Guilford High School (Connecticut)
Encyclopedia
Guilford High School is a four-year public high school
in Guilford, Connecticut
. According to the school website,
College Board Scholastic Assessment Test and Connecticut Academic Performance Tests results for GHS students are consistently above state, regional and national averages. Guilford High School students have won many regional and national awards in the academic and creative arts fields.
There is a full range of co-curricular activities offered to the students at Guilford High School, including National Honor Society, Student Senate, yearbook committee, service organizations and language and literary clubs. The sports teams, who receive wide community support, include soccer, football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, alpine skiing, fencing, wrestling, softball, tennis, volleyball, cross country, winter and spring track, crew and golf. Acclaimed music, art and drama programs round out the varied experiences available to Guilford High School students.
Jennifer Westfeldt
(1988)
Becki Newton
(1996)
Liz Tigelaar
(1994)
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....
in Guilford, Connecticut
Guilford, Connecticut
Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, that borders Madison, Branford, North Branford and Durham, and is situated on I-95 and the coast. The population was 21,398 at the 2000 census...
. According to the school website,
College Board Scholastic Assessment Test and Connecticut Academic Performance Tests results for GHS students are consistently above state, regional and national averages. Guilford High School students have won many regional and national awards in the academic and creative arts fields.
There is a full range of co-curricular activities offered to the students at Guilford High School, including National Honor Society, Student Senate, yearbook committee, service organizations and language and literary clubs. The sports teams, who receive wide community support, include soccer, football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, alpine skiing, fencing, wrestling, softball, tennis, volleyball, cross country, winter and spring track, crew and golf. Acclaimed music, art and drama programs round out the varied experiences available to Guilford High School students.
Athletics
Guilford High School competes in the Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) of the CIAC in Connecticut.Notable alumni
Adam Greenberg (1999)- Professional baseball player
Jennifer Westfeldt
Jennifer Westfeldt
Jennifer Westfeldt is an American actress and screenwriter known for the hit 2001 independent film Kissing Jessica Stein, which she co-wrote with Heather Juergensen and in which the two women starred.- Early life :...
(1988)
- Actress
Becki Newton
Becki Newton
Rebecca Sara "Becki" Newton is an American actress known for her role as Amanda Tanen on the television series Ugly Betty.-Early life:...
(1996)
- Actress and regular cast member of Ugly BettyUgly BettyUgly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
.
Liz Tigelaar
Liz Tigelaar
Liz Tigelaar is an American television writer, producer and author. She has worked on the series Brothers & Sisters, Melrose Place, American Dreams, and Once and Again. In 2010, she created and executive produced The CW series Life Unexpected. Until its cancellation in January 2011.Tigelaar has...
(1994)
- Writer (TV), creator and executive producer of Life UnexpectedLife UnexpectedLife Unexpected is an American television series that ran for two seasons, from 2010 to 2011.The show premiered on The CW on Monday, January 18, 2010. The 13-episode first season run ended on April 12, 2010...