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Watertown High School (Massachusetts)

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Type
  
Public high school

Faculty
  
63.7

Enrollment
  
693

Phone
  
+1 617-926-7760

Principal
  
Shirley Lundberg

Dean
  
Brian Brewer

Grades
  
9–12

Team name
  
Raiders

District
  
Watertown School District

Assistant
  
Annmarie Boudreau

Watertown High School (Massachusetts)

Address
  
50 Columbia St, Watertown, MA 02472, USA

Watertown High School is the local high school for Watertown, Massachusetts. Built in 1929, it has a diverse student population of just over 700 with a high concentration of ethnic Armenians. The school is home to the Watertown Raiders, who are best known for their varsity field hockey and boys' basketball programs. Watertown's colors are black and red.

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Sports

Watertown High has brought home several sports championships, as well as the state championships of 2007 and 2009 for boys' basketball. Watertown has had many state, Middlesex, and Division II championships from girls field hockey. Girls field hockey won the state tournament against Oakmont Regional High School in 2009; the final score was 1–0. They also beat Auburn in 2010 (1-0) and Oakmont again in 2011 (3-2). Watertown boys' hockey won the Division III State Championship in 2015. On October 21, 2015, the girls' field hockey team set a new high school national record by winning their 154th consecutive game.

Notable alumni

  • Eliza Dushku, actor - has appeared in several film and television roles
  • Hrach Gregorian, political consultant, educator, and writer
  • Michael Jingozian, the vice chairman of the Libertarian Party of the United States, founder and CEO, AngelVision, video producer
  • Mark Roopenian, NFL player
  • Anthony DiGiacomandrea, best beard in Watertown 2016
  • References

    Watertown High School (Massachusetts) Wikipedia