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North Quincy High School

316 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA, 02171-2231 -

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Definition of Terms

North Quincy High School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Norfolk County, MA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1550 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

104 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 376 students

Grade 10 - 379 students

Grade 11 - 406 students

Grade 12 - 389 students

This School

(MA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MA) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	35%	6%
% Hispanic	2%	14%
% Black	3%	12%
% White	59%	64%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

20%

25%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Quincy School District

This School's Agency

(MA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	18	6
Number of Students Managed	8,763 students	3,236 students
District Total Revenue	$109,302,000	$47,808,000
District Expenditure	$108,151,000	$52,073,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,473	$14,774
District Expenditure / Student	$12,342	$16,092

Arthur F. McMahon (Boston Herald)
posted on November 26, 2009 at 06:52:53 am
Arthur F. McMahon of Quincy, a World War II veteran and retired manager for the New England Telephone Co., died Monday at Marina Bay Nursing Home in Quincy. He was 87. ...
GRIDIRON GREATS: Local football legends share their Thanksgiving stories (The Patriot Ledger)
posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:39:13 pm
We asked former high school players to tell us their most memorable Thanksgiving football memories so we could share them with our readers.
AUDIO, VIDEO: North Quincy High chorus to perform at Boston Theatre (Norton Mirror)
posted on November 23, 2009 at 12:25:46 pm
North Quincy High School’s 23-member select choir has been tapped to perform a musical introduction to “Civil War Christmas,” a production at Boston’s Huntington Theatre, on Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m. (Open this file to hear the choir perform at a recent rehearsal.)
AUDIO, VIDEO: North Quincy High Choir performs at 'Civil War Christmas' (Norton Mirror)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:25:46 pm
The North Quincy High School Select Choir, led by director Tim Carew, will be performing at Huntington Theatre Company's musical, "A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration" on November 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the BU Theatre. (Open this file to hear the choir perform at a recent rehearsal.)
Obituaries 11-13-09 (The Barnstable Patriot)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:26:31 pm
West Barnstable — Ireton C. Bradshaw Jr., of West Barnstable, passed away Nov. 2, 2009, surrounded by his family. A 1946 graduate of Yarmouth High School, he attended Franklin Technical Institute.

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North Quincy High School (NQHS) is a public secondary school located in the North Quincy neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts.
History
The school was originally built as North Junior High School in 1926. An additional wing was added to the eastern side of the building in 1931, and the school was changed into a senior high school. The newly established North Quincy High School graduated its first class of seniors in 1934, and a second wing was added to the building two years later. Both the original structure and the two subsequent additions were designed by Frank Irving Cooper.
In the 1970s, the school underwent major renovations. A large new wing in the Brutalist style was added to the rear of the building, designed by the Colletti Brothers of Hingham, built atop Oliver Street, which was razed for the construction; the old glass "gondola" in the rear of the old building which used to serve as the principal's office was also removed.
Athletics
"North" competed for many years in the high school Old Colony League, which comprised teams from the South Shore. In recent years, the school has competed in the Patriot League. Its traditional athletic archrival is the crosstown Quincy High School Presidents.
North Quincy High School has shown the most success in its girls' volleyball program, which has won six state championships within the last twenty years under coach Jim Rendle.
Mascot controversy
The school mascot, "Mr. Yakoo", is a controversial caricature of NQHS alumnus and benefactor Alan Yacubian dressed as a Native American. Yakoo was created by student Peter Fredericksen on November 29, 1957, when Yacubian was also a student. Several efforts have been made over the years to change the mascot, and the school was investigated in the 1990s by civil rights officials from the federal Education Department, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Quincy's municipal human rights commission.
Notable alumni
William R. Caddy, Medal of Honor recipient
Karen Cashman, 1994 U.S. Olympic speed skating bronze medalist
Dick Donovan, major league pitcher with the Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians
Joe Dudek, Denver Broncos player, college football Hall of Famer and 1985 Heisman Trophy candidate
Donald Murray, Boston Globe columnist (did not graduate)
Everett P. Pope, Medal of Honor recipient
Mary Pratt, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Charles Sweeney, pilot of the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Gallery
Image:NQHS.jpg|The façade of North Quincy High SchoolImage:NQHS new wing.jpg|The newer wing of the school, as seen from the North Quincy T stationImage:NQHS old new.jpg|A side view of the school, showing the connection of the newer wing to the original structure
Notes and references
External links
Official website
Football website
Alumni website

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