Northampton High School (Massachusetts)
Encyclopedia
Northampton High School is a 4-year secondary school located in the town of Northampton, Massachusetts
. The student body is composed of approximately 900 students, supported by 75 professional staff. Athletics include varsity teams in football
, soccer, swimming, baseball, lacrosse, wrestling, track & field, cross country, field hockey, crew, and Ultimate Frisbee.
Within the school is a 709 seat proscenium theater, library, gymnasium, and band rehearsal rooms. Each Fall the school puts on an amazing production of a Shakespeare play, most recently HAMLET and A WINTERS TALE.
Northampton High is a very strong sports school. Both boys and girls soccer are highly ranked, and the Ultimate Frisbee team is ranked 32nd in the country. The Cross-Country Team is one of the best in Massachusetts. Northampton High School also has one of the strongest girls varsity basketball programs in the state. The Northampton High School Girls Varsity Basketball team won the Massachusetts Girls Division 1 Basketball Championship for the 2007-2008 season.
Northampton, Massachusetts
The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of Northampton's central neighborhoods, was 28,549...
. The student body is composed of approximately 900 students, supported by 75 professional staff. Athletics include varsity teams in football
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...
, soccer, swimming, baseball, lacrosse, wrestling, track & field, cross country, field hockey, crew, and Ultimate Frisbee.
Within the school is a 709 seat proscenium theater, library, gymnasium, and band rehearsal rooms. Each Fall the school puts on an amazing production of a Shakespeare play, most recently HAMLET and A WINTERS TALE.
Northampton High is a very strong sports school. Both boys and girls soccer are highly ranked, and the Ultimate Frisbee team is ranked 32nd in the country. The Cross-Country Team is one of the best in Massachusetts. Northampton High School also has one of the strongest girls varsity basketball programs in the state. The Northampton High School Girls Varsity Basketball team won the Massachusetts Girls Division 1 Basketball Championship for the 2007-2008 season.