Type Public Principal Timothy McGee Website NSHS website Mascot Northmen Colors Green, Gold | Established 1967 Grades 9 to 12 Phone +1 401-766-2500 Founded 1967 | |
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Address 412 Greenville Rd, North Smithfield, RI 02896, USA District North Smithfield School District Similar HALLIWE MEMORI SCHOOL, North Smithfield Elementary, Smithfield Senior High Sch, Vincent J Gallagher Middle Sc, Mount Saint Charles A | ||
North Smithfield High School (known previously as North Smithfield Junior-Senior High School) is a high school in the Primrose section of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (in Providence County). It is the only public high school in the town and was ranked 5th out of 51 public high schools in Rhode Island in 2016.
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History
The current high school was constructed in 1966 although local students had received private high school level instruction within the town since colonial times. During the American Revolution (1775–1783), one of North Smithfield's first recorded schools was founded in the home of Elisha Thornton near modern-day Slatersville. In the 1800s many local students attended the private Bushee Academy (Smithfield Union Village Academy) in Union Village. The first school building located near the present high school in Primrose, Rhode Island was known as the "Andrews School," originally a one-room wooden school house, first constructed in 1838. The wooden building was replaced by a larger brick building in the early twentieth century, which currently serves as the North Smithfield Superintendent's office. Prior to the completion of the 1966 school, North Smithfield students often attended "Woonsocket and Blackstone high schools locally or went to Moses Brown, Classical High School, or Technical High School in Providence" Currently the high school graduates around 125 students per year, with each class only holding about that amount. Prior to the 2009-2010 school year North Smithfield High School was a JR/SR high school, holding grades 7-12; this was prior to completion of the North Smithfield Middle School, constructed adjacent to the high school to provide students in grades 6-8 with their own facility.
Athletics
North Smithfield High School's mascot is a Northmen, and its colors are green and gold. The high school athletes compete in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) in which most of Rhode Island's public and private schools compete. As a smaller public school, the school competes in the lower divisions for each sport, including Division IV for football and Division III for many other sports.The most successful team's include the Boys' Soccer team from the years 2008-2012. The town has various sporting facilities, including a new all-weather turf football/soccer field, a baseball field, a gymnasium for basketball all on the school's grounds, and several tennis courts located on the east side.