Goffstown High School, located in Goffstown, New Hampshire

Goffstown, New Hampshire

Goffstown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 17,651 at the 2010 census. The compact center of town, where 3,196 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Goffstown census-designated place and is located at the...

, USA

United States

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, serves the towns of Goffstown, New Boston

New Boston, New Hampshire

New Boston is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,321 at the 2010 census. New Boston is home to the annual Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair and the Molly Stark Cannon.-History:...

 and Dunbarton

Dunbarton, New Hampshire

Dunbarton, is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,758 at the 2010 census.- History :Originally granted as Gorham's-town in 1735, and re-granted as Starkstown in 1748, the town was incorporated in 1765 as Dunbarton...

. Goffstown High School has a total of 1,221 students as of September 3, 2008.

Administration

The school's principal is Francis J. McBride. The assistant principal is Kimberly McCann. The Dean of Students is Todd Lavallee, and the Assistant Dean of Students is Melinda Sanderson. The Special Education Coordinator is Linda Hatchett. The Director of Athletics is Steve Fountain.

Clubs and activities

Goffstown High School has many extracurricular groups, ranging from the National Honor Society

National Honor Society

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 to a Gay and Lesbian club. Other clubs include:

	GHS Clubs and Activities
Video Gaming Club	Amnesty International	Art Club
GHS Video Club	Breakfast Club	Dance Club
Goffstown Theater Company	Equestrian Club	Future Business Leaders of America
Fencing Club	Interact	Junior Optimist Club
MISC	National Honor Society	Peer Outreach
Revolution	Shaped Clay Society	Social Justice Club
Spanish Club	Starfish Coalition	Student Council
Table-top Gamers Club	Uproar	Friends of Tom
GHS Model Congress	Yearbook	Achilles Other Heel
Knitting Club	Dungeons and Dragons Club	Writer's Block
Magic the Gathering Club	Anime Club

Athletics

Goffstown High School competes in NHIAA Division 2. The following sports are offered at GHS:

Fall

• Football: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshmen
• Soccer: Girls & Boys Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Field Hockey: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Cross Country: Co-ed
• Volleyball: Girls Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Golf: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Fall Spirit: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Larping: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshmen

Winter

• Winter Track: Co-ed
• Alpine Ski Team: Co-ed
• Varsity Wrestling
• Basketball: Boys & Girls Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshmen
• Winter Spirit: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Ice Hockey: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Swimming: Co-ed Varsity
• Gymnastics
• Bowling

Spring

• Baseball: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Softball: Varsity, Junior Varsity
• Spring Track: Boys & Girls
• Tennis: Boys & Girls
• Lacrosse: Boys & Girls
• Four Square: Boys & Girls
• Kickball: Varsity, Junior Varsity & Freshmen

Notable alumni

• The members of Recycled Percussion
  Recycled Percussion
  Recycled Percussion is a Manchester, New Hampshire-based band. The group was originally formed in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Formed in 1994 in New Hampshire at their High School talent show, Recycled Percussion’s first performance gave birth to the style of music now known as JUNK ROCK...
  
  
• Sandeep Parikh
  Sandeep Parikh
  Sandeep Parikh is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy currently residing in Silver Lake in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his co-starring role as Zaboo on the award-winning web series The Guild...
  
  , actor, writer, and director

Former Goffstown High School

The high school was formerly located at 12 Reed Street in the center of Goffstown. The structure, built in 1925, became the Upper Elementary School when the new high school was built. Following the construction of Mountain View Middle School, the former high school building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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, was converted into senior housing, and is now known as The Meetinghouse at Goffstown. The present high school was built 1963 to the designs of Alexander John Majeski

Alexander John Majeski

Alexander John Majeski, AIA, , was an American architect who practiced in the mid to late-twentieth-century Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, under his own name as Alexander J. Majeski.-Personal life:...

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