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| West Haven High School | |
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1 McDonough Plaza , Connecticut 06516 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°15′36″N72°57′31″W / 41.26°N 72.9585°W /41.26; -72.9585 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Gardez Bien |
| School district | West Haven Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 070910 |
| Principal | Robert Bohan |
| Teaching staff | 111.50 (on anFTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,793 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.08[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue, white, and Silver |
| Mascot | Blue Devil |
| Yearbook | Blue Flame |
| Website | whhs |
West Haven High School is asecondary school located inWest Haven, Connecticut, which educates students in grades 9–12. Themascot of West Haven is the Blue Devil.
Theschool principal is Dana Paredes. West Haven High School enrolls about 1,700 students each year.
The current campus opened September 1963 at 1 Circle Street (also known as McDonough Plaza). Its previous location was the Carl C. Gianotti Jr. High School on Main Street, a building now used as a residential complex. Before that, it was on the corner of Center Street and Union Avenue, a building since used as a grammar school and senior housing.
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West Haven High School offers various non-core courses, including automotives, wood shop, metal shop, photography, graphic arts, drafting, video production, academics, art, and music courses. Among its notable programs are the Theater Workshop, JoAnn Andrees' Pillow Time Theatre and, in music, marching and concert bands, Bel Canto, Camerata and Concert Choir. Itschess team has won ten state championships and the school also has a successfulmock trial team.
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West Haven High School athletic facilities include Ken Strong Stadium (an artificial turf football field and track), an enclosed ice skating rink, indoor gymnasium and swimming pool, tennis courts, and baseball and softball fields. The Blue Devils soccer and lacrosse teams use the Ken Strong field. West Haven High is part of theSouthern Connecticut Conference, Quinnipiac Division,[2] for athletics. In wrestling, they share a co-op team with Platt Regional Vocational Technical School, which competes in the Constitution State Conference. VisitThe West Haven Athletic Hall of Fame online.
Note: 1976 was the first year of CIAC football playoffs; 1968 and 1972 Championships are unofficial.
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