Newton South High School

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Newton South High School
Aerial Photograph of Newton South High School taken on December 30, 2014 from a Cessna 172
Address
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140 Brandeis Road

Newton
,
Massachusetts
02459

United States
Coordinates42°18′51.73″N 71°11′11.36″W / 42.3143694°N 71.1864889°W / 42.3143694; -71.1864889Coordinates: 42°18′51.73″N 71°11′11.36″W / 42.3143694°N 71.1864889°W / 42.3143694; -71.1864889
Information
MottoBona mens omnibus patet
(A good mind is open to all things)
Established1960; 61 years ago (1960)
School districtNewton Public Schools
CEEB code221548
PrincipalTamara Stras
Teaching staff153.5 (2018–19)[2]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,911 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.4∶1 (2018–19)[2]
Campus size33.477 acres (135,480 m2)
Color(s)  Blue
  Orange
MascotLion
NewspaperThe Lion's Roar, Denebola
YearbookRegulus
Websitenshs.newton.k12.ma.us
Last updated: May 11, 2019; 2 years ago (2019-05-11)

Newton South High School is one of two public high schools in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, United States, the other being Newton North.

History and student life[]

By the late 1950s, Newton's sole public high schools, Newton High, grew to 3,000 students. Newton built a new school, Newton South, in the Oak Hill neighborhood in 1960.[3] The school is organized into four student houses—Cutler, Goldrick, Goodwin, and Wheeler—each with a student commons.[3]

Newton South was the first public high school to create a gay–straight alliance in the United States in the early 1990s.[4]

Newton South features two award-winning student newspapers, Denebola and The Lion's Roar.[5]

U.S. News & World Report ranked Newton South as the 664th-best high school in the country and 20th-best in the Massachusetts in its 2020 rankings.[6]

Public attention[]

The school gained notoriety in 2002 for its "Senior Scavenger Hunt",[7] a student-organized contest that featured theft, vandalism, illegal drug use, and various sexual acts committed by the graduating seniors in exchange for points.[8]

On February 8, 2007, the Newton South STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition chapter organized a Darfur Benefit Concert with the well known band, State Radio, raising over $23,000 for Save the Children and the Genocide Intervention Network.[9]

Sports[]

Newton South competes in the DCL (Dual County League).[citation needed]

  • Fall sports
    • Football (B)
    • Soccer (B+G)
    • Cross Country (B+G)
    • Volleyball (G)
    • Golf (Co-Ed)
    • Field Hockey (Co-Ed)
    • Cheerleading (Co-Ed)
  • Winter sports
    • Basketball (B+G)
    • Gymnastics (B+G)
    • Nordic Skiing (B+G)
    • Alpine Skiing (B+G)
    • Indoor Track and Field (B+G)
    • Wrestling (B+G)
    • Hockey (B+G)
    • Swimming and Diving (B+G)
    • Cheerleading (Co-Ed)
  • Spring sports
    • Lacrosse (B+G)
    • Baseball (B)
    • Softball (G)
    • Volleyball (B)
    • Track and Field (B+G)
    • Tennis (B+G)
    • Rugby (B+G)

Awards and recognition[]

Newton South was named Massachusetts's top athletic program by Sports Illustrated in 2009.[10]

Notable alumni[]

  • Josh Altman, class of 1997, real estate agent on Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.[11]
  • Marisa Catalina Casey, class of 1997, co-author of Born in Our Hearts: Stories of Adoption, is the Founder and Executive Director of the arts education nonprofit Starting Artists, Inc. located in Brooklyn, NY.
  • Geoffrey Gray, class of 2015, American-Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Marin Hinkle, class of 1984, actor for Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and CBS's Two and a Half Men.
  • Alex Karpovsky, class of 1993, actor for HBO's comedy-drama Girls and Amazon's Homecoming.
  • Caroline Kaufer, class of 1980, an executive of a software development company and a philanthropist
  • John Krasinski, class of 1997, actor for NBC's comedy The Office and The Quiet Place.
  • Ben Kurland, class of 2002, an actor in The Artist, which won five Academy Awards.
  • Bill Lichtenstein, class of 1974, Peabody Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, radio producer.
  • Robert C. Lieberman, class of 1982, American political scientist and former provost of the Johns Hopkins University
  • Jonathan Mann, class of 1965, World Health Organization chief against AlDS.
  • Chris Morocco, class of 1998, American chef and YouTube personality.[12]
  • Roger Myerson, class of 1969, was one of the three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007 "'for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory'."[13]
  • Hari Nef, class of 2011, transgender actress, model, and writer. Debuted at New York Fashion Week Spring 2015.
  • B. J. Novak, class of 1997, co-executive producer, writer, and actor for NBC's comedy The Office.
  • Joe Rogan, class of 1985, TV host of Fear Factor, The Man Show, Joe Rogan Questions Everything, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
  • Eli Roth, class of 1990, film director, producer, writer, and actor. Co-starred with Novak in Inglourious Basterds.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Enrollment Data (2018-19) - Newton South High (02070510)". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Teacher Data (2018-19) - Newton South High (02070510)". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b From the description of Newton South High School History, 1960–2003. (Minuteman Library Network). WorldCat record id: 319889351. Published by SNAC Cooperative
  4. ^ Jennings, Kevin: Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir, page 196. Beacon Press, 2006.
  5. ^ (February 20, 2005). "Double scoops: At Newton South, two papers vie to make headlines". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Newton South High". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  7. ^ Time Waster. "Lewd, Crude High School Scavenger Hunt". The Smoking Gun. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  8. ^ "Lewd, Crude High School Scavenger Hunt". The Smoking Gun. December 11, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  9. ^ Christopher Loh and Maggie Mastricola (February 13, 2007). "Darfur Benefit Concert Multimedia Sound Slide Show". Newton Tab. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  10. ^ "Top athletics program in each state and the District of Columbia". Sports Illustrated. July 6, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  11. ^ Springer, Shira (October 2, 2015). "Newton native becomes seller to the stars". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015.
  12. ^ "Newton South High School Class of 1998". newtonsouthhighschool.org. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  13. ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved December 14, 2010.

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