New Canaan High School

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New Canaan High School
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New Canaan High School
11 Farm Rd

New Canaan
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Connecticut
06840

United States
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Type Public
CEEB code 070465
PrincipalWilliam Egan
Staff100.98 (FTE) [1]
Number of students1,324 (2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.11 [1]
Color(s)Red and black
  
MascotRams
Website www.ncps-k12.org/Domain/9

New Canaan High School is the only public high school in New Canaan, Connecticut.

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In 2017, it was ranked the best public high school in Connecticut, and one of the top 200 in the nation. [2] New Canaan High School was ranked the 74th best STEM high school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. [3]

The school is a part of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, otherwise known as the FCIAC. The New Canaan Rams have won numerous state championships. New Canaan is known for its competitive football, lacrosse, ice hockey, swimming, and tennis teams. Its football team holds 22 state championships and is consistently a top 10 team in the state. [4] [5] In 2016, its boys' lacrosse team was ranked 3rd in the nation. [6]

History

Construction on the current school building was finalized in 1971. The school is located on grounds donated by the Lapham family, carving off approximately 46 acres of Waveny Park. [7] [8]

In 2007, the school completed a multi-year, $60+ million renovation. [9] [10] An additional $14 million was spent on asbestos abatement, a portion of which was reimbursed through the settlement of an asbestos-related lawsuit. [11]

In 2010, New Canaan High School won the National Library of the Year award from the American Association of School Librarians. [12]

In August 2018, two lunch ladies from the school were arrested and accused of stealing about $500,000 from the cafeteria over a five-year period. The school received nationwide attention for the arrests. [13]

Athletics

New Canaan High School is part of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC). [14] School teams have won state championships in football, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, swimming, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country. [15]

Football

The school's football team, dubbed the Rams, has been led to 12 State Championships by coach Lou Marinelli, whose overall record at New Canaan is 321 wins, 96 losses, and 6 draws. [16]

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Football Game at NCHS

Basketball

On January 10, 2019, one of the school's players, Ryan McAleer, made national headlines when he intercepted the ball from Stamford High midair with 0.9 seconds on the clock, then made a basket from half court, winning the game. [17] [18] Also in 2019, the team won the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) Division IV championship for the first time since 1962, defeating Granby Memorial High School 55–39. [19] The boys' basketball team also earned CIAC class-level titles six times. [15]

Notable alumni

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  3. ↑ "2020 Best STEM High Schools in America". US News. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
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