Type Public high school Principal John House-Myers Grades 9 - 12 Phone +1 603-228-2210 Mascot Falcon | Established 1997 Faculty 53.0 (on FTE basis) Enrollment 618 (as of 2009-10) Founded 1997 | |
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Address 55 Falcon Way, Bow, NH 03304, USA | ||
Bow high school graduation 2016
Bow High School is a four-year public high school located in Bow, New Hampshire, United States, as part of the Bow School District. The principal is John House-Myers who took over in June 2006 from George Edwards who had been principal since the school's establishment.
Contents
- Bow high school graduation 2016
- Bow high school dancing 101 fall 2015
- History
- Classes
- Graduation credit requirements
- Athletics
- Extracurricular activities
- Controversies
- References
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 640 students and 53.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.1.
Bow high school dancing 101 fall 2015
History
Bow High School was established in 1997, serving grades 9 through 12. Before this time high school students from Bow went to Concord. In 1993 the Concord School District told Bow they could no longer send Bow students to Concord High after the 1996-1997 school year. Immediately Bow started to make plans for a high school of their own. The school was built and now sits on the shores of Turee Pond. The school was originally designed to accommodate 600 students, and in 2005/2006 had a student population of 640. The school cost $16 million. Beginning in the fall of 2014, the school began serving students from the neighboring town of Dunbarton.
The school has a 600-seat auditorium, an 800-seat gym, a video production facility and state of the art technology.
Classes
Classes at Bow High School are leveled in a heterogeneous manner. Each student at BHS is required to take two science classes, which is fulfilled through a mandatory Integrated Science and Technology class freshman and sophomore year, although the majority of students take more than that. Students are required to graduate with two and a half Building Essential Skills for Tomorrow (B.E.S.T) classes (physical education). Students are also required to take a freshmen Humanities class, a sophomore American studies class, a junior World Studies class, and seniors are required to take Senior Seminar, a class that directs them through their senior project.
Graduation credit requirements
Graduation requirements for Classes 2007-2010:
Athletics
Jim Kaufman is Bow School District's Athletic Administrator. As of 2007, Bow had won 25 state championships (including a total of five state championships in spring 2003 alone).
The athletic teams participate in NHIAA Division II and Division III. The following sports are represented: soccer, golf, field hockey, football, cross country, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, indoor track, spirit, swimming, lacrosse, tennis, softball, baseball, and track and field.
Extracurricular activities
Student Teal Van Dyck won second place in the national Poetry Out Loud in 2006, earning a $10,000 scholarship. Van Dyck was also selected to be one of Bow High School's Granite State Challenge competitors on New Hampshire's PBS station, NHPTV.
The school was the scene of a set piece speech by Bill Clinton on January 8, 2008 in support of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Controversies
In 2005 there was controversy when the Bow High School administration told a student, Isabel Gottlieb, that she would not graduate for not satisfying the state's physical education requirement. The student did not want to take the minimum state requirements of Physical Education, and opted for study hall instead. The situation was resolved when her previous high school issued her a new transcript, awarding her credit for participation in varsity athletics.
In June 2005 the student population, with the exception of the senior class, took place in a school mandated DHHS survey. 17% of surveyed students reported smoking marijuana during a 30-day period and 31% reported consuming alcohol during the same period. The results were below the state average for student substance abuse and the school principal did not consider the results sufficient to necessitate drug testing of student athletes.