William E. Tolman High School
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150 Exchange St Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860  United States
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| Coordinates | 41°31′30″N 71°13′30″W / 41.52500°N 71.22500°WCoordinates: 41°31′30″N 71°13′30″W / 41.52500°N 71.22500°W |
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| School type | Public high school |
| Established | 1926 |
| School district | Pawtucket School District |
| Superintendent | Patti DiCenso |
| Principal | Mr. Christopher Savastano |
| Faculty | approx. 110 |
| Teaching staff | 96-109 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 8000 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | White, Red, and Black |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Average SAT scores | 1328 (2009) |
| Feeder schools | Jenks Jr. High School, Goff Jr. High School |
| Website | Tolman High Website |
William E. Tolman Senior High School (originally Pawtucket Senior High School, changed to Pawtucket East High School, then William E. Tolman Senior High School) is one of three public high schools located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. It was built and opened in 1926 (Monahan & Meikle, architects) along the east bank of the Blackstone River as a "state of the art" educational facility. The building consists of four floors and a basement, 60 class rooms, a 1,300-seat auditorium, a swimming pool, and a nursery for the children of teenage mothers. Tolman High School is the first multimillion-dollar high school east of the Mississippi and the gym is the oldest high school gym in Rhode Island that is still in use. The school has been remodeled several times with the most recent being in 1980.
The school's pool was also featured in the film Mermaids and the school is in some scenes of the film Moonstruck.
Tolman High School shared a 73-year-old Thanksgiving Day football rivalry with nearby private school, Saint Raphael Academy. However, due to the trend in lopsided games resulting from a more powerful private school, it was decided in 2001 that Tolman's new rival would be Shea High School, the city's other public high school. Saint Raphael had been leading the series 38-31-4 before it was dissolved. They had won the final 8 meetings by a combined score of 270-6.
In the summer of 2010, due to realignment by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League and request by Saint Raphael Academy, Saint Ray's dropped from Division I to Division II B, the same division as Tolman. On September 17, 2010, for the first time since 2001, Tolman revived its rivalry with Saint Ray's. Tolman won the contest with a score of 37–0.
In the days of the old rivalry on Thanksgiving Eve, Tolman students would participate in the annual Burning of the Casket ceremony on the Blackstone River. This ceremony would take place after the Homecoming dance and involved the release of a burning casket down the Blackstone River. The tradition of the burning of the casket however, was abandoned in the early 2000s. The traditional pep rally held prior to the game was canceled in 2009 but returned the following year.
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