Belmont High School (Massachusetts)
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221 Concord Avenue New England Belmont, MA, Middlesex County 02478 USA |
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| School type | Public |
| Established | 1865 (OS), 1970 (NS) |
| Superintendent | Thomas Kingston |
| Principal | Daniel Richards |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1162 (2009) |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Blue |
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| Team name | Belmont High School Marauders |
| Average SAT scores | 586 verbal 609 math 583 writing 1778 total (2015-2016) |
| Newspaper | Highpoint |
| Website | Belmont High School |
Belmont High School is a four-year public high school in Belmont, Massachusetts. It was built in 1970 at a cost of $9 million. The school had 1,236 students enrolled and a student/teacher ratio of 17:1 in the 2014-2015 school year.
The school is built on an old landfill and is situated next to Clay Pit Pond. The town's high school used to be located on Orchard Street, but was badly damaged by fire in 1976. A new school was eventually built at the current location on 221 Concord Avenue in Belmont, MA. The previous high school re-opened as the Roger Wellington elementary school in and was entirely demolished in February–March 2010 for reconstruction.
Belmont High is ranked #267 in the National Rankings and #7 in Massachusetts by USNews and also earned a gold medal.
The school administration consists of the principal, Mr. Daniel Richards, and two assistant principals, Sherri Turner and John Muldoon. In recent years, the school administration has experienced frequent changes.
In June 2004, the school's long-time principal, Foster Wright, retired. Jonathan Landman was hired to replace him, but the school department did not renew Landman's contract for the 2006-2007 school year. Michael Harvey, who had been among the candidates for principal in 2004, was selected as an "interim principal" for the 2006-07 school year, and, on Jan. 10, 2007, was approved by the town as principal. He had been the Director of Social Studies during the previous school-year. In addition, one of the school's two assistant principals has left the system in June 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2011. In 2012, when Harvey left to become superintendent of the Hamilton-Wenham schools, former-assistant-principal Daniel Richards took his place. Richards had spent his last year as the Principal of Melrose High, and had been replaced by David Smokler. When Richards returned, Smokler kept his position temporarily before being permanently replaced by the Head of Guidance, Jim Brown.
The school has eight academic departments: Mathematics, English, Foreign Language, Social Studies, Science, Fine and Performing Arts, and Athletics. Each department consists of a department head, along with the teachers of the courses the department offers. The Guidance Department is responsible for the mental well-being of students, schedule composition, and college planning. Each student is assigned to a guidance counselor.
School is in session each day between 7:35 am and 2:25 pm except for Wednesdays, which conclude at 1:25 pm.
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