North Attleborough High School is a public high school in North Attleborough

North Attleborough, Massachusetts

North Attleborough, commonly written North Attleboro, is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,712 at the 2010 United States Census.The village of North Attleborough Center is located in the town.-History:...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, educating grades 9 through 12 with over one thousand students enrolled.

History

North Attleborough High School was located in the current Community School building until the fall of 1973 when it moved into its current location on Wilson W. Whitty Way.

Subjects required for graduation

• English - four years
• Mathematics - three years
• Science - three years
• History/Social Studies - four years
• Physical Education - one semester each year (three classes per week for underclassmen and two classes per week for upperclassmen)
• Health Education - two semesters
• Consumer Education - one semester
• Fine Arts/Practical Arts - one semester each or one year long course
• Computer Science - one semester or successful completion of a proficiency test (HTML/Powerpoint/Computer Applications)

Advanced Placement

• English
• U.S. History
• French
• Spanish
• Music Theory
• Calculus
• Biology
• Chemistry

Sports

The athletic teams compete in the Hockomock League

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There is an annual North Attleborough vs Attleboro Thanksgiving Day football game.

Varsity Sports in North Attleborough for the 2009-2010 academic school year are as follows:

• Fall
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Field Hockey
  • Cheerleading
  • Volleyball

• Winter
  • Basketball
  • Ice Hockey
  • Indoor Track & Field
  • Swimming
  • Wrestling
  • Gymnastics
  • Cheerleading

• Spring
  • Baseball
  • Lacrosse
  • Track and Field
  • Tennis
  • Softball

• Football State Champions - 1973, 1974, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002
• Football State Finalists - 1988, 1995

Clubs And organizations

• Anime Club
• Art Club
• Building Bridges/Gay-Straight Alliance
• Chess Club
• Creative Writing
• French National Honor Society
• Future Teachers' Club
• Literary Club
• Lab Leaders
• Math League
• Model Senate
• Model UN
• Music Department
• National Honor Society
• Peer Leaders
• Physical Education Leaders
• School Store
• S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
• S.C.A.R. (Student Coalition Against Racism)
• Science Club
• Science Fair
• Spanish National Honor Society
• Student Council
• Theater Company/International Thespian Society
• Teenage Republican Party
• Video Club
• Yearbook

Notable alumni

• Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (1902): Republican
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   Speaker of the House of Representatives
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   from 1947–1949 and again from 1953-1955. He is noted for being the only Republican to serve as Speaker from 1931 until 1995.
• John Robitaille
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   (1966): Republican
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   candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010
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• Chris Sullivan (1992): Former American football defensive lineman for the New England Patriots
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   and the Pittsburgh Steelers
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• Anthony Sherman
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   (2007): American football fullback for the Arizona Cardinals
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External links

• http://sharepoint.naschools.net/highschool/default.aspx