni website

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