Greenwich High School
| Greenwich High School | |
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| Location | |
| Greenwich, CT, United States | |
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| Type | Public |
| School district | Greenwich Public Schools |
| Headmaster | Christopher Winters |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,687 |
| Color(s) | Red, white and black |
| Mascot | Cardinal |
| Website | www.greenwichschools.org/ghs |
Greenwich High School is a four-year public high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The school is part of the Greenwich Public Schools system and serves roughly 2,700 students.
It offers over 295 courses and a wide variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Greenwich High School was ranked by Newsweek among the 100 top U.S. high schools in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Greenwich High School offers 47 Advanced Placement courses (US History, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science Principles, Java, English Language & Composition, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Music Theory, Physics 1, Physics B, Physics C, Psychology, Spanish, Spanish Literature, Statistics, US Government, Comparative Politics, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics) and a variety of honors courses and electives. Students are required to complete four credits or years of English/Language Arts courses, three credits each of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, two credits of Foreign Language, one-and-a-half credits of art or business, one credit of physical education, one-half credit of wellness, and six credits of electives (a total of 22 credits). In the school course guide, additional requirements include the following:
Students are allowed to take general elective courses (e.g. art, music, business, et cetera) all four years at GHS, but are only allowed to take certain subject electives (e.g. English) in junior and senior years.
Students' grade point averages are calculated on a weighted scale. For non-honors classes, the maximum mark a student can receive is a 4.33 (A+); in Advanced Placement or Honors level courses students can receive up to a 5.33 (A+).
Greenwich High School (GHS) has a number of student activities designed to promote a broad spectrum of interests. The school's student newspaper is The Beak. The yearbook is The Compass. Greenwitch is the school's student literary magazine. Student activities include student government, as well as academic, music, drama, international, language, service, sports, and special-interest clubs. The Music Department features four choral ensembles, three orchestras, three concert bands and two jazz bands. The Theater Arts program mounts one contemporary, two musicals, one Shakespeare production and one compilation of student written and directed work each year. Young Democrats and Young Republicans both feature prominently, and have coordinated with numerous political campaigns, both on local and national levels.
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