Falmouth High School (Massachusetts)
History
The presence of a high school in the town of Falmouth dates back to the late 1800s and was originally known as Lawrence High School. However, the current Falmouth High School was only established in 1973. The name change was applied in order to more closely identify the high school with the town of Falmouth and disassociate from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Students from the neighboring town of Mashpee attended Falmouth High School for many years, until the town of Mashpee established their own separate high school in 1996.
In recent years, Falmouth has undergone several periods of major renovation, which ran into the dozens of millions of dollars. These renovations came under intense scrutiny at several points and were plagued by constant setbacks, which included poor construction and architecture, massively exceeding the proposed budget, exceeding the proposed completion date, and several breach-of-contract suits against the school committee, architects, contractors and firms involved. Initially, the project was supposed to cost $67 million and take two years to complete, but the project ended up costing $87 million, $20 million over budget, and took almost six years to complete.
Athletics
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These are some recent accomplishments of Falmouth athletic teams.
- Boys' Hockey – State Champions (1979, 1981, 1982, 1996)
- Boys' Hockey – State Finalists (1983)
- Boys' Hockey – Super 8 Finalists (1994)
- Boys' Hockey – EMass Regional Finalists (1980)
- Girls' Hockey – State Champions (2015)
- Football – State Champions (1947, 2016)
- Football – State Finalists (1994)
- Football – State Playoff Qualifier (1994, 2015, 2016)
- Boys' Basketball – State Finalists (2009)
- Boys' Basketball – Eastern Massachusetts Champions (2009)
- Boys’ Lacrosse - State Finalists (2023)
- Boys' Tennis – State Champions (2007)
- Girls Spring Track - State Champions (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995-
- Girls Winter Track - State Champions (1978, 1979, 1994, 1995)
- Girls Spring Track - State Divisional Champions (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1993, 1994,1995, 1996)
- Girls Winter Track State Divisional Champions (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)
- Girls Cross Country - State Champions (1971, 1972, 1939, 1974, 1975, 1977)
- Girls Cross Country - Divisional Champions (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Alumni
- Phil Edmund, 1934, Latin jazz musician
- John Gumbleton, 1985, naval officer
- Matt Malone, S.J., 1990, publisher
- Alicia M. Soderberg, 1996, astrophysicist
- Jamaal Branch, 1999, former NFL player
- Joseph Rago, 2001, former Wall Street Journal journalist
- Steve Cishek, c. 2004, former MLB pitcher
- Johanna Forman, 1977, architect, Harvard grad, 1977 USNational Senior Women's 880 Champion indoor (3 US International teams)
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Falmouth High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- ^ "2017–18 SAT Performance Report". Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Falmouth High School project again under scrutiny". Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^ U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012; School Name: Lawrence High School; Year: 1934
- ^ Bates News (December 14, 1999). "Mashpee student makes stellar discoveries". Bates. Bates College. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ WRITER, PAULA PETERS,STAFF. "Seniors sail with mixed emotions". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
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