Barnstable High School

Barnstable High School
Address
744 West Main Street Hyannis Barnstable, Massachusetts, Barnstable County 02601 United States
Information
Type	Public Open enrollment
Motto	Pride, Respect, Honor
Established	1889
School district	Barnstable Public School District
Superintendent	Meg Mayo-Brown
Principal	Patrick Clark
Grades	8–12
Enrollment	2,030 (2013)
Language	English
Color(s)	Red & White
Athletics conference	MIAA District D – Old Colony League
Nickname	Red Raiders
Rivals	Falmouth Dennis-Yarmouth Bridgewater-Raynham
Average SAT scores	505 verbal 513 math 489 writing 1507 total (2015-2016)
Newspaper	Insight
Yearbook	Barnacle
Communities served	Town of Barnstable
Feeder schools	Barnstable Intermediate School
Website	http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/Domain/8

Barnstable High School is a public high school (grades 8–12) in the village of Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States, Town of Barnstable. It is the largest high school in Barnstable County on Cape Cod. It is divided into 5 "houses", described as "schools within a school". BHS has approximately 2,000 students in grades 8-12. The school's principal is Patrick Clark. Scott Pyy is the assistant principal. The school is operated by the Barnstable Public School District.

The school was founded in the 19th century after several attempts of creating a public high school. The school was then moved to the High School Road location for about thirty years before being relocated to its present location in 1959. The school has also gone through three different major renovations and building additions over the years, with the last one being completed in 1998.

Barnstable also boasts an arts and music departments. The music department is also home to talented students who have propelled the department to many awards for excellence over the years. The Barnstable High School Drama Club have been the producers of many acclaimed plays and they also been on a webisode filmed by the Warner Brothers Corporation.

Barnstable is also one of the most diverse schools on Cape Cod due to its population of Cape Verdean, Brazilian, and Portuguese-American families in the community.

The school itself has had a long and tumultuous history. The several attempts to establish a secondary school in town failed before the founding of the high school. Among the failed schools were: Barnstable Academy 1837; Hyannis High School, 1837; and the Hyannis Seminary, 1849. These schools were mostly run with private funds. There was the feeling though that these schools were insufficient and there was a consensus that a town funded high school should be established. In 1871, it was voted that a high school would be established in West Barnstable and Centerville. In 1872, it was voted that another one be established in Hyannis. A struggle ensued among the three villages on who would get the school. Centerville soon dropped out and this led to a compromise being reached between the two villages. It turned out that Hyannis started classes in 1873, maintaining the school until 1876. Barnstable then oversaw the school from 1876–1879. In 1879, the school moved permanently back to Hyannis. As a result of these moves in location, the first graduating class occurred in 1883. This was caused because when the school would move, the students from which the school was originally located would drop out and the students in the new location would join the school. The first class originally included two people, Miss Phoebee Crowell and Miss Nellie Coleman. Class sizes grew slowly from there. In 1890, the class size was four. The 1895, eleven; 1900, fourteen; 1905, fifteen; 1920, twenty-two. From 1920 on, the classes grew steadily until the first class of over 100, the class of 1949 was graduated.

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