Amherst Regional High School (Massachusetts) Explained

Amherst Regional High School
Motto:Veritas Unitas Caritas
Motto Translation:Truth Unity Charity
Streetaddress:21 Mattoon Street
City:Amherst
State:Massachusetts
Zipcode:01002
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.3808°N -72.5128°W
Schooltype:Public High School
Open enrollment[1]
Founded:1956
Principal:Talib Sadiq
Grades:9–12
Enrollment:924 (2018–19)[2]
Teaching Staff:70.81 (FTE)
Ratio:13.05
Mascot:Hurri the Hurricane
Rival:Northampton
Sat:604 verbal
591 math
1195 total (2017–2018)[3]
Newspaper:The Graphic
Yearbook:The Goldbug
Superintendent:Douglas Slaughter
Language:English with ELL programs
Teamname:Hurricanes
Colors:Maroon and White

Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) is a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, for students in grades 9–12. It is part of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, which comprises the towns of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, and Shutesbury, Massachusetts.[4] Its official colors are maroon and white. ARHS's current principal, beginning in the 2023–24 academic year, is Talib Sadiq.[5]

Extracurricular and non-academic activities

Sports

The school's sports teams are known as the Hurricanes. The nickname first appears in the Goldbug yearbook of 1942, in the Sports/Baseball section,[6] "Hurricanes humble Hopkins". The nickname is likely in recognition of the 1938 New England Hurricane.[7] "History of the Class", Goldbug 1939, is entitled "The Epic Of A Hurricane";[8] it begins "We are a hurricane."

The boys' cross-country team has been listed in the top 100 high school teams in America, and has won many Western Massachusetts championships, most recently in 2018.[9] In 2001 they won the State Championship.[10]

ARHS is one of many high schools in Massachusetts with a nationally ranked Ultimate program.[11] [12] The program hosts the annual Amherst Invitational Ultimate Tournament which pits 30 high school teams from across the country in the oldest and one of the largest high school tournaments in the USA.[13]

The 1992–1993 girls' basketball team inspired the book In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais.

The Football team won the 1999 Massachusetts High School Super Bowl by defeating Southbridge, 27–7. It was the first Super Bowl win for Amherst in 25 years.[14] [15]

Amherst High Athletics came to national attention in the fall of 2016, when the entire volleyball team, with the exception of one player, decided to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem at an away game against rival Minnechaug on Oct. 7, 2016. The sole player who chose to stand was profiled by ESPN.[16]

Survival living

ARHS is one of the few schools in the nation to offer a Wilderness Survival program.[17]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - Error Page. www.doe.mass.edu.
  2. Web site: Amherst Regional High. National Center for Education Statistics. May 26, 2020.
  3. Web site: Massachusetts Department Of Elementary And Secondary Education - 2017-18 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report. profiles.doe.mass.edu.
  4. Web site: Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools - Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools. www.arps.org.
  5. Web site: ARPS Staff Directory Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools . www.arps.org . 7 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Goldbug 1942 Sports Baseball. 1942 . Amherst Regional High School .
  7. Web site: National Weather Service, The Great New England Hurricane of 1938.
  8. Web site: Goldbug 1939 History of the class. 1939 . Amherst Regional High School .
  9. Web site: Amherst reclaims boys Division 1 cross country title | GazetteNet.com. 12 November 2013. https://archive.today/20131112031840/http://www.gazettenet.com/home/9256882-95/amherst-reclaims-boys-division-1-cross-country-title. dead. 12 November 2013.
  10. Web site: Massachusetts Cross Country 2001 All-Massachusetts Championship Natasha Roetter smashes state record Andy Pitts, Amherst boys win big. November 17, 2001. November 8, 2021.
  11. Web site: USA Ultimate youth boys rankings . 2012-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100930050525/http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#youth-open/rankings . 2010-09-30 . dead .
  12. Web site: USA Ultimate youth girls rankings . 2012-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100930050525/http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#youth-girls/rankings . 2010-09-30 . dead .
  13. Web site: 2012 Amherst Invitational Tournament Website. https://web.archive.org/web/20120624212023/http://www.amherstultimate.org/ai/2012.html. dead. June 24, 2012.
  14. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/65445423/
  15. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/high_school/high_school_insider/2014/08/high_school_football_super_bowl_history_from_1972
  16. Web site: Understand why the national anthem is a protest, every time it's sung.
  17. Web site: ARHS Survival Living: About . 2011-05-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928024443/http://www.arps.org/users/hs/kropfa/OCSLWebsite/slabout.html . 2011-09-28 .
  18. Web site: Annie Baker's the Flick Wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama - Playbill.com . 2014-04-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105211004/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/annie-bakers-the-flick-wins-2014-pulitzer-prize-for-drama-217209 . 2016-01-05 .

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