Mansfield High School (Mansfield, Massachusetts)
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250 East Street Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°1′46″N 71°12′26″W / 42.02944°N 71.20722°WCoordinates: 42°1′46″N 71°12′26″W / 42.02944°N 71.20722°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1872 |
| School district | Mansfield Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Michael Connolly |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,333 |
| Color(s) | Green, White & Black |
| Athletics | MIAA - Division 2 |
| Athletics conference | Hockomock League |
| Nickname | Green Hornets |
| Rival | North Attleboro, Foxborough |
| Average SAT scores | 541 verbal 566 math 537 writing 1644 total (2015-2016) |
| Website | Mansfield High School |
Mansfield High School (MHS) is a four-year, comprehensive public high school located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and is the lone high school in the Mansfield Public Schools system. MHS serves approximately 1,300 students in grades nine though twelve. The school mascot is the Green Hornets and the school colors are green, white, and black.
Mansfield High School is administered by a principal an associate principal, and two assistant principals.[1]
Mansfield High School (2008–2009) employs 105 teachers with 83 teaching within the eight core academic departments.[2] This leads to an overall student to teacher ratio of 22.1 to 1, which is higher than the 16.2 to 1 statewide student to teacher ratio.[3] Below is a list of the current (2015–2016) department chairpersons.[4]
Visual Arts – Derek Harding
For the current graduating class, the Class of 2009, students are required to complete and pass courses totaling 135 credits. Thirty of those must be passed during the students’ senior year. In addition to credit requirements, students must also pass the state-required MCAS exam. There are also departmental requirements for graduation, listed below.[5]
Mansfield High School offers a wide variety of courses, in addition to the so-called “core” classes. Standard classes in English, Math, Social Studies, Foreign Language, and Science are offered, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. In every department there are courses that go above and beyond helping to not only gain the interest of students, but to teach them real life skills for college and every day living. Also, MHS has a set of advanced placement courses that allow students to begin their college education while still receiving high school credit. Below is a list of the advanced placement, and most notable courses.
Mansfield High School offers advanced placement courses in Music Theory, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Calculus AB, Biology, Chemistry, Physics C, U.S. History, European History, Spanish Language and Composition, French Language and Composition, and Art History.[10] However each student can take at most seven advanced placement courses during their stay at MHS.
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