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Warwick Veterans High School

2401 West Shore Road, Warwick, RI, 02889 -

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Definition of Terms

Warwick Veterans High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Kent County, RI

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1220 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

115 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 343 students

Grade 10 - 313 students

Grade 11 - 295 students

Grade 12 - 269 students

This School

(RI) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:12

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(RI) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	3%	14%
% Black	2%	7%
% White	94%	74%

Additional Student Information

This School

(RI) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

14%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(RI) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Warwick School District

This School's Agency

(RI) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	26	7
Number of Students Managed	11,380 students	3,382 students
District Total Revenue	$152,562,000	$44,126,000
District Expenditure	$144,155,000	$43,899,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,406	$13,047
District Expenditure / Student	$12,667	$12,980
District Graduation Rates	92%	77%

Two elementary schools on list for closure in Warwick (The Providence Journal)
posted on April 4, 2009 at 01:33:44 am
A study panel selects Greene and Warwick Neck from a list of six schools considered for closing to cut expenses.
Warwick narrows possible number of schools to close to two (The Providence Journal)
posted on April 3, 2009 at 03:14:40 am
WARWICK - A study panel charged with identifying at least one elementary school to recommend for closure next year in the southeastern portion of the city narrowed the number under consideration for closing from six to two Thursday night.

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Warwick Veterans High School (also known as Warwick Veterans Memorial High School, WVMHS, or Vets) is a 9-12th grade secondary school in Warwick, Rhode Island. The school building is two stories high and features eight wings of classes, mainly divided by subject (A, B, C, D, "E" F, G, and 900 wing). The logo for all Vets "Hurricane" teams is a reverse-rotating hurricane symbol. The current slogan of the 11th grade class is the blasphemonic "We takin over." School colors are blue, gold, and white. The school has an enrollment of over one thousand students, and its principal is Gerald Habershaw.
The school was created in the mid 1950s as a response to a booming Warwick population — the previous high school (now Samuel Gorton Junior High) was too small for the large number of incoming students. In the 1970s, an extension (now called 900 wing) was added to the school. Since the 1970s, two additional high schools have been constructed to answer Warwick's population increase.
Athletics
The ice hockey team underwent a two year winless streak after relocating from division B to division A. The girls' field hockey team was the 2005 division and state champions, led by senior captain Hannah Dwyer. Additionally, the boys' outdoor track team were city champions for like thirteen straight years and division B champions for four years. The freshman football team reached the championship game in two consecutive years (2004-05 & 2005-06) but lost both games to cross town rivals Pilgrim High School and William E. Tolman High School of Pawtucket. They also have a boys lacrosse teem which won the state championship 15-0. This desplay of amazing talent was the work of the young individuals that joined the [1] teem of year 08-09 The Warwick Vets Cheerleading program is very active also. The Varsity team took 1st place in the RI State competition last year('07). In 2007 the boys basketball team had its first thousand point scorer in several years. In 2008 the girls soccer team meade it to the Division 1 state semi-finals.
Other activities
The school features active chapters of FBLA, DECA, Math League, Academic Decathlon, SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), GSA (Gay Straight Alliance), A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, and other clubs. Warwick Veterans also has a concert band that performs several concerts a year, a marching band that plays at parades on Veterans Day and Gaspee Day, and a jazz band and concert orchestra that usually perform with the concert band — all are run by Danielle Prior. A chorus, chorale, and jazz chorus are also part of the school's music department and are run by Nancy Kennedy.
Notable alumni
Bill Almon, baseball player
Craig Price, murderer known as the "Warwick Slasher"
External links
Official Website
Vets Chorus Website

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