School type Public CEEB code 222030 Grades 9-12 Phone +1 413-787-7085 Number of students 1,961 | Opened 1898 Principal Thaddeus Tokarz Age range 13-19 Mascot Golden Eagles | |
District Springfield School District | ||
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Springfield Central High School (SCHS) is a public high school located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The high school is for students in grades 9–12. With an enrollment of over 2,000 students, Springfield Central High School describes itself as the largest high school in Western Massachusetts.
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History
Springfield Central High School opened in 1898. The school added a junior high school in 1922 and in 1936 became Classical High School. Merging two closed schools, Classical High and Technical High, the current campus of Springfield Central High School opened on September 3, 1986.
In 2008, the Springfield Public Schools created a mandatory district-wide uniform policy.
In 2010, Springfield Central retired jersey number 3 previously worn by basketball player Travis Best, who was a Parade magazine All-American and later played professionally in the NBA and internationally from 1995 to 2009.
Arts
Springfield Central partners with Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts) every year, participating in the annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare, which brings over 500 high school students together each year for a nine-week, collaborative, non-competitive, celebratory exploration and production of multiple Shakespeare plays.
Sports
Fall sports include soccer (boys and girls), volleyball (girls), field hockey (boys and girls), football (boys), golf (boys), and cross country. The winter sports include basketball (boys and girls), swimming (boys and girls), indoor track (boys and girls), hockey, and wrestling. The spring sports include baseball (boys), softball (girls), tennis (boys and girls), track and field (boys and girls), and volleyball (boys). The 2012 boys basketball team won the state championship and the football team won the 2012 Western Mass Super Bowl. Central also is home to the MA-O11 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC)wing.