Watertown High School (Connecticut) Explained

Watertown High School
Streetaddress:324 French Street
State:Connecticut
Zipcode:06795
Country:USA
Coordinates:41.5971°N -73.102°W
District:Watertown Public Schools
Principal:Janet Parlato
Ceeb:070882
Schooltype:Public
Grades:9-12
Slogan:Dream
Mascot:Warriors
Team Name:Indians (1929–2022)
Colors:Orange and black
Enrollment:839 (2016-17)[1]

Watertown High School (WHS) is a public high school serving Watertown, Connecticut, United States.

Athletics

Watertown is a member of the Naugatuck Valley League. It supports a wide array of sports for its students, including soccer, cross country, field hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, indoor track, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance team, wrestling, swimming and diving, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, outdoor track, and lacrosse. Facilities for the sports are scattered all across Watertown, including its new turf field (2009) and pool located on campus, Deland Field, Veterans Memorial Park[2] and Crestbrook Park Golf Course. Watertown is a member of CAS and CIAC. The boys' ice hockey team is a co-op between both Watertown High School and Pomperaug High School of Southbury, Connecticut. This team, unlike other sports the school offers, is a member of the South West Conference. All home games are played on the campus of the Taft School, also located in Watertown. Also co-op with Pomperaug is the boys' wrestling team.

The "Indians" mascot had been in use since the school's inception. The Watertown Board of Education voted on January 15, 2021, to retire the "Indians" mascot from the school's athletic teams.[3] Students of the school chose the Warriors as the new mascot.[4] Fawn Sharp, President of the National Congress of American Indians commended the change.[5]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Watertown High School. National Center for Education Statistics. February 19, 2019.
  2. http://www.watertownct.org/content/10298/4225/7193/4238/default.aspx Veterans Memorial Park
  3. Web site: Watertown High School students select a new mascot . fox61.com . 24 October 2021 . October 23, 2021.
  4. Web site: Watertown High School Votes to Change Mascot . NBC Connecticut . 24 October 2021 . October 23, 2021.
  5. Web site: NCAI Letter to Watertown HS . 24 October 2021.