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Pembroke High School, is a public secondary school located on 80 Learning Lane in Pembroke, Massachusetts

Pembroke, Massachusetts

Pembroke is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,927 at the 2000 census.The southwestern section of Pembroke is also known as Bryantville...

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The school serves students in grades 9-12 and has an approximate student population of 930 students. The schools mascot is the Titans and the school colors are Blue, Red, and White.

History

Pembroke High School was formed in 2005 when the town of Pembroke split away from the Silver Lake Regional School District

Silver Lake Regional High School

Silver Lake Regional High School is a public, regional high school in Massachusetts' South Shore region. It serves as the secondary school for the Silver Lake Regional School District, comprising the towns of Kingston, Plympton and Halifax, Massachusetts...

over concerns about overcrowding, and that Pembroke consisted of half of the population of the then four town district. The building was constructed as the Pembroke campus of the Silver Lake Regional High School

Silver Lake Regional High School

and opened in October 1976, and was subsequently the Silver Lake District's middle school. Pembroke students and parents had concerns of transportation during sporting/school activities, being a separate campus of Silver Lake, and also over the concern of feeling isolated away from the rest of the Silver Lake student population, which subsequently led to Pembroke's split from the Silver Lake District into their own separate school district in 2004.

Demographics

As of 2008, the population of the school was 98% white, with 10% of the student body of low income and 10% classified as special needs. 95% of targeted students met MCAS requirements for English, while 88% met MCAS requirements for mathematics.

Athletics

The school's sports teams are known as the Titans, and the school colors are Blue, Red & White. Pembroke competes in the Patriot League. The Patriot League's members are Scituate

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, Quincy, Hanover

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, Whitman-Hanson

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, North Quincy

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, and Silver Lake

Silver Lake Regional High School

. The league is divided into two divisions, Patriot-Fisher and Patriot-Keenan. These divisions are divided up based on school population, with Pembroke being a member of the Patriot-Fisher division. Pembroke's chief rival is Silver Lake

Silver Lake Regional High School

, but have also recently developed rivalries with Scituate and Middleborough

Middleborough High School

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The most successful program at the high school has been the track program, sending the 2010 Boys' Cross Country Team to the Nike Cross Country National Championship in Oregon. The team has won multiple MIAA State Championships.

The team with the most wins in Pembroke athletics has been the golf team, winning the Patriot League Championship six seasons in a row compiling a record of 109 wins with only 19 loses, while also capturing two Division III South Sectional Championships (2007, 2010), and a Division III State Runner Up (2010).

The boys' hockey team was a D-III South Regional Semi-Finalist in 2008 and a D-III State Semi-Finalist in 2010-2011. They were also the 2010-2011 D-III South Sectional Champions as well, before falling in the State Semi-Finals to eventual State Champion, Marblehead

Marblehead High School

Marblehead High School is a four-year high school located in Marblehead, MA. The school has approximately 970 students and serves Marblehead, MA...

by a score of 3-2.

The school's official boosters organization, the Pembroke High School Athletic Boosters, is located at 48 Schoosett Street in Pembroke.

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