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Ponaganset High School

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Type
  
Public

NCES School ID
  
440042000116

Teaching staff
  
65.00 (FTE)

Phone
  
+1 401-710-7500

Color
  
Green and White

CEEB code
  
400093

Principal
  
Renee Palazzo

Grades
  
9 to 12

Number of students
  
722 (2012–2013)

Address
  
137 Anan Wade Rd, North Scituate, RI 02857, USA

District
  
Foster-Glocester School District

Similar
  
Burrillville High School, Scituate Senior High Sch, Smithfield Senior High Sch, Classical High School, West Warwick High Sch

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Ponaganset High School is a school of the Foster-Glocester School District, located in North Scituate, Rhode Island (in Providence County). The majority of high school students live in the rural towns of Foster, Rhode Island and Glocester, Rhode Island. This is a public high school, known for its music program, AP and honors classes, as well as its CTE approved pathways; Plant Systems, Animal Systems, Materials and Manufacturing, Pre-Engineering, Music Technology, Music Performance, and Pending Programs: Computer Science and Information Technology, and Biomedical. The school's athletic teams are known as the "Chieftains," and the FIRST FRC Team is known as "5112, The Gongoliers." The principal is Renee Palazzo.

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Ponaganset high school football field


Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 722 students enrolled for 2012-2013 was:

  • Male - 51.5%
  • Female - 48.5%
  • Asian/Pacific islanders - 0.1%
  • Black - 0.3%
  • Hispanic - 0.3%
  • White - 99.2%
  • Multiracial - 0.1%
  • Additionally, 18% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

    Capital improvement plan

    The school recently underwent a major multi-phase renovation in which the old Ponaganset Middle School was re-located to a brand new building and the existing high school took over the old middle school structure. An indoor glass walkway was put in to attach the high school with the old middle school. The renovations were completed at the end of 2009.

    Notable alumni

  • Sherwood C. Spring, retired United States Army Colonel and former NASA astronaut and graduate of the Class of 1963.
  • References

    Ponaganset High School Wikipedia