Parish Hill High School is a regional secondary school

Secondary school

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 and middle school

Middle school

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 in rural Chaplin, Connecticut

Chaplin, Connecticut

Chaplin is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named for Deacon Benjamin Chaplin, an early settler. The population was 2,305 at the 2010 census.-Points of interest:* The Chaplin Museum is a local historical museum....

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General information

Affectionately known as the Hill, the school mascot is the "Pirate", Parish Hill Middle/High School teaches grades 7 to 12 to students from three local towns: Chaplin

Chaplin, Connecticut

Chaplin is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named for Deacon Benjamin Chaplin, an early settler. The population was 2,305 at the 2010 census.-Points of interest:* The Chaplin Museum is a local historical museum....

, Hampton

Hampton, Connecticut

Hampton is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,758 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

 and Scotland

Scotland, Connecticut

Scotland is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,556. Scotland is a predominantly rural town, with agriculture as the principal industry.-Geography:...

. Parish Hill and the elementary schools in these three towns make up Regional District #11.

There have been several attempts by the three towns (Hampton, Scotland, Chaplin) to dissolve Regional District #11, in which all three towns must vote yes to dissolve. On November 12, 2009, the most recent referendum was narrowly defeated, by the Town of Chaplin, although the Popular vote was for the dissolution

How They Voted
On the proposal to dissolve Regional School District 11:

Chaplin
Yes: 252
No: 335

Hampton
Yes: 374
No: 351

Scotland
Yes: 337
No: 173

Demographics

Racial makeup of the school in 2006-2007 was

White 92%,

African American 1.2%,

Native American 0.9%,

Asian 0.6%

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population.

After-school activities

Parish Hill offers many after-school activities, including Diversity Club, middle school drama

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 club, and middle and high school newspaper

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 clubs.
The school offers baseball

Baseball

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, softball

Softball

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, basketball

Basketball

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, and soccer for middle school and high school students, and Cheerleading

Cheerleading

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, knitting, golf

Golf

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, track & field, cross country

Cross country running

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and happy hands for high school students.

Recent news

Recently, due to poor tests scores and high per pupil costs, the three sending towns of Scotland, Chaplin and Hampton are exploring the options of withdrawal from, dissolving of or re-envisioning the high school.

Parish Hill has recently undergone evaluation by a NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) visiting team and is a fully credited school.

External links

• Official Web Site