Conard High School
| Conard High School | |
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110 Beechwood Road West Hartford, Connecticut 06107 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′12″N 72°45′08″W / 41.7367°N 72.7523°WCoordinates: 41°44′12″N 72°45′08″W / 41.7367°N 72.7523°W |
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| Type | Public school |
| Motto | 'Diversity is Strength' |
| Established | 1957 |
| School district | West Hartford Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Thomas Moore |
| Principal | Julio Duarte |
| Faculty | 10.8 (2016) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1451 (2014) |
| Color(s) | Red and Gray |
| Team name | Chieftains |
| Rivals | Hall High School |
| Newspaper | The Conard Courant |
| Website | CHS Homepage |
Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It opened in 1950, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board of Education when plans for the school were approved. Conard is one of two West Hartford public high schools, the other being Hall High School.
Conard's first classes were held on September 4, 1957. Conard was originally designed to accommodate 1100 students. However, today there are more than 1500 students in attendance.
In 1999, Alphonse Chuck Landroche became Conard's principal. Landroche retired at the end of the 2007 school year. Tom Moore became Conard's principal in 2007. In 2010, Moore became assistant superintendent, which left Conard without a principal. In the fall of 2010, Dr. Peter Cummings became principal of Conard High School.
On February 23, 2015, fans of Conard and Hall High School basketball were involved in a physical conflict at their annual end-of-season rivalry game.
As of 2007, Conard had 1,461 students, with 60.9% white, 19.1% Hispanic, 10.7% Black, 9.1% Asian American and 0.2% American Indian.
Conard's mascot is an American Indian chieftain. This is denoted on the schools athletic jerseys by the letter "C" crossed with an Indian feather, which replaced the side profile of a chieftain in Fall of 2007.
As of 2017, Conard offers 26 AP courses.
There is a prominent rivalry between Conard High School and its cross-town counterpart, Hall High School.
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