Natick High School
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Natick High School is a public high school
serving students in grades 9-12 in Natick, Massachusetts
. The school is located on the banks of Lake Cochituate. It enrolled 1189 students as of the 2005-06 school year. Rose Bertucci is currently the interim principal after the retirement of former principal John Hughes. http://www.wickedlocal.com/natick/news/education/x673417429/That-Rose-Bertucci-has-become-interim-principal-at-Natick-High-is-a-surprise-but-no-accident
The original building was built in 1953 at approximately 189000 sq ft (17,558.7 m²). and opened in 1954. The building was expanded in 1965 (additional 94,000 sq ft.). Additional renovations took place in 1985.http://www.natickps.org/newnatickhigh/documents/Natick%20Report%20Final%204-28-09.pdf In 2010 the town voted to replace the Natick High School building http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1176900025/Natick-voters-say-yes-to-new-high-school-community-center. The new facility will be constructed on the fields immediately to the south of the current building, and is currently scheduled to open for the 2012 - 2013 school year.
, who played football, basketball, and baseball at the school, went on to play football at Boston College
and won the Heisman Trophy
in 1984. His career continued in the NFL and Canadian Football League
before retiring after the 2005 season with the New England Patriots
.
William Finn
is a lyricist and musical theater composer. One of Finn's greatest commercial successes was Falsettos
, the combination of the latter two parts of his Falsettos Trilogy. It won two 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, the latter shared with James Lapine
. More recently, Finn was acclaimed for the success of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
, for which he wrote both music and lyrics. The show won two Tony Awards in 2005; one for Best Book of a Musical, and another for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, and toured the United States in 2006. Presently, Finn is continuing to compose and is a teacher of musical theater composition at New York University
(NYU)
Alison Fraser
is a two-time Tony nominee (for her roles in The Secret Garden
and Romance/Romance
).
Singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman
graduated from Natick High and featured an instrumental track entitled "Maybe a Walk Home from Natick High School" on his album "Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow".
Paul Dellegatto
is the chief meteorologist for FOX13 WTVT in Tampa and a contributor to the Fox News Channel is a 1978 graduate of Natick High.
Augustine Og Mandino
1923-1995 was the self-help inspirational author of 22 books
and, at last count, has sold more than 25 million copies. He was born in Framingham and a 1940 graduate of
Natick High School where he was an editor of the high school newspaper, "The Sassamon"
and earned his varsity letter in outdoor track. He served as an officer and B-24
navigator/bombardier, completing 30 missions over enemy-occupied Europe. He was the
recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters and
was awarded 3 battle stars.
Marc Terenzi
of the boy band Natural
is a graduate of Natick High School where he experienced early success in the music program. His marriage to German pop singer Sarah Connor
ended in divorce 4 years later; but the couple reunited for a German reality show titled "Sarah and Marc: Crazy in Love". Terenzi released some singles and formed a new group, the self-titled Terenzi. He provided the singing voice for The Simpsons
character Millhouse Van Houten in the episode "New Kids on the Blecch".
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Natick High School also has a successful Speech Team. They are the Massachusetts Forensics League's reigning state champions and have been since 2010. They've sent twenty-four students to the National level during this time.
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....
serving students in grades 9-12 in Natick, Massachusetts
Natick, Massachusetts
Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Natick is located near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 33,006 at the 2010 census. Only west from Boston, Natick is considered part of the Greater Boston area...
. The school is located on the banks of Lake Cochituate. It enrolled 1189 students as of the 2005-06 school year. Rose Bertucci is currently the interim principal after the retirement of former principal John Hughes. http://www.wickedlocal.com/natick/news/education/x673417429/That-Rose-Bertucci-has-become-interim-principal-at-Natick-High-is-a-surprise-but-no-accident
The original building was built in 1953 at approximately 189000 sq ft (17,558.7 m²). and opened in 1954. The building was expanded in 1965 (additional 94,000 sq ft.). Additional renovations took place in 1985.http://www.natickps.org/newnatickhigh/documents/Natick%20Report%20Final%204-28-09.pdf In 2010 the town voted to replace the Natick High School building http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1176900025/Natick-voters-say-yes-to-new-high-school-community-center. The new facility will be constructed on the fields immediately to the south of the current building, and is currently scheduled to open for the 2012 - 2013 school year.
Notable alumni
Doug FlutieDoug Flutie
Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League...
, who played football, basketball, and baseball at the school, went on to play football at Boston College
Boston College Eagles football
The Boston College Eagles football team is the collegiate football program of Boston College. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a Division I Bowl Subdivision league governed by the NCAA. Within the ACC, the Eagles are one of six teams in the Atlantic Division...
and won the Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
in 1984. His career continued in the NFL and Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
before retiring after the 2005 season with the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
.
William Finn
William Finn
William Alan Finn is an American composer and lyricist of musicals. His musical Falsettos received the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Music and Lyrics and for Best Book.-Biography:...
is a lyricist and musical theater composer. One of Finn's greatest commercial successes was Falsettos
Falsettos
Falsettos is a musical with a book by James Lapine and William Finn and music and lyrics by Finn, comprising March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, the last two in a trio of one-act off-Broadway plays focusing on Marvin, his ex-wife Trina, his psychiatrist Mendel, his son Jason, and his gay...
, the combination of the latter two parts of his Falsettos Trilogy. It won two 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, the latter shared with James Lapine
James Lapine
James Lapine is an American stage director and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.-Biography:Lapine was born in Mansfield, Ohio and graduated...
. More recently, Finn was acclaimed for the success of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a one act musical comedy conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley...
, for which he wrote both music and lyrics. The show won two Tony Awards in 2005; one for Best Book of a Musical, and another for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, and toured the United States in 2006. Presently, Finn is continuing to compose and is a teacher of musical theater composition at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
(NYU)
Alison Fraser
Alison Fraser
Alison Fraser is an American actress and singer who has appeared in concert at such venues as Carnegie Hall, The White House, Town Hall, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Tisch Center for the Arts, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Wilma, The Emelin, Joe's Pub and Symphony space.Fraser is a two...
is a two-time Tony nominee (for her roles in The Secret Garden
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...
and Romance/Romance
Romance/Romance
Romance/Romance is a musical with a book and lyrics by Barry Harman and music by Keith Herrmann.The show is composed of two acts linked only by the common theme of love and one song performed in both acts...
).
Singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing...
graduated from Natick High and featured an instrumental track entitled "Maybe a Walk Home from Natick High School" on his album "Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow".
Paul Dellegatto
Paul Dellegatto
Paul N. Dellegatto is an American meteorologist and television weather forecaster. He is the chief meteorologist at WTVT in Tampa, Florida. Before coming to WTVT, he became a Meteorologist for WGME-TV in Portland, Maine in 1984. He then went on to become the Chief Meteorologist at WXII-TV in...
is the chief meteorologist for FOX13 WTVT in Tampa and a contributor to the Fox News Channel is a 1978 graduate of Natick High.
Augustine Og Mandino
Og Mandino
Augustine "Og" Mandino II was an American author. He wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. His books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over twenty-five different languages...
1923-1995 was the self-help inspirational author of 22 books
and, at last count, has sold more than 25 million copies. He was born in Framingham and a 1940 graduate of
Natick High School where he was an editor of the high school newspaper, "The Sassamon"
and earned his varsity letter in outdoor track. He served as an officer and B-24
navigator/bombardier, completing 30 missions over enemy-occupied Europe. He was the
recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters and
was awarded 3 battle stars.
Marc Terenzi
Marc Terenzi
Marc Eric Terenzi is an American pop singer formerly of the boy band Natural. He was married to German pop/soul singer Sarah Connor from 2005-2008. They have a son named Tyler and a daughter named Summer.-Early life:...
of the boy band Natural
Natural
Natural is an adjective that refers to Nature.Natural may refer too:In science and mathematics:* Natural transformation, category theory in mathematics* Natural foods...
is a graduate of Natick High School where he experienced early success in the music program. His marriage to German pop singer Sarah Connor
Sarah Connor
Sarah Connor may refer to:*Sarah Connor , German pop/R&B/soul singer-songwriter and dancer**Sarah Connor , 2004 album by the singer above*Sarah Connor , fictional character in the Terminator franchise...
ended in divorce 4 years later; but the couple reunited for a German reality show titled "Sarah and Marc: Crazy in Love". Terenzi released some singles and formed a new group, the self-titled Terenzi. He provided the singing voice for 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...
character Millhouse Van Houten in the episode "New Kids on the Blecch".
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Natick High Sports
Fall:| Boys | Girls |
|---|---|
| Cross Country | Cross Country |
| Football | Cheerleading |
| Golf | Golf |
| Soccer | Soccer |
| Sailing | Sailing |
| Swimming | |
| Volleyball | |
| Field Hockey |
Winter:
| Boys | Girls |
|---|---|
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey |
| Indoor Track | Indoor Track |
| Swimming | Gymnastics |
| Wrestling | Cheerleading |
| Skiing | Skiing |
Spring:
| Boys | Girls |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Softball |
| Lacrosse | Lacrosse |
| Outdoor Track | Outdoor Track |
| Tennis | Tennis |
| Sailing | Sailing |
| Volleyball |
- Natick High School offers 17 sports for boys and 19 for girls.
- Natick's Football team has made USA Today's Top 25 list a total of 3 times. In 1982 (#23). 1983 (#10), and 1984 (#13).
Natick High School also has a successful Speech Team. They are the Massachusetts Forensics League's reigning state champions and have been since 2010. They've sent twenty-four students to the National level during this time.