Pinkerton Academy
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Pinkerton Academy is a secondary school
in Derry, New Hampshire
. It is the largest independent academy in the United States, serving roughly 3,600 students as the high school (grades 9 - 12) for the communities of Derry, Hampstead
, Chester
and sometimes Auburn
. The academy is a private non-profit corporation administered by a Headmaster, who in turn acts under the direction of an elected twelve member Board of Trustees.
The academy is set on a large New England
campus. Since the original four-room Old Academy Building opened in 1815, nine major buildings have been constructed including the new Arts and Humanities Center dedicated in 2002 as well as a $22 million Freshman Academy that is specifically tailored to the needs of incoming students, which was dedicated in August of 2011. In addition to these major buildings, eight smaller buildings that serve specific needs are scattered around the campus.
and was maintained for twenty years by direct tax, tuition, and voluntary contributions. In 1814, Reverend Edward Parker asked Major John Pinkerton and Elder James Pinkerton, who had made significant contributions to the classical high school, to make the school permanent. Later that year, they obtained an act incorporating the school under the name Pinkerton Academy from the state legislature. The academy opened on December 4, 1815 as an all-male institution with an endowment of $16,000 by John Pinkerton "for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue and the education of youth in science, languages, and the liberal arts."
For the following years, the Scottish
immigrants of Londonderry helped maintain the academy and also contributed funds for it. In 1853 the academy became coeducational with the erection of a ladies' boarding hall.
In 1881, upon the death of John Morrison Pinkerton, son of Elder James, the academy received a second bequest. The Trustees used these funds to increase the number of instructors and to provide for an enlarged and advanced program of studies. Changes in the curriculum and the completion of the Pinkerton Building in 1887 allowed Pinkerton students to choose from a variety of college and non-college bound programs of studies. The funds were also used to buy a library and to erect a new school building. This was a large erection, but was completed quickly and the scenic landscape accented the beautiful new buildings.
Pinkerton continued to function as an independent day and boarding school until 1948. In 1949, the academy entered into an agreement with the town of Derry, New Hampshire
, that marked a significant turning point in the school's history. As a result of the service agreement, Pinkerton educated all high school aged students who lived in Derry. The town of Derry paid for the school's services on a per pupil tuition basis. Although Pinkerton maintained its private school status, the academy began to function as a comprehensive independent academy.
In 1962, the town of Derry negotiated a long-term contractual agreement with Pinkerton Academy. The contract specified the terms and conditions under which Pinkerton's services were purchased. Over the next thirty years, additional communities (Chester
, Hampstead
, Auburn
, Londonderry
and Windham
) signed service contracts with the academy. In response to the increased number of public school students attending Pinkerton, new facilities were built. Due to the changing needs and interests of this larger student population, Pinkerton once again developed new courses and fields of study while maintaining its existing college preparatory programs. In 1978, the citizens of Londonderry voted to end their tuition agreements with the academy and established Londonderry High School
. Students from Windham also no longer attend Pinkerton Academy. They currently attend Salem High School, and will soon attend Windham High School, set to open in 2009.
Pinkerton is the currently largest independent academy in the United States serving 3,400 students as the high school (grades 9 - 12) for the communities of Derry, Hampstead and Chester.
Pinkerton academy's campus spans over 170 acre (0.6879662 km²). The center of the academy's campus is the main campus that holds buildings where classes are taught, and the surrounding area is used for specific non-academic purposes. The main campus is 8 acres (32,374.9 m²), leaving 162 acre (0.65559132 km²) for extracurricular activities. There are nine academic buildings which are located in the main campus: the Pinkerton Building, the Shepard Building, the Saltmarsh Library, the Frost English Wing, the Freshman Academy, the Low Vocational Building, the Pinkerton Field House, the Ek Science Building, the Hackler Gymnasium, and The Arts & Humanities Building which holds the Stockbridge Theatre. Plays and local events are shown at the Stockbridge Theatre.
Some buildings are dedicated to important people of the academy, such as Robert Frost
, Alan Shepard
, and Ivah A. Hackler. The Pinkerton building was built in 1887 to replace the original school building. It is named after the Pinkerton family, the original founders of the school, and consists of two stories and a basement. The building now holds foreign language classes and administrative offices.
In addition, there are eight smaller buildings around the main campus: The Green House, the Alumni Building (the original school building), Hayne's House, Mackenzie's House, Sugar House, Piper Maintenance Building, and Room 30. 95 acres (384,451.7 m²) are used for athletic fields, faculty housing, and farmland.
In April, 2010, the Eckman Construction company began construction on the new Freshman building being added to the campus. The new "Freshman Academy" is planned to be completed for the start of the 2011-2012 school year.
The building is being added to help new freshmen adjust to the large campus. Construction was originally planned to begin in 2008, but was pushed back due to financial difficulty.
Classes are divided into eight periods. Classes begin at 7:15 a.m. and end at 2:10 p.m.
Pinkerton offers 17 Advanced Placement courses and many vocational electives
such as accounting, agriculture
, automotive technology, botany
, consumer economics
, computer programming
, drafting
, engineering
, field biology
, journalism
, landscaping
, and more.
In 2005, 158 students took the Advanced Placement exams. The academy also offers college bound and non-college bound courses in each core academic discipline.
Of the class of 2006, 53% were admitted to four-year colleges, 18% went to two-year colleges and 29% were not college bound. The class had an average SAT score of 1525 (out of 2400).
Pinkerton has chapters of FFA
, National Honor Society
, FBLA-PBL
, SkillsUSA
, FCCLA and other national organizations. Students participate in academic competitions such as the Math Team, Granite State Challenge
, and FIRST Robotics
.
Pinkerton offers 28 variety of sports throughout the school year including football
, field hockey
, cheerleading
, golf
, cross-country
and soccer in the fall; basketball
, gymnastics
, ice hockey
, track
, swimming
, and wrestling
in the winter; baseball
, volleyball
, softball
, lacrosse
, tennis
, and track
in the spring.
The teams are named the Astros in honor of astronaut and Pinkerton alumnus Alan Shepard
, the first American in space. The school's mascot is the Astroman. The boys lacrosse team has won the state championship numerous times, and the football team has won seven titles, including four in a row in the 90's and the last two championships.
Football was established in the late 19th century but was later removed due to lack of sufficient funding from tuitions. It was revived in 1904. In 1907 the team won the Massachusetts State Interscholastic Title. Other undefeated teams were the 1905, 1915, 1936, 1948, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1993, and 2006 teams. All the rest of the teams were defeated at least once, sometimes multiple times. In 2007, the Pinkerton football team won their third straight state title.
The girls basketball team was organized in 1913, and won their first championship game in 1934. They were also undefeated in 1957 along with the boys' team, and won their second state championship in 2006.
The cheerleading team has won 9 state championships. They have won the fall championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005 and the winter championship in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the New England competition they placed first in 2008 and 2009.
club, visual basic
club, Critic (yearbook), Pinkerton Television, Peace Club, International Club, dance club, philosophy
club, the student-run publication The Kaleidoscope, and more. The school also has a Chinese exchange program, where students raise money to stay at Tianjin
with a host family and attend classes in English there. Students from Tanggu No. 1 High School, in exchange, visit Pinkerton.
Students in JROTC already have mandatory school uniforms and dress codes in addition to the policy set for the entire student body, in which they are held to certain grooming standards and wear a JROTC version of the USAF dress uniform. Freshmen not part of the drill team are given the option of a JROTC blue polo shirt instead of the full uniform.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Derry, New Hampshire
Derry, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 33,109 people, 12,537 households, and 8,767 families residing in the town. The population density was 924.8 people per square mile . There were 13,277 housing units at an average density of 143.2/km²...
. It is the largest independent academy in the United States, serving roughly 3,600 students as the high school (grades 9 - 12) for the communities of Derry, Hampstead
Hampstead, New Hampshire
Hampstead is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,523 at the 2010 census. Hampstead, which includes the village of East Hampstead, is home to a portion of the Rockingham Recreational Trail.- History :...
, Chester
Chester, New Hampshire
Chester is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2010 census. It is home to Chester College .-History:Incorporated in 1722, Chester once included Candia, set off in 1763...
and sometimes Auburn
Auburn, New Hampshire
Auburn is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,953 at the 2010 census. The town was called by WMUR News 9 as number one of "New Hampshire's Most Beautiful Towns" in July 2010. It was also named 18 in The New York Times' "Top 200 Towns To Raise a Family."-...
. The academy is a private non-profit corporation administered by a Headmaster, who in turn acts under the direction of an elected twelve member Board of Trustees.
The academy is set on a large New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
campus. Since the original four-room Old Academy Building opened in 1815, nine major buildings have been constructed including the new Arts and Humanities Center dedicated in 2002 as well as a $22 million Freshman Academy that is specifically tailored to the needs of incoming students, which was dedicated in August of 2011. In addition to these major buildings, eight smaller buildings that serve specific needs are scattered around the campus.
History
In 1793, a classical high school was established in eastern LondonderryLondonderry, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,236 people, 7,623 households, and 6,319 families residing in the town. The population density was 555.8 people per square mile . There were 7,718 housing units at an average density of 184.6 per square mile...
and was maintained for twenty years by direct tax, tuition, and voluntary contributions. In 1814, Reverend Edward Parker asked Major John Pinkerton and Elder James Pinkerton, who had made significant contributions to the classical high school, to make the school permanent. Later that year, they obtained an act incorporating the school under the name Pinkerton Academy from the state legislature. The academy opened on December 4, 1815 as an all-male institution with an endowment of $16,000 by John Pinkerton "for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue and the education of youth in science, languages, and the liberal arts."
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
immigrants of Londonderry helped maintain the academy and also contributed funds for it. In 1853 the academy became coeducational with the erection of a ladies' boarding hall.
Pinkerton continued to function as an independent day and boarding school until 1948. In 1949, the academy entered into an agreement with the town of Derry, New Hampshire
Derry, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 33,109 people, 12,537 households, and 8,767 families residing in the town. The population density was 924.8 people per square mile . There were 13,277 housing units at an average density of 143.2/km²...
, that marked a significant turning point in the school's history. As a result of the service agreement, Pinkerton educated all high school aged students who lived in Derry. The town of Derry paid for the school's services on a per pupil tuition basis. Although Pinkerton maintained its private school status, the academy began to function as a comprehensive independent academy.
In 1962, the town of Derry negotiated a long-term contractual agreement with Pinkerton Academy. The contract specified the terms and conditions under which Pinkerton's services were purchased. Over the next thirty years, additional communities (Chester
Chester, New Hampshire
Chester is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2010 census. It is home to Chester College .-History:Incorporated in 1722, Chester once included Candia, set off in 1763...
, Hampstead
Hampstead, New Hampshire
Hampstead is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,523 at the 2010 census. Hampstead, which includes the village of East Hampstead, is home to a portion of the Rockingham Recreational Trail.- History :...
, Auburn
Auburn, New Hampshire
Auburn is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,953 at the 2010 census. The town was called by WMUR News 9 as number one of "New Hampshire's Most Beautiful Towns" in July 2010. It was also named 18 in The New York Times' "Top 200 Towns To Raise a Family."-...
, Londonderry
Londonderry, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,236 people, 7,623 households, and 6,319 families residing in the town. The population density was 555.8 people per square mile . There were 7,718 housing units at an average density of 184.6 per square mile...
and Windham
Windham, New Hampshire
Windham is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 13,592 at the 2010 census.- History :The area was initially home to the Pawtucket Native Americans. Scottish immigrants began to settle in the area in 1719. The region was known as “Nutfield” and included what...
) signed service contracts with the academy. In response to the increased number of public school students attending Pinkerton, new facilities were built. Due to the changing needs and interests of this larger student population, Pinkerton once again developed new courses and fields of study while maintaining its existing college preparatory programs. In 1978, the citizens of Londonderry voted to end their tuition agreements with the academy and established Londonderry High School
Londonderry High School
Londonderry High School is a public secondary school serving grades 9 through 12 in the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire. The school, located on Mammoth Road , is on a parcel of land in the center of town. The main building is . and the separate gymnasium takes up an additional...
. Students from Windham also no longer attend Pinkerton Academy. They currently attend Salem High School, and will soon attend Windham High School, set to open in 2009.
Campus
Some buildings are dedicated to important people of the academy, such as Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and...
, Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit...
, and Ivah A. Hackler. The Pinkerton building was built in 1887 to replace the original school building. It is named after the Pinkerton family, the original founders of the school, and consists of two stories and a basement. The building now holds foreign language classes and administrative offices.
In addition, there are eight smaller buildings around the main campus: The Green House, the Alumni Building (the original school building), Hayne's House, Mackenzie's House, Sugar House, Piper Maintenance Building, and Room 30. 95 acres (384,451.7 m²) are used for athletic fields, faculty housing, and farmland.
In April, 2010, the Eckman Construction company began construction on the new Freshman building being added to the campus. The new "Freshman Academy" is planned to be completed for the start of the 2011-2012 school year.
The building is being added to help new freshmen adjust to the large campus. Construction was originally planned to begin in 2008, but was pushed back due to financial difficulty.
Academics
Pinkerton offers 17 Advanced Placement courses and many vocational electives
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
such as accounting, agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, automotive technology, botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
, consumer economics
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
, computer programming
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
, drafting
Technical drawing
Technical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, field biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, landscaping
Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:# living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to as gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beautiful environment within the landscape.#...
, and more.
In 2005, 158 students took the Advanced Placement exams. The academy also offers college bound and non-college bound courses in each core academic discipline.
Of the class of 2006, 53% were admitted to four-year colleges, 18% went to two-year colleges and 29% were not college bound. The class had an average SAT score of 1525 (out of 2400).
Pinkerton has chapters of FFA
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
, National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
, FBLA-PBL
FBLA-PBL
The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
, SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
, FCCLA and other national organizations. Students participate in academic competitions such as the Math Team, 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:...
, and FIRST Robotics
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
.
Athletics
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...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
and soccer in the fall; basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, and wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
in the winter; baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
in the spring.
The teams are named the Astros in honor of astronaut and Pinkerton alumnus Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit...
, the first American in space. The school's mascot is the Astroman. The boys lacrosse team has won the state championship numerous times, and the football team has won seven titles, including four in a row in the 90's and the last two championships.
Football was established in the late 19th century but was later removed due to lack of sufficient funding from tuitions. It was revived in 1904. In 1907 the team won the Massachusetts State Interscholastic Title. Other undefeated teams were the 1905, 1915, 1936, 1948, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1993, and 2006 teams. All the rest of the teams were defeated at least once, sometimes multiple times. In 2007, the Pinkerton football team won their third straight state title.
The cheerleading team has won 9 state championships. They have won the fall championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005 and the winter championship in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the New England competition they placed first in 2008 and 2009.
Special interests
The academy allow students to join clubs according to their special interests. These clubs include: AIDS awareness club, AsianCulture of Asia
The culture of Asia is human civilization in Asia. It features different kinds of cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, and ethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective, of Asia...
club, visual basic
Visual Basic
Visual Basic is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment from Microsoft for its COM programming model...
club, Critic (yearbook), Pinkerton Television, Peace Club, International Club, dance club, philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
club, the student-run publication The Kaleidoscope, and more. The school also has a Chinese exchange program, where students raise money to stay at Tianjin
Tianjin
' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
with a host family and attend classes in English there. Students from Tanggu No. 1 High School, in exchange, visit Pinkerton.
Dress Code
Pinkerton has a dress code for students. Students must wear collared casual or dress shirts, polo shirts, turtlenecks, or sweaters with sleeves and appropriate necklines. Shorts and skirts must be no higher than knee length when standing normally, and bare midriffs, all head wear such as hats and bandanas, visible undergarments, sweatpants, scrubs, wind pants, yoga pants, team athletic pants, pajama bottoms, sleepwear or comparable attire are prohibited. All shoes must be tied correctly, and flip flops and athletic slides are prohibited. The wearing of plain tee shirts or shirts without collars is technically allowed, but is discouraged by the administration, as many events throughout the year require collared shirts, such as school pictures.Uniforms
Several times, plans to implement universal school uniforms have gone underway, but never caught on. Uniforms were last brought up when Barka Elementary had finished construction.Students in JROTC already have mandatory school uniforms and dress codes in addition to the policy set for the entire student body, in which they are held to certain grooming standards and wear a JROTC version of the USAF dress uniform. Freshmen not part of the drill team are given the option of a JROTC blue polo shirt instead of the full uniform.
Notable alumni
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, American Olympic ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player - Jasmine DustinJasmine DustinJasmine Dustin is an American film and television actress and model. Dustin has been in magazines such as GQ, Maxim, FHM, Cosmopolitan and Teen Magazine...
, film and television actress and model - Charles Miller Floyd, Governor of New HampshireGovernor of New HampshireThe Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...
, 1907–1909 - George Cochrane HazeltonGeorge Cochrane HazeltonGeorge Cochrane Hazelton was a United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Chester, New Hampshire, he attended the district schools and prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire and Dummer Academy in Massachusetts. Hazelton studied at Union College in Schenectady, New...
, United States Representative from WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, 1877-1883 - Gerry Whiting HazeltonGerry Whiting HazeltonGerry Whiting Hazelton was a Republican United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire he attended the common schools, Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire, and received instruction from a private tutor. He studied law and was admitted to the...
, United States Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-1875 - Brendan JamesBrendan JamesBrendan James is an American singer-songwriter originally from Derry, New Hampshire, who started in New York City but is currently residing in California...
, singer, songwriter, and pianist - Edward J. NormandEdward J. NormandEdward J. Normand is a prominent lawyer known for representing Lloyd's of London in the dispute over the extent that its insurance covered the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. He grew up in Windham, New Hampshire and attended the Pinkerton Academy in Derry. In 1992, Normand...
, prominent lawyer known for representing Lloyd's of London in the dispute over the extent that its insurance covered the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center - Frank Nesmith ParsonsFrank Nesmith ParsonsFrank Nesmith Parsons was a lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1902 to 1924. Some sources spell his middle name "Naismith"....
, Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the New Hampshire Supreme CourtNew Hampshire Supreme CourtThe New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U. S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital, Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices appointed by the Governor and Executive...
, 1902-1924 - George Washington PattersonGeorge Washington PattersonGeorge Washington Patterson was an American politician who served as United States Representative and Lieutenant Governor of New York....
, United States Representative and Lieutenant Governor of New YorkLieutenant Governor of New YorkThe Lieutenant Governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the government of New York State. It is the second highest ranking official in state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four year term...
, 1849-1851 - Keri Lynn PrattKeri Lynn PrattKeri Lynn Pratt is an American actress of film and television. She is well known for her role of Missy Belknap on Jack & Bobby or as Dee Vine in the film Drive Me Crazy, which was her debut role....
, film and television actress - William Adams RichardsonWilliam Adams RichardsonWilliam Adams Richardson was an American judge and politician.Born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, he graduated from Pinkerton Academy, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and attended Harvard University, graduating in 1843....
, United States Secretary of the TreasuryUnited States Secretary of the TreasuryThe Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also with some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United...
under the Grant AdministrationUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, 1873-1874 - Alan ShepardAlan ShepardAlan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space. This Mercury flight was designed to enter space, but not to achieve orbit...
, first American astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
in space - Pamela SmartPamela SmartPamela Ann Smart is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering in New Hampshire...
, convicted in 1991 of conspiracyConspiracy (crime)In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement...
to commit murder - Harriet Elizabeth Prescott SpoffordHarriet Elizabeth Prescott SpoffordHarriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford was a notable American writer remembered for her novels, poems and detective stories.-Biography:...
, American novelist and poet - Aaron Fletcher StevensAaron Fletcher StevensAaron Fletcher Stevens was a brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War, as well as a two-term U.S. Congressman.-Birth and early years:...
, BrevetBrevet (military)In many of the world's military establishments, brevet referred to a warrant authorizing a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but usually without receiving the pay of that higher rank except when actually serving in that role. An officer so promoted may be referred to as being...
Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
during the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, as well as a two-term U.S. congressman
Notable faculty
- Robert FrostRobert FrostRobert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and...
- famous American poet (1906–1911) and recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes.
External links
- Pinkerton Academy website
- The Kaleidoscope (PDF)
- The Alumnus (PDF)