| Number of Schools Managed |
7 |
4 |
| Number of Students Managed |
3,835 students |
1,494 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$48,675,000 |
$16,716,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$47,542,000 |
$16,922,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$12,692 |
$11,189 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$12,397 |
$11,327 |
| District Graduation Rates |
90% |
90% |
|
- Keene High School (KHS) is a public high school located in Keene, New Hampshire. It serves the city of Keene and the surrounding towns of Chesterfield, Harrisville, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Westmoreland and Winchester.
- The Cheshire Career Center, a co-curricular and community education center, is also located in the South Annex of the building.
- Other area high schools include Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey, ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough, Conant High School in Jaffrey, and Fall Mountain Regional High School in Langdon.
- As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of approximately 1,750 students and 134.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.0.
- Mission statement
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The school's mission statement is inscribed at the main entrance beneath the school seal:
- The Mission of Keene High School is to provide each student with the tools to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.
- Awards and recognition
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Teacher Kelly Budd was recognized in 1999 as a winner of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards for work that included a ninth-grade unit on The Holocaust that culminated in a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. for the entire freshman class.
- Keene High School was winner of the 2002 International Envirothon title, a high school environmental competition, defeating 47 teams from high schools across the United States and Canada. The Keene team won the New Hampshire Envirothon competition in 2006 and 2007 as well, placing 12th overall in the North American competition in 2006.
- The Drama Club has won multiple Theatre at the Mount Youth (TAMY) awards for its musicals.
- Courses
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On average, 200 courses are taught each school year, pending involvement from staff and students.
- Administration
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The school is within the New Hampshire School Administrative Unit No. 29, covering Keene and six other communities in Cheshire County.
- Within the school, there is a Main Office, Guidance Office, Health Office, Department Offices and "House Offices". The Houses are arranged in groups of students, alphabetically. There are four house offices: Blue, Green, Gold and Red.
- Departments
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There are 11 curricular departments:
- Social Studies
- Mathematics
- Science
- English
- Foreign Language
- Fine Arts
- Life Education
- Special Education
- Physical Education
- Technology Education
- Business Education
- Music
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KHS has the largest music department of any other surrounding high schools. It has two choirs: the Concert Chorus and the A Cappella Choir. It has one concert band and three jazz groups: the Freshman Jazz Group, which consists of small combos; the Vocal Jazz Ensemble; and the Jazz Ensemble (more experienced) which is a big band. The Jazz Ensemble is the focus of many local jazz concerts.
- In addition to the performing classes, there are courses in Music History, Music Theory, Beginning Piano, Intermediate Piano, and Beginning Guitar.
- Each May, the Keene High Music Department hosts the variety show "Nostalgia". Keene High participates in the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival and the New England Music Festival.
- Athletics
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2006 was a successful year for the Keene High School sports teams, with the Boys Swimming and Diving winning the state championship over Oyster River High School 235-135, and the girls winning the Division I cross-country skiing championship over Concord High School. The boys ski team was runner-up to state champion Concord High School in both the Division I Alpine and Division I Cross Country.
- The boys baseball team won back-to-back Class L state championships in 1996 and 1997, winning their second in a row with a 12-5 win over Merrimack High School in the championship game. They won the Class L state championship again in 2009, defeating Alvirne 9-4.
- Keene High School's Dave Minickiello retired in 1999 after 31 years as the school's wrestling coach, having led the team to nine state titles and a New England crown, having coached seven New England individual champion wrestlers and winning more than 60 New Hampshire state championships.
- Activities
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43 student clubs and activities are listed on the school's website. The oldest club is the Ushers club; the Drama club is one of the largest, with an enrollment of over 110 students. An unofficial Assassin guild, mentioned on local radio station WKNE, also exists.
- The Drama Club puts on three or four shows a year: one or two musicals, one straight play, and the Theatre Festival (a.k.a. T-Fest). The current production staff is Scot Tolman (director), Deanna Zilske (director/music director), and Kristen Leach (choreographer).
- Scheduling
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Keene High School is based on a block scheduling system. There are four blocks in a school day. Each block is 87 minutes long. Classes switch during the second semester. There is a 6 minute transition between classes. Between first and second blocks there is a 5 minute homeroom. The school day runs from 7:25 AM to 2:02 PM.
- Languages
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Keene High offers courses in four foreign languages s:
- French
- French, I, II, III, IV, IV Honors, V, and AP French
- Spanish
- Spanish for Beginners, Spanish I, II, III, IV, V, and AP Spanish
- Latin
- Latin I, II, Latin Prose, and Latin Poetry
- Chinese
- Chinese for Beginners, Chinese I
- Students in the French program, in conjunction with the neighboring Monadnock Regional High School, have the opportunity to go on exchange with Lycée Lumière in Luxeuil-les-Bains, in the Franche-Comté region of France. Students in the Spanish program can to go on exchange with Colegio Agave in Almería, in the province of Almería, Spain.
- Visiting speakers
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Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the school on February 11, 2007.Wesley Clark spoke at the school in the run-up to the 2004 New Hampshire primary.
- During the 1992 Presidential Primaries, future president Bill Clinton spoke at the school and entertained questions from selected students.
- During the 1976 primaries President of the United States Gerald Ford spoke at Keene High School, in his efforts to stave off an incipient challenge from Ronald Reagan.
- United States Senator George McGovern spoke at the school during the run-up to the 1972 Democratic New Hampshire primary, in his ultimately successful bid to win the party's nomination for President.
- In the spring of 2007, Holocaust survivor and author David Faber gave a presentation to the entire student body regarding his experiences in Nazi Germany.
- Post Education
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On average, 52% of Keene High School students attend 4 year colleges, while 19% attend either a 2 year or trade school, bringing the total post-secondary attendance to 71%.
- Notable alumni
- John Bosa (1964-), former defensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins
- James Cochran, skier and member of the U.S. Alpine Ski team competing for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Jonathan Daniels, Episcopal seminarian killed during the civil rights movement
- Ernest Hebert, author of the Darby series
- Heather Wilson (1960-), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing . She is the first woman veteran ever elected to the United States Congress.
- External links
- Keene High School Official site
- Keene High School Web page at Great Schools Web site
- Keene High School, National Center for Education Statistics
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