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Arlington High School (Arlington, Massachusetts)
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Arlington High School is a secondary school located in Arlington, Massachusetts
. As of 2010, the school enrolls approximately 1,300 students annually. The current school principal is Mary Villano.
The current Arlington High School, designed by Howard B.S. Prescott, was opened in 1915 for grades 10-12. What is now known as "Fusco building" was the only original building. Boys and girls were required to enter the building through two separate entrances. Two additions were later added on, the "Collomb building," as it is now known, in 1937 and then the "Downs building."
Peirce field, a field for football, soccer, track, baseball and softball, was created by filling in "Cutter's Pond" which had been previously used for milling. Mill Brook still runs underneath the High School to this day. The field was renovated in 2004 due to toxin levels in the soil, which stemmed from a company located where the Department of Public Works is currently situated. A settlement was reached with the company to pay for the entire cleaning, capping, and renovation.
Since the mid-1990s several news documentary shows have been to Arlington High School, including Chronicle, Nightline, and MTV Made. It has also been the topic of many news stories covered by Fox News, Fox 25, Channel 7, among many other TV channels and radio stations.
An HBO show chronicling actor
/comedian
Dane Cook
's Tourgasm
tour featured a segment where Cook returned to Arlington High School, which he attended, and spoke to the students and faculty.
at Arlington High over the intercom. At first, voting on the resolution resulted in a tie and therefore it did not pass. There was no definite reason given as to why the vote came out as it did. However School Committee Vice Chair Leba Heigham did however state she wasn't sure if (the school system) could find teachers willing to say the Pledge. The efforts gained national attention especially on Fox News and the Glenn Beck Show as did Sean Harrington, who had created and advocated the petition. Principal Skidmore then decided to allow the recitation over the loudspeaker, going beyond his initial compromise of a voluntary recitation in the lobby, after the school committee voted unanimously to establish a policy stating schools must offer the Pledge every day. As of September 2010, after more than 40 years, the Pledge of Allegiance is said over the loudspeaker each morning.
Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles northwest of Boston. The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. As of 2010, the school enrolls approximately 1,300 students annually. The current school principal is Mary Villano.
History
Peirce field, a field for football, soccer, track, baseball and softball, was created by filling in "Cutter's Pond" which had been previously used for milling. Mill Brook still runs underneath the High School to this day. The field was renovated in 2004 due to toxin levels in the soil, which stemmed from a company located where the Department of Public Works is currently situated. A settlement was reached with the company to pay for the entire cleaning, capping, and renovation.
Since the mid-1990s several news documentary shows have been to Arlington High School, including Chronicle, Nightline, and MTV Made. It has also been the topic of many news stories covered by Fox News, Fox 25, Channel 7, among many other TV channels and radio stations.
An HBO show chronicling actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
/comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...
's Tourgasm
Tourgasm
Tourgasm was a 30-day 20-show stand-up comedy tour in 2005 featuring Dane Cook and three of his best friends in the industry: Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman and Jay Davis. The tour was filmed in its entirety and aired on HBO as a documentary in June 2006. The documentary was created and directed by Dane...
tour featured a segment where Cook returned to Arlington High School, which he attended, and spoke to the students and faculty.
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, architect - John Messuri, Princeton University Hockey All-Time leading Scorer, High School hockey coach
- Sean Garballey, Massachusetts State Representative of the 23rd Middlesex District.
- Sean Harrington, A former Arlington High School Student who gained national attention after his efforts to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance back into Arlington High School's morning routine.
Pledge of Allegiance Controversy
In 2010, a petition was presented to the School Committee by A.H.S. student Sean Harrington, asking that students be allocated time each day to recite the Pledge of AllegiancePledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942...
at Arlington High over the intercom. At first, voting on the resolution resulted in a tie and therefore it did not pass. There was no definite reason given as to why the vote came out as it did. However School Committee Vice Chair Leba Heigham did however state she wasn't sure if (the school system) could find teachers willing to say the Pledge. The efforts gained national attention especially on Fox News and the Glenn Beck Show as did Sean Harrington, who had created and advocated the petition. Principal Skidmore then decided to allow the recitation over the loudspeaker, going beyond his initial compromise of a voluntary recitation in the lobby, after the school committee voted unanimously to establish a policy stating schools must offer the Pledge every day. As of September 2010, after more than 40 years, the Pledge of Allegiance is said over the loudspeaker each morning.