Tantasqua Regional High School

Tantasqua Regional High School

School seal

School seal
Location
Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518
US
Information
Established 1952
Principal Michael Lucas [1]
Color(s) Green and gold          
Song Men of Harlech
Mascot Warrior
Average SAT scores 535 verbal
566 math
509 writing
1610 total (2015-2016)[2]
Publication Passages
Newspaper The Tomahawk
Yearbook Tantasquan
Website www.tantasqua.org/THS

The Route-148 entrance to Tantasqua Regional High School, listing the five towns in the region

Overview

Tantasqua Regional High School is located in the village of Fiskdale, Massachusetts, United States (town of Sturbridge). The school is divided into an Academic Division, and a Technical Division, which offers vocational training in Carpentry, Computer Aided Design/Drafting, Computer Technology, Culinary Arts, Electrical, Health Sciences and Manufacturing. Currently there are approximately 1300 students enrolled in the school in both divisions. The school colors are green and gold and the school song is "Hail, Tantasqua", set to the music of "Men of Harlech."

History

Tantasqua Regional High School was founded in 1952. A new high school was completed in 2002. The school derives its name from Tantiusques ("tan-tas-qua"), a Nipmuck word meaning "to a black deposit between two hills."[3]

Athletics

Tantasqua has varsity teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field, tennis, and volleyball.

In 2007, the boys' basketball team captured the MIAA Division II State Championship. The following season they made it to the MIAA D-2 State Finals again, only to lose in a rematch with Catholic Memorial.

The varsity football team won the state championship, going undefeated (13-0) in 2008. The varsity football team won only six games in 2007.

The varsity baseball team won the Division II state championship in 1977.

Marching band

In 2007, direction of the Tantasqua Warrior Marching Band was taken over by Music Director Lucy Colwell, who is also director of the Tantasqua Junior High School band program. In 2008, Colwell brought in Massachusetts drill designer and creative consultant Nicholas McKenzie to assist with the marching band program. Under this joint leadership, the group has evolved from a "park-and-play" band to a true "corps-style" field show marching band.

Media

There is currently one school newspaper at Tantasqua, The Tomahawk, which is produced by its own after-school club and students in the journalism classes. Students also air a weekly program on the local public-access television cable TV channel titled T.W.N.,Tantasqua Weekly News. Published once a year is the literary and creative arts magazine, Passages. In addition to these publications is the yearbook, The Tantasquan, which also publishes a blog on its website.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty&StaffDirectory". Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  2. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat_perf.aspx
  3. ↑ "Tantiusques". Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  4. ↑ Etienne Pierre Duguay
  5. ↑ Punknews.org. "Interviews: James Lynch of Dropkick Murphys". www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  6. ↑ James Lynch

Coordinates: 42°09′36″N 72°07′52″W / 42.160°N 72.131°W / 42.160; -72.131

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