Greenwich High School

Infobox School

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name=Greenwich High School
type=Public
location=Greenwich, CT
information=
established=
grades=9-12
enrollment= 2,712 [ [http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=2] ]
principal=Alan J. Capasso
mascot=Cardinal
colors=Red and white
district=Greenwich Public Schools
website= [http://www.greenwichschools.org/ghs www.greenwichschools.org/ghs]

Greenwich High School is a four-year public high school in Greenwich, Connecticut. The school is part of the Greenwich Public Schools system and serves roughly 2,800 students.

GHS offers over 295 courses and a wide variety of co-curricular activities.

'Houses'

Incoming 9th-grade students are randomly assigned to one of five houses: Bella, Cantor, Clark, Folsom, and Sheldon. Those with older siblings concurrently attending the school have the option to join their sibling's house or enter the randomized lottery. Each house has its own housemaster, as well as its own guidance counselors and other support services for students. Each house is considered, for the purposes of College Board testing (SAT, AP) and other standardized testing, a separate school and carries a unique CEEB school code. Each house, with the exception of Cantor, is one floor and contains three secretaries, three guidance counselors, classrooms, teachers' offices, a housemaster, a learning center aide, a resource room, and a teachers' room. Cantor House has all of these, but consists of two floors and contains most of the school's foreign language classes as well. The houses adjoin a one-acre enclosed area called the Student Center, which serves as the cafeteria and is also the place students congregate between classes and during opens.

Interscholastic Athletics

There are 50 GHS varsity sports teams. The Greenwich High School mascot is the Cardinal. GHS is a member of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC)and the Interscholastic Sailing Association. GHS competes in the Class LL league in CT, which is the league for the largest schools.

Extracurricular Activities

GHS has a number of extracurricular activities including, but not limited to:
* The Special Olympics Volunteer Club
* Amnesty International
* Notes Club
* Anime Club
* Peace Club
* Greenwich Literary Magazine
* Habitat for Humanity
* Key Club
* Signettes Club
* Competitive Math Team
* Ultimate Frisbee Club
* Model UN
* Debate Club
* Iteach Community Service Club
* Mandarin Club
* Iranian-American Club
* Diversity Awareness
* AIDS Awareness
* Gay–straight alliance
* Link Club
*Treats 4 Troops club
*Outreach
*Food For Thought
*The Weekling
*Women's Empowerment
*Italian Club
*Hand in Hand
*Lost Club
*Israel Club
*Improv Troupe
*Squash Club

Notable alumni

*David Baumstein Leader of the Jewish Movement to Better America
*Rita Cosby - Television journalist [Hagey, Keach, "A familiar face to speak at Greenwich High graduation", article in "The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, p A3, Stamford edition, June 8, 2007]
*Stephanie McMahon-Levesque - Professional wrestler, Head Writer for World Wrestling Entertainment and daughter of Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
*Shane McMahon - Professional wrestler, Head of Global Media for World Wrestling Entertainment and son of Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
*Steve Young (American football) - NFL Hall of Famer
*Christy Fichtner - Former Miss USA
*Michael Ross - Convicted serial killer
*Dorothy Hamill - Olympic gold medal figure skater
*Savage Steve Holland - Film and television director
*John DeMita - Actor
*Matt Lauer - Television journalist and talk show host
*Chris Berman - Sports journalist
*Truman Capote - Pulitzer Prize winning author (attended in 1939 but did not graduate)

References

External links

* [http://www.greenwichalumni.com/ The Greenwich High School Alumni Website]
* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ct/343/ Greenwich High School Web pages at Great Schools website]
* [http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/der/ssp/SCH0506/sr042.pdf] Greenwich High School "Strategic School Profile 2005-2006", Connecticut Department of Education