Shepherd Hill Regional High School is a high school

High school

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 located in Dudley, Massachusetts

Dudley, Massachusetts

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, USA

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. It is a regional high school covering the towns of Dudley and Charlton

Charlton, Massachusetts

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. The school is part of the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District. The principal is Mary A. Pierangeli. Shepherd Hill has over 1200 student

Student

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History

Shepherd Hill was established in 1973. The school formerly included grades 7-12, but in 2000 Dudley and Charlton opened separate middle school

Middle school

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s and the school is now restricted to grades 9-12.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams are the Rams

Domestic sheep

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 and the colors are maroon & gold.

Shepherd Hill belongs to the Southern Worcester County League (Central).

The school sponsors many athletic teams, including girls volleyball, boys and girls track, cross-country, soccer, tennis, basketball, baseball, softball, football, field hockey, wrestling, golf, and boys lacrosse. There are typically varsity and junior varsity teams for each sport and, on occasion, a team for only freshmen as well. The school's sports teams have generally met with success in recent years. The girl's basketball team had the biggest amount of success in 2009 from becoming state finalist in Massachusetts and in 2010 from becoming district champions in Central Massachusetts.

Recent Division 1 College Athletes:

Courtney Kaminski - Quinnipiac University

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  (Women's Basketball)

Jeff Hay - Brown University

Brown University

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  (Men's Soccer)

Chelsea McGorry - Bucknell University

Bucknell University

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  (Women's Soccer)

Deanna Julian - University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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  (Women's Track and Field)

Ray McGorry - University of North Carolina at Wilmington

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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  (Men's Swimming)

Chris Carter - Providence College

Providence College

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  (Men's Basketball)

Caitlin Burke - Lafayette College

Lafayette College

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  (Women's Field Hockey)

Elizabeth Foley - College of the Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross

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  (Women's Softball)

Angela Prout - Wagner College

Wagner College

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 (Women's Basketball)

Adriana Sodano - Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University

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  (Women's Swimming)

Lauren Hall - Brown University

Brown University

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  (Women's Gymnastics)

Ali Tyburski - American University

American University

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  (Women's XC) (Women's Track and Field)

Other activities

Other activities include Show Choir, Band, V-Dance Committee, Prom Committee, Student Council, and Junior Booster Club. The school has a very distinguished music department which offers both co-curricular and extra curricular choral and band activities. There is also an active chapter of the National Honor Society at Shepherd Hill.

Award

On 18 January 1999 the school was selected by U.S. News & World Report

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 as one of ninety-six 'Outstanding American high schools' and the school was congratulated in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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