E.O.Smith
| E. O. Smith High School | |
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Storrs, Connecticut, (Tolland County) 06268 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°48′09″N 72°14′39″W / 41.8026°N 72.2441°WCoordinates: 41°48′09″N 72°14′39″W / 41.8026°N 72.2441°W |
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| Type | Public school |
| Established | September 1958 |
| School district | Regional School District 19 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1226 (2014) |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Team name | Panthers |
| CEEB Code | 070754 |
| Website | E. O. Smith Homepage |
E. O. Smith High School, named after Edwin O. Smith, is a secondary school located in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. E. O. Smith was established by the University of Connecticut in 1958.
E. O. Smith serves the towns of Ashford, Mansfield, and Willington, which together make up Connecticut's Regional School District #19. E.O. Smith also serves students from nearby Columbia.
Students from surrounding towns such as Coventry and Windham may also attend E.O. Smith, as participants in the school's Agriculture Education program, if their school does not offer an agriculture program. The E.O. Smith campus lies adjacent to the larger campus of the University of Connecticut.
Sports include badminton, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, crew, cross-country, dance team, field hockey, football, ice hockey, softball, soccer, swim and dive, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), volleyball, wrestling, and lacrosse. These sports compete in the Central Connecticut Conference Eastern Division (CCC East) in Class L. The girls basketball had appearances in 2012 and 2011 class L state championships but lost in both games. The school also has several Unified Sports teams that practice and compete, including Unified soccer, basketball, track, and bowling. A fencing club was started in the fall of 2007. The EO Smith/Tolland High School Hockey team appeared in the 2014 CIAC State Championship Finals, losing to Newtown High School in overtime, and returned to the CIAC State Championship Game the following year, 2015, beating Masuk High School 5-2 for their first hockey state championship.
The E.O. Smith Drama Club presents 4 shows per year, including a winter musical, two straight shows in the fall and spring, and a night of senior directed one acts at the end of the year. The spring show is performed at the Connecticut Drama Association Festival where cast and crew members have a chance to win awards and advance to the New England Drama Festival. E.O. Smith's Drama Club has won several awards from the Connecticut Drama Association including outstanding performance for Animal Farm (2009) and Lily's Purple Plastic Purse (2010), allowing them to continue on to the New England Drama Festival, which E.O. Smith hosted in 2009. Several E.O. Smith actors have also won individual awards for their performances in the shows or in the Connecticut Drama Association Monologue Contest.
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