- Needham B. Broughton High School, or simply Broughton High School, is one of the flagship schools of the Wake County Public School System. It is located at 723 St. Mary's Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Broughton was named after the Raleigh aristocrat, Needham B. Broughton, who contributed much to the public schools of the area. Broughton is currently ranked 443rd in Newsweek's list of the top United States schools. It runs on a 4x4 modifiedblock schedule, and is one of the few in Wake County to do so. Broughton is known for its castle-like stone facade and tall bell tower.
- Academics
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It offers over 25 Advanced Placement (AP) courses to challenge the upper tier of its students. The school offers four foreign languages: French, German, Latin, and Spanish. Broughton has produced eight UNC Morehead-Cains Scholars, three NC State Park Scholars, and one Wake Forest Reynolds Scholar in the past five years.
- Sports
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Broughton's sports teams play under the name "Capitals". The school has 18 varsity teams (the newest of which are the lacrosse and gymnastic teams) that compete with other 4-A schools in the CAP-7 conference and with schools around the state. The school produces a wealth of state championships and ranks consistently among the top five schools in the Wachovia Cup (a North Carolina ranking that measures high school sports programs). Broughton teams with recent state championships include women's tennis, women's basketball, men's golf, men's tennis, men's cross-country, and men's and women's soccer. Hall of fame soccer coach Izzy Hernandez has led Broughton to nine women's state championships and two men's state championships. The school has produced such athletes as Matt Danford, "Pistol Pete" Maravich, Shavlik Randolph, Sandy Roberts, Webb Simpson, Lindsay Stoecker, Jesse Williams, Andrew Simpson and Brock Young. Randolph's #42 basketball jersey and Stoecker's #6 women's soccer jersey are the only two to have been retired by Broughton. The athletics program is headed by Jack Spain, a long-time veteran of Broughton sports. Broughton's main sports facilities are the 3,000-seat Capital Stadium and the Holliday Gymnasium (the only high school gym in Wake County that can house the entire school population).
- Clubs
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Broughton has many clubs representing a wide array of interests in the arts, sports, leadership, politics, hobbies, and career areas. These clubs are run by students and advised by a member of the faculty. All clubs report to a committee of Broughton's Student Council. Clubs include Students for a Free Tibet, SAFE, Math Club, Young Democrats, Teenage Republicans, Broughton Independents, Youth and Government, Model UN, Spanish Club, Latinos Unidos, Drama Club, Bowling Club, FCCLA, Science Olympiad, Free Thinkers Club, and numerous others such as the highly selective TPK.
- Arts
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Broughton not only strives to produce strong academic and athletic programs, but a strong arts program as well. It has a well known band, orchestra, and chorus, among other groups. The "Carolina Spirit" show choir was known as the top show choir in the country during the 1990s, winning an unprecedented 6 consecutive Showstoppers National/International Championships. In 2007 the drama department, led by Bill Hagen, created a production of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Broadway A Raisin in the Sun.
- Band
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Broughton's award winning band program has attended the 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade. The 186 member band is one of fifteen bands selected to participate, and one of only six high schools. They are the first Raleigh band and the fourth North Carolina band to be invited. They were invited to march at the Inaugural Parade for NC Governor Bev Perdue. The Jazz I group also performed for President Barack Obama during his visit to Raleigh on July 29th, 2009 The band is under the direction of Jeffery Richardson (more popularly known as "JR"), as it has been for 32 years. In addition to its marching program, Broughton has a concert band and a symphonic wind ensemble, and is the only school in Wake County that offers two jazz ensembles: Jazz I for mainly upperclassmen and Jazz II for underclassmen.
- Below is the list of the leaders of the 2009-2010 band.
- Orchestra
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Broughton's orchestra program is regarded as one of the premier orchestra programs in the state of North Carolina, and is under the direction of Greg Logan.
- Community service
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As part of Broughton's commitment to the community, students are required to perform 25 hours of service, each year, within the community; this requirement provides over 55,000 hours annually to Raleigh and surrounding areas. Students can also participate in service trips to Guatemala (Proyecto Quetzal) and in projects such as a school-sponsored Habitat for Humanity house. The community service program is headed by Jane VanGraafeiland.
- Technology
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The school has in recent years undergone a technological renovation. Each room is equipped with at least one computer, and there are over six computer labs throughout the school. In addition, Broughton is serviced by the adjacent Wade Edwards Learning Lab (WELL), a program established by former Senator John Edwards that provides after-school access to computers. Here students put on a variety of programs and create special feature videos, from historical documentaries to Star Wars movie spoofs. Broughton's graphics department has also received an update, and students from this program do everything from designing t-shirts to creating 3-D models of airplanes.
- From 2002-2004 Broughton underwent a $14 million renovation in which much of the school was gutted and refitted with state-of-the-art technology and new interiors. During the 2004-2005 school year Broughton received an additional $5 million to renovate its Holiday Gymnasium (the state's largest high school gym). One of the highlights of the renovations was the refurbishment of the newly-titled Diane Payne Auditorium, named after the recently-retired principal.
- WCAP
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Broughton broadcasts its morning announcements via a closed-circuit network, headquartered from the WCAP media studio in the library. WCAP was founded in 1992 under the supervision of then-principal Diane Payne, and was then a monthly, pre-recorded news production informing students of the events happening around Broughton. By 1993 it had evolved to become a live, daily show broadcast from the media center. The set has undergone many renovations throughout the years, and WCAP recently celebrated its fifteenth birthday on January 30, 2007.
- Broughton in society
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Broughton was the first public high school to be built in downtown Raleigh. Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards honored the fact that his children Catharine and Wade both attended Broughton by beginning and ending his 2004 presidential bid at the Holiday Gymnasium. The band The Connells shot their music video "'74-'75" at Broughton in 1993. As did the band Madina Lake for their music video "Here I Stand". Broughton's most famous dance is the Queen of Hearts dance in February. The dance is open to the entire school, and juniors and seniors are allowed to bring outside guests. Other dances include the junior and senior prom and the homecoming dance. The Broughton "Caps" are known throughout the area for their efforts in community service as well as many other things, opening their doors to many productions and events involving Raleigh as a whole. In the early 2008-2009 school year the children have started to use the front of their school where the additional trailers used to be as a parking lot, which caused commotion due to the announcement of the school as a landmark. In late 2008 the International Baccalaureate program was almost voted out of the school by the North Carolina School Board due to low enrollment, and the underlying thought of Broughton as a "Rich Kids Play Ground". Both Alumni and current students Raised their voices to the school board to change the board's mind, Greg Randolf, Oliver Peckham , Spoon Jung, and many other Broughton students protested the action with the encouragement from their peers and teachers. In the endBroughton preserved its International Baccalaureate status. Now it has been decided, as of December 10 of 2008, that both magnet and International Baccalaureate statuses shall be removed from Broughton.
- Notable alumni
- John W. Coffey, Author, Art Historian, Deputy Director for collections at the North Carolina Museum of Art
- Junius Coston, football player for the Green Bay Packers
- Aubrey Dollar, actress
- Caroline Dollar, actress and sister of Aubrey
- Wade and Cate Edwards, children of former Sen. John Edwards
- Daniel Evans, Current NC State quarterback
- Colin Fickes, actor
- Scott Hoch, professional golfer and Ryder Cup member
- Richard Jenrette, legendary Wall Street businessman and co-founder of the Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette firm
- Lauren Kennedy, Broadway actress
- Sharon Lawrence, NYPD Blue actress
- Pete Maravich, former LSU and NBA basketball player
- Armistead Maupin, prominent author and gay rights activist
- Burley Mitchell, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Casey Nogueira, University of North Carolina soccer forward , Member U.S. U-20 Women's soccer team
- Reynolds Price, NPR radio host and writer
- Shavlik Randolph, Duke University and Portland Trail Blazers basketball player
- Webb Simpson, PGA Tour golfer
- Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Jason George, award winning classical conductor, currently with the NY symphony
- Jesse Williams, high jumper in the US Olympic team in Beijing
- David Ward, named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill" by D.C. paper The Hill
- Brock Young, current East Carolina University Point Guard, leads country in assist
- Curtis Large, nationally ranked Minesweeper
- External links
- Broughton Homepage
- Broughton Athletics Homepage
- Broughton Band Homepage
- WCAP Homepage
- The Hi-Times Homepage
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