South Burlington High School

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Type Public secondary Grades 9 to 12 Nickname SBHS Phone +1 802-652-7000 Founded 1957		Established 1957 Enrollment 869 (as of 2013) Team name Rebels Number of students 869 (2013) Color Blue and grey

Address 550 Dorset St, South Burlington, VT 05403, USA Athletics conference Vermont Principals' Association

South Burlington High School (SBHS) is a public secondary school located in the municipality of South Burlington, Vermont, United States. The school colors are blue and grey and its former nickname was the "Rebels" however this is now being changed. Enrollment in 2013 was 869.

South burlington high school 2016 graduation

History

The school's Career Development Center places hundreds of SBHS students in community service settings, professional internships, job shadowing experiences, senior challenge projects and mentorships in order to create "real world" relevance for students.

Academics

The school is accredited as a public secondary school by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Students can enroll concurrently in both high school and technical programs, and approximately ten percent of students do so each year at either the Burlington Technical Center or the Center for Technology, Essex.

The school offers accelerated programs in Mathematics, Science, French, and Spanish; honors courses in English and Mathematics; and a selection of fourteen Advanced Placement ("AP") courses. AP courses include AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP French, AP Psychology, AP Spanish, and AP U.S. Government & Politics. Not all AP courses are taught every academic year. The school formerly taught AP Calculus BC.

A portion of the student body commutes to the campus because of its academic offerings. Some students have elected to commute from nearby areas in Vermont where there are no local secondary schools, such as all of Grand Isle County and portions of Franklin County. The school also gets commuters from other inner Chittenden County municipalities such as Burlington, Essex, Shelburne, and Williston.

The school tested best in the county in reading proficiency in the New England Common Assessment Program test in 2008. It was second best in the county in math proficiency.

Tuition was $12,816 in 2009-2010. This tuition was paid by towns outside the school district sending students to this public school.

Student activities

In 2009, the PTC (Parametric Technology) Real World Design Challenge Team placed first in the state and represented Vermont at the national championships in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2009.

The debate team took the state title at the Vermont State House in 2008 and 2012.

In 2004 and 2006, the civics team represented Vermont at the national championships in Washington, D.C.

The Scholars' Bowl team has won regional titles including the Vermont NAQT Championship, Sue Pasco Invitational, and Medlar Cup.

In 2014, the SBHS Real World Design Challenge Team (Next Level) represented Vermont at the national championships in Washington, D.C. The team won the competition for the first time in school and state history.

The school has participated in Model United Nations programs at both Dartmouth College and Harvard University.

Athletics

The SBHS athletic teams are known as the "Rebels" based on the municipality of South Burlington's relative location to the south of Burlington, Vermont's largest city. Due to the historical controversies associated with the American Civil War, a mascot "Captain Reb" was discontinued in the early 1990s but the school continued with its nickname of "Rebels" until the school board voted unanimously to abandon the "Rebel" name in 2017. The school has a state-of-the-art stadium and running track. The hockey team plays off campus at nearby Dorset Park in the City of South Burlington's Cairns Arena, shared with the CVU Redhawks and Saint Michael's College Purple Knights (as home ice, along with a few other teams). SBHS's chief athletic rivals in the Division I Metro Conference are Essex High School, Champlain Valley Union High School, Burlington High School, Mount Mansfield Union High School, BFA-St. Albans and nearby private Catholic Rice Memorial High School.

Notable former Rebels athletes include longtime Clemson Tigers baseball coach Jack Leggett, former Boston Red Sox major league relief pitcher Mike Rochford, current minor league pitcher Casey Harman and France national baseball team pitcher Owen Ozanich.

The school has won many Vermont state championships in almost every sport.

SBHS has funded clubs for sports that are unconventional in the United States such as cricket and rugby. The rugby union team combines with students from Champlain Valley Union High School to form the "RebelHawks" and often plays teams from across the region. The cricket team has played another club team of students based in Essex, Vermont at Fort Ethan Allen.

Drama and music

The drama club produces three shows annually: a musical in the fall, a straight play in the winter and one-act plays in the spring.

List of musicals

2004 – Footloose

2005 – Grease

2006 – Anything Goes

2007 – Seussical The Musical

2008 – Into the Woods

2009 – Guys and Dolls

2010 – Beauty and the Beast

2011 – Once On This Island

2012 – Legally Blonde

2013 – Urinetown

2014 – Bring It On the Musical

2015 – The Boy Friend

2016 – Sister Act

Music ensembles

There are five vocal ensembles: the Mixed Chorus, Concert Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, and Men's Chorus (nicknamed "The Testostertones").

There are seven instrumental groups: the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, the Jazz Improvisation Ensemble ("B" band), the Jazz Ensemble ("A" band), the World Drumming Ensemble, and the Guitar Ensemble. The Jazz Improvisation and Jazz Ensembles are both directed by Dave Grippo of the Giant Country Horns, the horn ensemble found in many of Phish's studio albums and live shows and recordings.

References

South Burlington High School Wikipedia

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