Keene High School
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Keene High School is a public high school located in Keene, New Hampshire
. It serves the city of Keene and the surrounding towns of Chesterfield
, Harrisville
, Marlborough
, Marlow
, Nelson
, Westmoreland
and Winchester
.
The Cheshire Career Center, a co-curricular and community education center, is also located in the South Annex of the building.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of approximately 1,750 students and 134.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE
basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.0.
The Mission of Keene High School is to provide each student with the tools to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.
National Educator Awards for work that included a ninth-grade unit on The Holocaust
that culminated in a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
in Washington, D.C.
for the entire freshman class.
Keene High School was winner of the 2002 International Envirothon
title, a high school environmental competition, defeating 47 teams from high schools across the United States and Canada. The Keene team won the New Hampshire Envirothon competition in 2006 and 2007, 2008, 2009, placing 12th overall in the North American competition in 2006 and placing 9th in 2009. In the 2010 state competition two KHS teams competed, one winning and the other placing third. The winning team tied for ninth nationally.
The Drama Club has won multiple Theatre at the Mount
Youth (TAMY) awards for its musicals
.
.
Within the school, there is a Main Office, Guidance Office, Health Office, Department Offices and "House Offices". The Houses are arranged in groups of students, alphabetically. There are three house offices: Blue, Green, and Red.
s: the Concert Chorus and the A Cappella Choir. It has one concert band and three jazz
groups: the Freshman Jazz Group, which consists of small combos; the Vocal Jazz Ensemble; and the Jazz Ensemble (more experienced) which is a big band
. The Jazz Ensemble is the focus of many local jazz concerts.
In addition to the performing classes, there are courses in Music History
, Music Theory
, Beginning Piano
, Intermediate Piano, and Beginning Guitar
.
Each May, the Keene High Music Department hosts the variety show
"Nostalgia". Keene High participates in the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival and the New England Music Festival.
235-135, and the girls winning the Division I cross-country skiing
championship over Concord High School
. The boys ski team was runner-up to state champion Concord High School in both the Division I Alpine and Division I Cross Country.
The boys baseball team won back-to-back Class L state championships in 1996 and 1997, winning their second in a row with a 12-5 win over Merrimack High School
in the championship game. They won the Class L state championship again in 2009, defeating Alvirne
9-4.
Keene High School's Dave Minickiello retired in 1999 after 31 years as the school's wrestling coach, having led the team to nine state titles and a New England crown, having coached seven New England individual champion wrestlers and winning more than 60 New Hampshire state championships.
s guild, mentioned on local radio station WKNE
, also exists.
The Drama Club puts on three or four shows a year: one or two musicals
, one straight play
, and the Theatre Festival (a.k.a. T-Fest). The current production staff is Scot Tolman (director
), Deanna Zilske (director/music director
), and Kristen Leach (choreographer
).
After a short hiatus of about five years, the Keene High School quiz bowl team has restarted competing again this school year in a variety of competitions. Most recently, the team competed on Granite State Challenge
. Their progress can be seen at the Granite State Challenge website. Other competitions that the team may participate in are the Knowledge Master Open
, the Academic Decathlon
, and the New Hampshire Quiz Bowl League.
system. There are four blocks in a school day. Each block is 87 minutes long. Classes switch during the second semester. There is a 7 minute transition between classes. The school day runs from 7:25 AM to 2:02 PM.
Students in the French program, in conjunction with the neighboring Monadnock Regional High School
, have the opportunity to go on exchange with Lycée Lumière in Luxeuil-les-Bains
, in the Franche-Comté region
of France
. Students in the Spanish program can to go on exchange with Colegio Agave in Almería
, in the province of Almería
, Spain
.
came to speak to the students about the topic she wrote about in her book Nineteen Minutes
.
In the spring of 2007, Holocaust
survivor and author David Faber gave a presentation to the entire student body regarding his experiences in Nazi Germany
.
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton
spoke at the school on February 11, 2007.
Wesley Clark
spoke at the school in the run-up to the 2004 New Hampshire primary.
During the 1992 presidential primaries, future president Bill Clinton
spoke at the school and entertained questions from selected students.
During the 1976 primaries President of the United States
Gerald Ford
spoke at Keene High School, in his efforts to stave off an incipient challenge from Ronald Reagan
.
United States Senator George McGovern
spoke at the school during the run-up to the 1972 Democratic New Hampshire primary, in his ultimately successful bid to win the party's nomination for President.
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene is a city in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,409 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cheshire County.Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England, and hosts the annual Pumpkin Fest...
. It serves the city of Keene and the surrounding towns of Chesterfield
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Chesterfield is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,604 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of Spofford...
, Harrisville
Harrisville, New Hampshire
Harrisville is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. Besides the town center, it also includes the village of Chesham. The population of the town was 961 at the 2010 census....
, Marlborough
Marlborough, New Hampshire
Marlborough is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,063 at the 2010 census. The town is home to the Kensan-Devan Wildlife Sanctuary at Meetinghouse Pond....
, Marlow
Marlow, New Hampshire
Marlow is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 742 at the 2010 census. Marlow is home to Honey Brook State Forest.-History:...
, Nelson
Nelson, New Hampshire
Nelson is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 729 at the 2010 census. Nelson includes the village of Munsonville.-History:...
, Westmoreland
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Westmoreland is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,874 at the 2010 census. Westmoreland is historically an agricultural town, with much arable farmland.-History:...
and Winchester
Winchester, New Hampshire
Winchester is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,341 at the 2010 census. The primary settlement in the town, where 1,733 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Winchester census-designated place...
.
The Cheshire Career Center, a co-curricular and community education center, is also located in the South Annex of the building.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of approximately 1,750 students and 134.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.0.
Mission statement
The school's mission statement is inscribed at the main entrance beneath the school seal:The Mission of Keene High School is to provide each student with the tools to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.
Awards and recognition
Teacher Kelly Budd was recognized in 1999 as a winner of the Milken Family FoundationMilken Family Foundation
The Milken Family Foundation is a private foundation established by Lowell Milken and Michael Milken in 1982. Lowell Milken serves as chairman and co-founder of the foundation.-Goals:...
National Educator Awards for work that included a ninth-grade unit on The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
that culminated in a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
for the entire freshman class.
Keene High School was winner of the 2002 International Envirothon
Envirothon
Envirothon is an annual environmentally themed academic competition held by the United States and Canada on a regional, state, and national level. It is sponsored by Canon, conservation districts, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Association of Conservation Districts...
title, a high school environmental competition, defeating 47 teams from high schools across the United States and Canada. The Keene team won the New Hampshire Envirothon competition in 2006 and 2007, 2008, 2009, placing 12th overall in the North American competition in 2006 and placing 9th in 2009. In the 2010 state competition two KHS teams competed, one winning and the other placing third. The winning team tied for ninth nationally.
The Drama Club has won multiple Theatre at the Mount
Mount Wachusett Community College
Mount Wachusett Community College is a two-year community college in Gardner, Massachusetts. It offers associate degrees as well as a transfer program for students to earn credits for transfer to other colleges...
Youth (TAMY) awards for its musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
.
Courses
On average, 200 courses are taught each school year, pending involvement from staff and students.Administration
The school is within the New Hampshire School Administrative Unit No. 29, covering Keene and six other communities in Cheshire CountyCheshire County, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 73,825 people, 28,299 households, and 18,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 104 people per square mile . There were 31,876 housing units at an average density of 45 per square mile...
.
Within the school, there is a Main Office, Guidance Office, Health Office, Department Offices and "House Offices". The Houses are arranged in groups of students, alphabetically. There are three house offices: Blue, Green, and Red.
Departments
There are 11 curricular departments:- Social Studies
- Mathematics
- Science
- English
- Foreign Language
- Fine Arts
- Life Education
- Special Education
- Physical Education
- Technology Education
- Business Education
Music
KHS has the largest music department of any other surrounding high schools. It has two choirChoir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
s: the Concert Chorus and the A Cappella Choir. It has one concert band and three jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
groups: the Freshman Jazz Group, which consists of small combos; the Vocal Jazz Ensemble; and the Jazz Ensemble (more experienced) which is a big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
. The Jazz Ensemble is the focus of many local jazz concerts.
In addition to the performing classes, there are courses in Music History
Music history
Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is the highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies the composition, performance, reception, and criticism of music over time...
, Music Theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
, Beginning Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Intermediate Piano, and Beginning Guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
.
Each May, the Keene High Music Department hosts the variety show
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
"Nostalgia". Keene High participates in the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival and the New England Music Festival.
Athletics
2006 was a successful year for the Keene High School sports teams, with the Boys Swimming and Diving winning the state championship over Oyster River High SchoolOyster River High School
Oyster River High School , part of the Oyster River Cooperative School District , is a public high school located in Durham, New Hampshire, United States with an enrollment of about 700 students. It serves Durham and the neighboring communities of Lee and Madbury.During 2001-2003 it had a...
235-135, and the girls winning the Division I cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
championship over Concord High School
Concord High School (New Hampshire)
Concord High School is a high school in Concord, New Hampshire in the United States.- History :Concord's first public high school was established in 1846. The original building was the building on the corner of State and School Streets. A new school house was built in 1862, which stood until April...
. The boys ski team was runner-up to state champion Concord High School in both the Division I Alpine and Division I Cross Country.
The boys baseball team won back-to-back Class L state championships in 1996 and 1997, winning their second in a row with a 12-5 win over Merrimack High School
Merrimack High School
Merrimack High School is the public secondary school of the town of Merrimack, New Hampshire. It is located in a central area of town on 38 McElwain Street. About 1,600 students from grades 9 through 12 attend the school each year....
in the championship game. They won the Class L state championship again in 2009, defeating Alvirne
Alvirne High School
Alvirne High School is located in the town of Hudson, New Hampshire with an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students from grades 9-12. Alvirne gets its name from a prominent Hudson family, the Alfred and Virginia Hills family, who left a large piece of property to the town in the early 20th...
9-4.
Keene High School's Dave Minickiello retired in 1999 after 31 years as the school's wrestling coach, having led the team to nine state titles and a New England crown, having coached seven New England individual champion wrestlers and winning more than 60 New Hampshire state championships.
Activities
43 student clubs and activities are listed on the school's website. The oldest club is the Ushers club; the Drama club is one of the largest, with an enrollment of over 110 students. An unofficial AssassinAssassin (game)
Assassin is a live-action game...
s guild, mentioned on local radio station WKNE
WKNE
-External links:**...
, also exists.
The Drama Club puts on three or four shows a year: one or two musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
, one straight play
Straight play
A straight play is a term used to describe a form of theatrical production featuring spoken drama.While music is one of Aristotle's six elements of theatre, a straight play does not usually include singing. However, some singing may be used for special characterisation...
, and the Theatre Festival (a.k.a. T-Fest). The current production staff is Scot Tolman (director
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
), Deanna Zilske (director/music director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
), and Kristen Leach (choreographer
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
).
After a short hiatus of about five years, the Keene High School quiz bowl team has restarted competing again this school year in a variety of competitions. Most recently, the team competed on Granite State Challenge
Granite State Challenge
Granite State Challenge is an American television quizbowl game show that airs on New Hampshire Public Television and began in 1983.-Description:...
. Their progress can be seen at the Granite State Challenge website. Other competitions that the team may participate in are the Knowledge Master Open
Knowledge Master Open
The Knowledge Master Open is a computer-based semiannual worldwide academic competition in which teams of students from many schools earn points by answering multiple-choice questions quickly and accurately...
, the Academic Decathlon
United States Academic Decathlon
The United States Academic Decathlon is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon Association. The competition consists of seven multiple choice tests, two performance events, and an essay...
, and the New Hampshire Quiz Bowl League.
Scheduling
Keene High School is based on a block schedulingBlock scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
system. There are four blocks in a school day. Each block is 87 minutes long. Classes switch during the second semester. There is a 7 minute transition between classes. The school day runs from 7:25 AM to 2:02 PM.
Languages
Keene High offers courses in four foreign languages:- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- French, I, II, III, IV, IV Honors, V, and AP FrenchAP French LanguageAdvanced Placement French Language and Culture is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level French course...
- French, I, II, III, IV, IV Honors, V, and AP French
- SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- Spanish for Beginners, Spanish I, II, III, IV, IV Honors, V, and AP SpanishAP Spanish LanguageAdvanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...
- Spanish for Beginners, Spanish I, II, III, IV, IV Honors, V, and AP Spanish
- Latin
- Latin I, II, Latin Prose, and Latin Poetry
- Chinese
- Chinese I, Chinese II, and Chinese III
Students in the French program, in conjunction with the neighboring Monadnock Regional High School
Monadnock Regional High School
Monadnock Regional High School is a public school in Swanzey, New Hampshire. The school serves seven towns in the Monadnock region, including Fitzwilliam, Gilsum, Richmond, Roxbury, Sullivan, Swanzey, and Troy.- Scheduling :...
, have the opportunity to go on exchange with Lycée Lumière in Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-History:Luxeuil was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings at the time of its destruction by the Huns under Attila in 451...
, in the Franche-Comté region
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Students in the Spanish program can to go on exchange with Colegio Agave in Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, in the province of Almería
Almería (province)
-History:The rich customs and Fiestas of the denizens retain links deep into the past, unto the Moors, the Romans, the Greeks, and the Phoenicians.During the taifa era, it was ruled by the Moor Banu al-Amiri from 1012 to 1038, briefly annexed by Valencia , then given by Zaragoza to the Banu Sumadih...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
Visiting speakers
In the fall of 2010, Keene High students participated in a "One Book One Read" program to help in the prevention of bullying. For this, Jodi PicoultJodi Picoult
Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American author. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Picoult currently has some 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide.-Early life and education:...
came to speak to the students about the topic she wrote about in her book Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes, published on March 9, 2007, is a novel by Jodi Picoult. It was her first book to debut at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.This book is about a school shooting, and focuses on the events leading up to and following the incident....
.
In the spring of 2007, Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
survivor and author David Faber gave a presentation to the entire student body regarding his experiences in Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
.
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
spoke at the school on February 11, 2007.
Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
spoke at the school in the run-up to the 2004 New Hampshire primary.
During the 1992 presidential primaries, future president Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
spoke at the school and entertained questions from selected students.
During the 1976 primaries President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
spoke at Keene High School, in his efforts to stave off an incipient challenge from Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
.
United States Senator George McGovern
George McGovern
George Stanley McGovern is an historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election....
spoke at the school during the run-up to the 1972 Democratic New Hampshire primary, in his ultimately successful bid to win the party's nomination for President.
Post education
On average, 58% of Keene High School students attend 4 year colleges, while 19% attend either a 2 year or trade school, bringing the total post-secondary attendance to 71%.Notable alumni
- John BosaJohn BosaJohn Bosa is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played three seasons for the Miami Dolphins. He played for Keene High School in Keene, New Hampshire and received a full athletic scholarship to play football for the Boston College Eagles....
(1964-), former defensive lineman for the Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Jonathan Daniels, Episcopal seminarian killed during the civil rights movementCivil rights movementThe civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was...
- Ernest HebertErnest HebertErnest Hebert is an American author. He is best known for the Darby series, five novels written between 1979 and 1990, about modern life in a fictional New Hampshire town as it transitions from relative rural poverty to being more upscale, almost suburban....
, author of the Darby series - Heather WilsonHeather WilsonHeather A. Wilson , is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 1998 to 2009...
(1960-), RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
, representing . She is the first woman veteranVeteranA veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
ever elected to the United States Congress.
External links
- Keene High School official site
- Keene High School at greatschools.net
- Keene High School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...