Hoosac Valley High School

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Hoosac Valley High School
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Hoosac Valley Middle and High School
Address
Hoosac Valley High School
125 Savoy Road

Cheshire, MA 01220

United States
Information
Type Public
Open enrollment [1]
Statusopen
School districtHoosac Valley Regional
SuperintendentAaron Dean
PrincipalColleen Byrd
Staff31.85 (FTE) [2]
Grades4 through 12
Age10to 19
Enrollment384 (2018–19) [2]
Average class size15.0
Student to teacher ratio12.06 [2]
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)  
MascotSparky the Hurricane
Budget$20,165,270 total
$13,483 per pupil (2016) [3]

Hoosac Valley High School is a public institution of secondary education located in Cheshire, Massachusetts, United States. It primarily serves students residing in the towns of Adams, Cheshire, and Savoy. Hoosac Valley, abbreviated HVHS, hosts grades 4 through 12. It, along with Hoosac Valley Elementary School comprise the Hoosac Valley Regional School District. The 7th and 8th graders of the HVRSD attend classes at Hoosac Valley High School, though they may not take part in many high school sports unless there is a shortage of players, and their section of the school is known as Hoosac Valley Middle School and the younger children stay, for the most part, separated from the older ones throughout the duration of the school day.

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History

Hoosac Valley High School opened in the year 1970, with the first class graduating in 1971. HVHS replaced Adams Memorial High School, the current location of the Adams Memorial Middle School. For a brief time, Adams Memorial Middle School closed due to the building being unsafe and its students (grades 7 & 8) moved to Hoosac Valley High School. A major renovation of the Hoosac Valley High School campus forced the student population (grades 7–12) to take classes at the Adams Memorial Middle School campus. Work on the Hoosac Valley High School campus began in 2010 and was completed in time to readmit students (now grades 6–12) in the fall of 2012. In 2019, the school district containing the high school renamed from the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District to the Hoosac Valley Regional School District. [4]

Hoosac trivia and tradition

HVHS's school colors are red and white.   

Sports teams use the name "Hurricanes," with Sparky the Lightning Bolt as their mascot. Occasionally, the name "Hurricanes" is shortened to just "Canes."

Like most schools, Hoosac has a rival: Drury High School, located in North Adams, Massachusetts.

In 2009, the Hoosac Boys' Basketball team made it to the Massachusetts championships, coincidentally playing their rival Drury for the Western Mass Champions title. Hoosac won the Western Mass title and later lost in the state semifinals to the Milton High Wildcats. Currently in 2024 The girls basketball team has won state while the boys lost.

In the 2009–2010 school year, the Hurricane football team won the Western Massachusetts Division II Championship with a record of 12–0.

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  2. 1 2 3 "Hoosac Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - per Pupil Expenditures Statewide Report".
  4. ↑ Lindsay, Dick. "Adams, Cheshire to vote on new name, other changes for regional school district". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

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