West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School Explained

West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School
Type:Public, open enrollment[1]
Established:1968
Campus:Suburban
Principal:Christine Page
Grades:7–12
Enrollment:619 (2016–17)[2]
Sat:569 verbal
554 math
1123 total (2017–2018)[3]
Mascot:Wildcat
Colors: Maroon & white
Yearbook:Climber
Location:155 West Center St.,
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02379
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.0188°N -71.0158°W

West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School is a junior-senior high school located at 155 West Center St. in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. The school serves roughly 600 students in grades 7–12. The school's mascot is the wildcat, and the school's colors are maroon and white.

Athletics

The football team won the Division 6B State Championship in 1991.[4]

The football team won the Division 4 State Championship in 2006.[4]

Furthermore, the Wildcats' football team were also State Finalists in 1992, 1993,[5] 1999[6] and 2007.[7]

The girls cross country team has won the Mayflower League Championship for 16 years straight and the boys have won for 8 years straight (as of 2022).

In 2017, freshman Colleen O'Toole became the first female quarterback in Massachusetts history ever to play in a high school varsity game.[8]

History

The town of West Bridgewater completed the construction of a new high school in 2015[9] [10] to address the existing building's many deficiencies, which caused the school's accreditation to be placed on "warning status" in 2009 by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The new school opened in September 2015, and is two stories tall, and has a greater capacity than the previous facility.[11]

There is a "heritage committee" run by students who work to discover various means of preserving the history and the culture of the school.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-04-10 . 2015-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150412115653/http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/schoolchoice/choice-status.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: West Bridgewater Junior/Senior. National Center for Education Statistics. February 18, 2019.
  3. Web site: 2017-18 SAT Performance Statewide Report. profiles.doe.mass.edu. October 20, 2018. December 8, 2018.
  4. Web site: Football. miaa.net. 2016-07-25.
  5. Web site: Champions 1991-1995 . massachusetts high school football coaches association . 15 June 2024 . en.
  6. Web site: Champions 1996-2000 . massachusetts high school football coaches association . 15 June 2024 . en.
  7. Web site: Champions 2001-2010 . massachusetts high school football coaches association . 15 June 2024 . en.
  8. News: West Bridgewater's O'Toole debuts as first ever female QB . Shannon . Gallagher . September 18, 2017 . September 19, 2017 . The Enterprise .
  9. Web site: West Bridgewater Middle/Senior High School | CTA Construction managers. ctaconstruction.com. 2016-07-25.
  10. Web site: WB School Construction Project. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211065443/https://sites.google.com/a/wbridgewater.com/mshsproject/home. dead. 2015-02-11. 2016-07-25.
  11. Web site: West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School plan faces MSBA vote - The Boston Globe. boston.com. 2016-07-25.