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Type
  
Public school

Superintendent
  
Thomas Moore

Phone
  
+1 860-231-5000

Colors
  
Grey, Red

Established
  
1957

Principal
  
Julio Duarte

Number of students
  
1,451 (2014)

Motto
  
'Diversity is Strength'

School district
  
West Hartford Public Schools

Address
  
110 Beechwood Rd, West Hartford, CT 06107, USA

District
  
West Hartford Public Schools

Similar
  
William H Hall High School, West Hartford Board‑Ed, Northwest Catholic High Sch, Sedgwick Middle School

Conard high school graduation 2016


Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It opened in 1950, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board of Education when plans for the school were approved. Conard is one of two West Hartford public high schools, the other being Hall High School.

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Gangnam style at conard high school


History

Conard's first classes were held on September 4, 1957. Conard was originally designed to accommodate 1100 students. However, today there are more than 1500 students in attendance.

In 1999, Alphonse Chuck Landroche became Conard's principal. Landroche retired at the end of the 2007 school year. Tom Moore became Conard's principal in 2007. In 2010, Moore became assistant superintendent, which left Conard without a principal. In the fall of 2010, Dr. Peter Cummings became principal of Conard High School.

On February 23, 2015, fans of Conard and Hall High School basketball were involved in a physical conflict at their annual end-of-season rivalry game.

Facts and statistics

As of 2007, Conard had 1,461 students, with 60.9% white, 19.1% Hispanic, 10.7% Black, 9.1% Asian American and 0.2% American Indian.

Conard's mascot is an American Indian chieftain. This is denoted on the schools athletic jerseys by the letter "C" crossed with an Indian feather, which replaced the side profile of a chieftain in Fall of 2007.

As of 2007, Conard offers 26 AP courses.

There is a prominent rivalry between Conard High School and its cross-town counterpart, Hall High School.

Accomplishments

  • Recognized by Newsweek magazine as the 329th best public high school in the nation in 2010.
  • Recognized by Newsweek as Connecticut's top public high school in 2006, better than cross town rival Hall High School, based on "the number of Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2005 divided by the number of graduating seniors."
  • Blue Ribbon School in 1984-85.
  • Julio Duarte, current Principal of Conard High school, has been selected as the 2013 High School Assistant Principal of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Schools and is a contender for the National Assistant Principal of the Year Award.
  • Notable alumni

  • David Naughton, class of 1969, actor (An American Werewolf in London)
  • James Naughton, actor, winner of the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (1990, 1997)
  • Robert Romanus, actor Fast Times at Ridgemont High, class of 1974
  • Jimmy Shea, class of 1987, 2002 Olympic gold medal winner
  • Matt Sinatro, class of 1978, Major League Baseball player and coach
  • Kevin Galvin, business/health care advocate
  • Marcus Camby, professional basketball player (transferred before graduating)[1]
  • Jack Sonni, class of 1972, rhythm guitarist for Dire Straits
  • Peter Dante, actor ("Grandma's Boy," "Big Daddy," "Mr. Deeds," "Little Nicky")
  • References

    Conard High School Wikipedia