Walpole High School
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Walpole High School (WHS) is a four-year public high school in Walpole, Massachusetts, United States, within Norfolk County. The school educates students grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Walpole Public School district. As of 2013, the school has about 1,300 students and over 90 faculty and staff members. The campus is located one mile from downtown Walpole on Common Street.
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Type | Public high school |
Motto | "Educating All Students to Achieve Success" |
Established | 1870 |
School district | Walpole Public Schools |
Superintendent | Bridget A. Gough |
Principal | Stephen Imbusch[1] |
Faculty | 85.8[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,172 (2015–16)[3] |
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Team name | Timberwolves[4] |
Newspaper | The Searchlight[5] |
Website | walpolewhs |
The school is mainly focused on college preparatory subjects, with over 90 percent of its graduates typically going on to higher education.[6] It is accredited is by the New England Association of Secondary Schools.
WHS was founded in 1870; the current building was originally built in 1907 and underwent a major renovation/addition in 2000-2002 thereby adding many new classrooms, labs, a new library, and cafeteria as well as a general modernization of the interior.