Amity Regional High School
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Amity High School is a regional
public high school
located in Woodbridge, Connecticut
, USA
. It provides high school education (grades 9-12) for the children in the towns of Woodbridge, Orange
, and Bethany
(which together form Regional District #5 for the purpose of secondary education). The name Amity is derived from both the colonial history of Woodbridge as well as the "friendship" demonstrated among the three founding towns in arranging for a communal educational program.
Amity High School was named a Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education
in 1982, the first year of the program. Amity Junior High School in Orange also received the award in 1982, while Amity Junior High School in Bethany received it in 1983.
During the 2006-7 academic year, the school district spent $12,426 per pupil, as compared to the state average of $11,357. Approximately 51% were residents of Orange, 29% were residents of Woodbridge and 20% were residents of Bethany. About 87.3% of the students were white, 7.9% were Asian-American, 2.6% were Hispanic, 2.0% were African-American and 0.2% were American Indian. There were approximately 122 teachers and 1,636 students, for an average student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, although the actual ratio varies by course and teacher contract. Approximately 75% of the members of the Class of 2006 took the SAT
, averaging 566 in math, 539 in reading, and 547 in writing, above the state and national averages. About 90% of the class went on to a four-year college or university, while an additional 5% went on to two-year colleges or technical schools or nursing schools. The remaining 5% either joined the workforce or the military.
In March 2002, an investigation reported that a budget deficit of $2.8 million was caused by financial mismanagement. The residents of the three towns demonstrated their unhappiness by rejecting seventeen proposed budgets during the 2002-3 fiscal year.
In April 2010, Sue Cantin, a former secretary in the school district office, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of embezzling $107,512 in student activity funds. She is expected to repay the whole sum by April 2012.
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The Amity girls' volleyball team competes in the CIAC's highest division, and are perennial playoff contenders. The girls' volleyball team won the CIAC Class L tournament in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995 and 2003.
In 2004, the Amity boys' tennis team went on an unexpected run to the state championships. At the CIAC Class LL tournament, Amity placed first, beating Greenwich High School
by one point to win the competition, after having previously won in 1987.
The Amity boys' golf team had one of its best seasons in 2010, dropping into the top 5 in the state.
The Amity softball team won the CIAC Class LL tournament in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. It made it to the semifinal round in 1999, 2000 and 2006 and was unbeaten in regular season play in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
The baseball team won the CIAC Class LL baseball tournament in 2006 with a 18-2-0 record and in 2007 with a 20-0-0 record, while it made it to the semifinal round in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2008.
The Amity swim program is a perennial powerhouse in the state. The boys and girls teams have enjoyed great success in both conference and state championships. The boys' swim team notably placed third in the state in 2004, in a season that included several All-American performances.
The boys' cross country team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2005 and 2010, and the CIAC Class L championship in 2008. The girls' cross country team won the CIAC Class L championship in 1988 and 1989. The boys' indoor track team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2004 and 2005 and the CIAC Class L championship in 2009. The girls' indoor track team won the CIAC Class L championship in 1998 and the CIAC Class LL championship in 2005. The boys' outdoor track team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2000 and the CIAC Class L championship in 2009.
In 2006 the Amity girls soccer team won the Housatonic Division and SCC championship and tied the Class LL state championship with Trumbull High School
, after the game went into double overtime and ended with a score of 0-0. In the S.C.C. they beat Mercy High School 1-0 in double overtime. 2006 was also the first year they won the S.C.C. championship, Class LL state title and had an undefeated regular season. Amity girls soccer was ranked #1 in Connecticut, #2 in New England and #9 nationally at the end of the 2006 season.
In 2008, the Amity boys ice hockey team defeated Fairfield Warde High School
5-1 to win the state Division II title. In 2010, the team defeated St Joseph High School 7-5 to again win the state Division II title.
In 2010, the Amity Rugby club started competition in the Connecticut Rugby Union with other clubs from Greenwich, Darien, Stamford, Westport, Fairfield, Fairfield Prep, Cheshire, Madison, New London, Southington, Simsbury and West Hartford.
The Amity Ultimate Frisbee team was founded in 2006. The team won its first Connecticut state championship in spring 2011
while its 2008 show contained music from the Cirque du Soleil
show La Nouba
. The Amity Marching Band, while new to the competitive nature of marching band, often came close to in score of bands who have competed for decades. In addition, they won first place at both of their season's final competitions. In the 2009-2010 season, the Amity Marching Band went on hiatus, while a new staged performance called Music In Motion was put into a trial production. Two shows were held on October 23 and 24, 2009. This new stage production contained a variety of the Amity Band concepts including Marching, Jazz, Drumline, Colorguard and Dance. The show included music from The Phantom of the Opera
, the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
, and the theme music from television show The Simpsons
. In addition, several band members put together an imitation of the dance group Stomp
, using push brooms and garbage pails to create a chorus of drum beats. As of 2010 following 2009's success, Music and Motion permanently replaced the marching band. For the 2010 show, Amity put on a performance including multiple numbers from the show which inspired the program, Blast! such as Malagueña, Boléro
, and Gee, Officer Krupke! (from West Side Story). In addition, numbers such as Chameleon and Somewhere Over the Rainbow exclusively featured other sections such as colorguard and jazz band, respectively.
Other musical groups include the concert band, wind ensemble, strings and choir. They practice individually and perform together for holiday and spring concerts as well as a POPS concert, held annually since 1969.
. In the Spring 2008 semester the theater department performed the musical Grease
. Later in 2008, the department performed the play The Boys Next Door
, for which it won the Moss Hart Award for Best High School Production by the New England Theater Conference. In Spring 2009, Amity was the first high school in the state to perform the controversial musical Rent: School Edition. Many parents and students in the Amity community had mixed feelings on the production as it depicts homosexuality
, drug use and AIDS. On December 12, 2009, the department performed the play And Then They Came for Me
. The play is about two Jewish refugee families and their connection to Anne Frank
The production received Honorable Mention in the Moss Hart Awards from the New England Theater Conference. The department performed the musical Les Misérables
in Spring 2010, for which it won four awards at the 2010 Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards. In December 2010, the theater department performed the play Bang, Bang, You're Dead, and in Spring 2011, the musical Chicago
. For that production, Amity received 12 nominations at the 2011 Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards, but only took home one.
-type game show
courtesy of Cablevision's News 12 Networks
. Since then, the unique group has become increasingly popular, with many students tuning in to watch their classmates compete on television. In May 2009, Amity made it to the state quarterfinals of The Challenge for the first time in school history, but lost to the eventual Connecticut champion, Greens Farms Academy
of Westport
.
Special-purpose district
Special-purpose districts or special district governments in the United States are independent governmental units that exist separately from, and with substantial administrative and fiscal independence from, general purpose local governments such as county, municipal, and township governments. As...
public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Woodbridge, Connecticut
Woodbridge, Connecticut
Woodbridge is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,983 at the 2000 census. It is one of the wealthiest towns in Connecticut, ranking 16th in the state in terms of per capita income, and is home to many of the faculty of Yale University...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It provides high school education (grades 9-12) for the children in the towns of Woodbridge, Orange
Orange, Connecticut
Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,233 at the 2000 census. A 2007 Census Bureau estimate puts the population at 13,813. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen.-History:...
, and Bethany
Bethany, Connecticut
Bethany is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,040 at the 2000 census. Bethany was first settled in 1717 but it was not until May 1832 that Bethany separated from Woodbridge to become incorporated as a town. This slightly remote, sparsely populated,...
(which together form Regional District #5 for the purpose of secondary education). The name Amity is derived from both the colonial history of Woodbridge as well as the "friendship" demonstrated among the three founding towns in arranging for a communal educational program.
Amity High School was named a Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
in 1982, the first year of the program. Amity Junior High School in Orange also received the award in 1982, while Amity Junior High School in Bethany received it in 1983.
During the 2006-7 academic year, the school district spent $12,426 per pupil, as compared to the state average of $11,357. Approximately 51% were residents of Orange, 29% were residents of Woodbridge and 20% were residents of Bethany. About 87.3% of the students were white, 7.9% were Asian-American, 2.6% were Hispanic, 2.0% were African-American and 0.2% were American Indian. There were approximately 122 teachers and 1,636 students, for an average student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, although the actual ratio varies by course and teacher contract. Approximately 75% of the members of the Class of 2006 took the SAT
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
, averaging 566 in math, 539 in reading, and 547 in writing, above the state and national averages. About 90% of the class went on to a four-year college or university, while an additional 5% went on to two-year colleges or technical schools or nursing schools. The remaining 5% either joined the workforce or the military.
Grade arrangement
Until 2005, only sophomores through seniors attended Amity High School, while freshmen attended either the junior high school in Orange (for residents of Orange) or the junior high school in Bethany (for residents of Bethany and Woodbridge). Seventh and eighth graders also attended the junior high schools. In 2005, the ninth graders began to attend Amity High School and the junior high schools were renamed Amity Middle School.Scandals
The high school building was rebuilt in the early 1990s, although the auditorium and gymnasium were not replaced. Subsequent to the construction, some staff and students experienced problems caused by mold and poor ventilation. The auditorium was closed in 2003 and then demolished and replaced in 2007.In March 2002, an investigation reported that a budget deficit of $2.8 million was caused by financial mismanagement. The residents of the three towns demonstrated their unhappiness by rejecting seventeen proposed budgets during the 2002-3 fiscal year.
In April 2010, Sue Cantin, a former secretary in the school district office, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of embezzling $107,512 in student activity funds. She is expected to repay the whole sum by April 2012.
Athletics
The school sports teams are known as "The Spartans" and "Lady Spartans" and compete in the Housatonic Division of the Southern Connecticut ConferenceSouthern Connecticut Conference
The Southern Connecticut Conference is a high school athletics conference in Connecticut. The conference comprises schools located along the Long Island Sound...
.
The Amity girls' volleyball team competes in the CIAC's highest division, and are perennial playoff contenders. The girls' volleyball team won the CIAC Class L tournament in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995 and 2003.
In 2004, the Amity boys' tennis team went on an unexpected run to the state championships. At the CIAC Class LL tournament, Amity placed first, beating Greenwich High School
Greenwich High School
Greenwich High School is a four-year public high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The school is part of the Greenwich Public Schools system and serves roughly 2,700 students....
by one point to win the competition, after having previously won in 1987.
The Amity boys' golf team had one of its best seasons in 2010, dropping into the top 5 in the state.
The Amity softball team won the CIAC Class LL tournament in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. It made it to the semifinal round in 1999, 2000 and 2006 and was unbeaten in regular season play in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
The baseball team won the CIAC Class LL baseball tournament in 2006 with a 18-2-0 record and in 2007 with a 20-0-0 record, while it made it to the semifinal round in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2008.
The Amity swim program is a perennial powerhouse in the state. The boys and girls teams have enjoyed great success in both conference and state championships. The boys' swim team notably placed third in the state in 2004, in a season that included several All-American performances.
The boys' cross country team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2005 and 2010, and the CIAC Class L championship in 2008. The girls' cross country team won the CIAC Class L championship in 1988 and 1989. The boys' indoor track team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2004 and 2005 and the CIAC Class L championship in 2009. The girls' indoor track team won the CIAC Class L championship in 1998 and the CIAC Class LL championship in 2005. The boys' outdoor track team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2000 and the CIAC Class L championship in 2009.
In 2006 the Amity girls soccer team won the Housatonic Division and SCC championship and tied the Class LL state championship with Trumbull High School
Trumbull High School
-History:Trumbull High School was founded in 1961 following a population increase in Trumbull during the 1950s. The high school was originally situated at 4630 Madison Avenue, in the building currently serving as Madison Middle School. As the 1960s progressed, the town was compelled to commission a...
, after the game went into double overtime and ended with a score of 0-0. In the S.C.C. they beat Mercy High School 1-0 in double overtime. 2006 was also the first year they won the S.C.C. championship, Class LL state title and had an undefeated regular season. Amity girls soccer was ranked #1 in Connecticut, #2 in New England and #9 nationally at the end of the 2006 season.
In 2008, the Amity boys ice hockey team defeated Fairfield Warde High School
Fairfield Warde High School
Fairfield Warde High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.- History :In 2001, Fairfield High School was deemed overcrowded. To alleviate population overflow, Fairfield Ludlowe High School was opened at the former Roger Ludlowe High School site...
5-1 to win the state Division II title. In 2010, the team defeated St Joseph High School 7-5 to again win the state Division II title.
In 2010, the Amity Rugby club started competition in the Connecticut Rugby Union with other clubs from Greenwich, Darien, Stamford, Westport, Fairfield, Fairfield Prep, Cheshire, Madison, New London, Southington, Simsbury and West Hartford.
The Amity Ultimate Frisbee team was founded in 2006. The team won its first Connecticut state championship in spring 2011
Music Department
At the beginning of the 2007-2008 year, Amity started its first competitive marching band known as the Amity High School Spartan Marching Band. Under the direction of Phil Dolan, Amity held its first competitive show in early October 2007. Its 2007 show contained music from the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure fantasy film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
while its 2008 show contained music from the Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
show La Nouba
La Nouba
La Nouba is a Cirque du Soleil show, which, like most Cirque du Soleil shows, is a circus-like performance featuring acrobats, gymnasts, and other skilled performers. The show's creation was directed by Franco Dragone, who also directed most of Cirque du Soleil's earlier shows. Its title derives...
. The Amity Marching Band, while new to the competitive nature of marching band, often came close to in score of bands who have competed for decades. In addition, they won first place at both of their season's final competitions. In the 2009-2010 season, the Amity Marching Band went on hiatus, while a new staged performance called Music In Motion was put into a trial production. Two shows were held on October 23 and 24, 2009. This new stage production contained a variety of the Amity Band concepts including Marching, Jazz, Drumline, Colorguard and Dance. The show included music from The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
, the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure fantasy film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, and the theme music from television show The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
. In addition, several band members put together an imitation of the dance group Stomp
Stomp (dance troupe)
Stomp is a percussion group that uses the body and ordinary objects to create a physical theatre performance.-History and performances:...
, using push brooms and garbage pails to create a chorus of drum beats. As of 2010 following 2009's success, Music and Motion permanently replaced the marching band. For the 2010 show, Amity put on a performance including multiple numbers from the show which inspired the program, Blast! such as Malagueña, Boléro
Boléro
Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel . Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition....
, and Gee, Officer Krupke! (from West Side Story). In addition, numbers such as Chameleon and Somewhere Over the Rainbow exclusively featured other sections such as colorguard and jazz band, respectively.
Other musical groups include the concert band, wind ensemble, strings and choir. They practice individually and perform together for holiday and spring concerts as well as a POPS concert, held annually since 1969.
Theater Department
In 2007 the Amity Board of Education created a fully funded theater department with classes in acting, technical theater and dance. A new auditorium opened that year with the play The Laramie ProjectThe Laramie Project
The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie,...
. In the Spring 2008 semester the theater department performed the musical Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
. Later in 2008, the department performed the play The Boys Next Door
The Boys Next Door (play)
The Boys Next Door is a play, written by Tom Griffin. It deals with four mentally disabled men who live in a group home. It takes place over roughly a two month period of time and consists of brief vignettes about their lives...
, for which it won the Moss Hart Award for Best High School Production by the New England Theater Conference. In Spring 2009, Amity was the first high school in the state to perform the controversial musical Rent: School Edition. Many parents and students in the Amity community had mixed feelings on the production as it depicts homosexuality
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
, drug use and AIDS. On December 12, 2009, the department performed the play And Then They Came for Me
And Then They Came for Me
And Then They Came for Me is a play by American author James Still. It is a multimedia production, which combines tapes of interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating the scenes from their lives. It is part oral history, part drama, part...
. The play is about two Jewish refugee families and their connection to Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
The production received Honorable Mention in the Moss Hart Awards from the New England Theater Conference. The department performed the musical Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
in Spring 2010, for which it won four awards at the 2010 Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards. In December 2010, the theater department performed the play Bang, Bang, You're Dead, and in Spring 2011, the musical Chicago
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
. For that production, Amity received 12 nominations at the 2011 Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards, but only took home one.
Quizbowl
In 2006, Amity Regional High School saw a new addition to its extracurricular activities: the academic challenge team. The team is best known for participating in the Connecticut version of The Challenge, a quizbowlQuizbowl
Quiz bowl is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge that is commonly played by students enrolled in high school or college, although some participants begin in middle or even elementary school...
-type game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
courtesy of Cablevision's News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks comprises seven regional cable news television channels in the New York metropolitan area. The channels offer local news 24-hours a day and reach approximately 3.8 million television households in the tri-state area...
. Since then, the unique group has become increasingly popular, with many students tuning in to watch their classmates compete on television. In May 2009, Amity made it to the state quarterfinals of The Challenge for the first time in school history, but lost to the eventual Connecticut champion, Greens Farms Academy
Greens Farms Academy
Greens Farms Academy is a K-12 independent preparatory co-educational day school in the Greens Farms section of Westport, Connecticut, drawing 650 students from numerous towns of central southern Fairfield County. Greens Farms Academy is located on a campus near Long Island Sound, a salt marsh and...
of Westport
Westport, Connecticut
-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
.
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