Beverly High School

Beverly High School
Address
100 Sohier Rd.
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
USA
Coordinates Coordinates: 42°33′52.8″N 70°52′52.4″W / 42.564667°N 70.881222°W / 42.564667; -70.881222
Information
Type Public High School
Established 1859
Superintendent Marie Galinski
Principal Sean Gallagher
Grades 9-12
Number of students 1,268 (2010)[1]
School color(s) Orange & Black         
Song Onward and Onward for Beverly High
Athletics conference Northeastern Conference (NEC)
Mascot Panther
Nickname Beverly Panthers
Rival Salem
Average SAT scores 517 verbal
523 math
511 writing
1551 total (2015-2016)[1]
Newspaper The Ledger
Yearbook Beverlega
Website BHSonline.org

Beverly High School is a four-year public high school in Beverly, Massachusetts. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students and is accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Education and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The staff consists of a Principal, three assistant principals, an Athletic Director, six Guidance Counselors and about a hundred teachers including six department heads. The school mascot is the Beverly High Panthers.

Academics

BHS offers four foreign languages including French, Spanish, Russian, and German. The school also offers 12 advanced placement courses. Over 90% of graduating seniors enroll in two or four year colleges.

Extracurriculars

Athletics

Beverly High School is a member of M.I.A.A with athletes participating in the Northeastern Conference. Athletics are open to all students at Beverly High School during Fall, Winter and Spring seasons.

Fall Sports

Winter Sports

Spring Sports

Men's Ice Hockey

Beverly High School has a rich history of men's ice hockey. The Panthers won a division II State Championship in 2014 against Medfield 2-1 in front of a huge crowd at the TD Garden. That season ended with a 22-1-1 record.

Football

Beverly High School has played rival Salem High School on Thanksgiving since 1891, making it one of the longest high school football rivalries in the country. The 100th game in 1998 attracted over 11,000 fans to Hurd Stadium. The overall record has BHS winning 54–51–7.


In 2010, the team won the Division III State Championship by defeating heavily favored and undefeated [[Somerset High School

(Massachusetts)|Somerset]] by a score of 28-20. Beverly overcame a 20-7 halftime deficit, and rallied back to complete one of the biggest upsets in Massachusetts High School Playoff Football history.

In 2012, the Beverly Panthers varsity football team won the division 3 Super Bowl against Natick at Gillette Stadium, winning 28-21. This win gave them a perfect season of 13-0, the first in the high school's history. High.

Clubs

Beverly High School has various clubs, including:

Construction

In 2011 main construction of the new Beverly High School, still located at 100 Sohier Road, completed. The old building has since been demolished and landscaping and site work is currently completed, including the two new turf fields that were installed.

Solar panels

Installed in 1981, Beverly High School became the first school in the country to have solar panels. These 100 kW ground mounted panels were supplanted by 83 kW of roof mounted solar panels in 2011.[2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat_perf.aspx
  2. ↑ Beverly's Green High School Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Slotnik, Daniel E. (2014-01-01). "Alfred Marshall, Founder of Stores That Bear His Name, Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-16.

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