E. O. Smith High School - Storrs, Connecticut/CT

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E. O. Smith High School

1235 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT, 06268-2287 -

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Definition of Terms

E. O. Smith High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Tolland County, CT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1271 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 300 students

Grade 10 - 302 students

Grade 11 - 313 students

Grade 12 - 356 students

This School

(CT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CT) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	5%	2%
% Hispanic	3%	13%
% Black	2%	16%
% White	89%	67%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

19%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(CT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Regional 19 School District

This School's Agency

(CT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	1	6
Number of Students Managed	1,272 students	2,969 students
District Total Revenue	$18,703,000	$38,028,000
District Expenditure	$17,196,000	$36,375,000
District Revenue / Student	$14,704	$12,808
District Expenditure / Student	$13,519	$12,252
District Graduation Rates	94%	79%

Micah Rood legend serves as inspiration for student artists (The Norwich Bulletin)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 05:27:06 am
Using a local legend and a tagline from a movie about it, Norwich Free Academy students were busy cultivating dreams last week.
Memorial Stadium not what it used to be (The New Britain Herald)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 03:29:41 pm
STORRS — The timing was eerie. A campus was mourning its lost son Jasper Howard while Plainville played at a site where memories of UConn football past, Yankee Conference style, still live.
New Haven teen one of five Sunken Garden poetry winners (New Haven Register)
posted on July 6, 2009 at 07:26:22 am
FARMINGTON — Charlotte Beach, a sophomore from New Haven’s Wilbur Cross High School, is the only local poet among the five winners of the Hill-Stead Museum’s 2009 Fresh Voices Competition.
Monkee Peter Tork Not Letting Cancer Stop Him From Performing (antiMUSIC)
posted on May 27, 2009 at 01:30:01 am
Peter Tork is touring with his rock-blues band, Shoe Suede Blues
Find Out What's Going On This Weekend (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
posted on May 23, 2009 at 05:57:12 am
Find out what's going on this weekend in Connecticut in our Community Calendar.

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E. O. Smith High School, named after Edwin O. Smith, is a secondary school located in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It serves the towns of Ashford, Mansfield, and Willington, which together make up Connecticut's Regional School District #19.
Students from surrounding towns, such as Coventry and Windham (Connecticut) may also attend E.O. Smith, as participants of 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.
Clubs and Activities
E. O. Smith offers a wide variety of clubs and activities for students to participate in after school hours. Sports include 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, and Wrestling. These sports compete in the Central Connecticut Conference Eastern Division (CCC East).In addition, the school has several Unified Sports teams that practice and compete, including Unified Soccer, Unified Basketball, Unified Track, and Unified Bowling. There is also a fencing club started in the fall of 2007.
E.O. Smith boasts several strong academic teams, notably the Quiz Bowl, Science Bowl, Envirothon, Connecticut Geography Challenge, and Math teams.
Notable activities include Amnesty International, the Gay-Straight Alliance, Green Teens, the Cool-It Team, and chapters of the National Honor Society (NHS), World Language Honor Society (WLHS), and Mu Alpha Theta, a mathematics honor society.
E.O. Smith and UConn
E.O. Smith also shares a special relationship with the University of Connecticut in that students are allowed to take classes at the university free of charge during the school year. Both UConn and E.O. Smith credit is given for a successful completion of a class, such as math, language, psychology, or music. E.O. Smith also offers UConn Co-operative classes similar to other programs offered throughout the state.
Grading Scale
Currently, E.O. Smith offers classes on a weighted scale. AP - A - B - level classes are considered college-level classes, and G levels are TECH . The APA is calculated out of 6.0 points. An 'A' in an A-Level counts for six points, and 'A' in a B-Level counts for five points, and an 'A' in a G-Level counts for four points. A+s are not counted as anything more than an A, thus B level students would not receive weighted B+ credit if they were to obtain an A+ in their class.
The school year is broken down by Interim Reports, which occur halfway through a quarter, Report Cards, which are issued once per quarter, and Final Exams, which occur twice a year, at the end of each 2-quarter semester.
Special Privileges
E.O. Smith currently has in effect a privilege system. Through academic achievement, students gain privileges, namely choice of study hall area for sophomores and juniors, and Open Campus for seniors. If a senior has earned this privilege, they are allowed to come to school when they have classes, and leave when those classes are finished. They are not required to stay on the school grounds for the entire day. In addition, those seniors who have earned a "blue card" for open campus may visit the businesses across the street.
Senior Projects
E.O. seniors must complete a year-long, self-directed "senior project," which is a requirement for graduation. It includes written papers, community service work, a presentation to the school community, and research on a topic chosen by the student. Three teachers generally advise the student during the process, and grade the project upon completion as either highly successful, successful, or not yet successful. A minimum grade of successful is needed for graduation.
Notable alumni and faculty
Peter Tork - Musician, member of The Monkees
Rivers Cuomo - Musician, front-man of the band Weezer
Tim Page - Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author
David O'Connor - Nationally recognized economist
Kevin O'Keefe - Author
Vin Suprynowicz - Libertarian newspaper columnist

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