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Hall High School (Connecticut)
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William H. Hall High School, also known as Hall High School, is a four-year public high school located in West Hartford, Connecticut
. The school colors are blue
and white, and the mascot is the "Warrior." It is one of two public high schools in the West Hartford Public Schools
, the other being Conard High School
. Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2006-2007 school year was 2,604 students.
competes in the Central Connecticut Conference in the West Division. In 2006, the school's football
team had its best season in over a decade, finishing with a 9-1 record. In soccer, Hall won the 1980 state championship 1-0 over E.O. Smith High School. In soccer, the school reached the semifinals of the state tournament four times under head coach Zeke Seguro, who won his 150th game as coach on October 10, 2008 with a 1-0 victory at South Windsor.
Hall offers the following sports programs:
Fall:
Winter:
Spring:
Clubs
Hall also features a number of extracurricular clubs such as...
...among others, clubs changing by year and with student interest. (With past clubs including the anonymous writers society, he radish, a satirical magazine, and foreign film club.)
Music
The Hall High School jazz program was founded in the 1950s under the leadership Bill Stanley and has continued for over 60 years. The program is nationally recognized institution.
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
. The school colors are blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
and white, and the mascot is the "Warrior." It is one of two public high schools in the West Hartford Public Schools
West Hartford Public Schools
West Hartford Public Schools provides education for West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.- Middle schools :* Bristow Middle School* King Philip Middle School* Sedgwick Middle School- Elementary schools :* Aiken* Braeburn* Bugbee...
, the other being Conard High School
Conard High School
Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, Connecticut. It opened in 1957, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board of Education when plans for the school were approved...
. Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2006-2007 school year was 2,604 students.
Academic accomplishments
- Recognized by NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
as one of the nation's top (No. 855) high schools. - Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools ProgramThe Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
in 1984-85. - Recognized in the November 2008 Issue of Connecticut Magazine as the 13th best school in the state of Connecticut.
Athletics and Clubs
Hall has a long running, cross-town rivalry against Conard High SchoolConard High School
Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, Connecticut. It opened in 1957, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board of Education when plans for the school were approved...
competes in the Central Connecticut Conference in the West Division. In 2006, the school's football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team had its best season in over a decade, finishing with a 9-1 record. In soccer, Hall won the 1980 state championship 1-0 over E.O. Smith High School. In soccer, the school reached the semifinals of the state tournament four times under head coach Zeke Seguro, who won his 150th game as coach on October 10, 2008 with a 1-0 victory at South Windsor.
Hall offers the following sports programs:
Fall:
Boys
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Girls
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Winter:
Boys
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Girls
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Spring:
Boys
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Girls
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Clubs
Hall also features a number of extracurricular clubs such as...
- Empty Bowls, a charity that helps raise money to feed financially constrained citizens.
- The Answer (the Improv Club comedy troupe) *
- the Hall High ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
team, which won the 2011 Connecticut State Chess Association Championship and won 2nd place in the 2010 New England Scholastic Chess Competition. * - Hall High Art club, which took off after the National Honor Society for Art was dismantled due to finances.
- Anime Club
- Jewish Student Union
- Model UN
...among others, clubs changing by year and with student interest. (With past clubs including the anonymous writers society, he radish, a satirical magazine, and foreign film club.)
Music
The Hall High School jazz program was founded in the 1950s under the leadership Bill Stanley and has continued for over 60 years. The program is nationally recognized institution.
Honor Societies
Language honor societies are also offered to students who take up a foreign language, in addition to National Honor Society:- Chinese Honor Society
- French Honor Society
- Latin Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society
Notable alumni
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