Newton South High School

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Newton South High School
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Address
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road

Newton
,
Massachusetts
02459

United States
Coordinates 42°18′51.73″N71°11′11.36″W / 42.3143694°N 71.1864889°W / 42.3143694; -71.1864889
Information
MottoBona mens omnibus patet
(A good mind is open to all things)
Established1960;64 years ago (1960)
School district Newton Public Schools
CEEB code 221548
PrincipalTamara Stras
Teaching staff156.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,837 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio11.78 [1]
Campus size33.477 acres (13.548 ha)
Color(s)  Blue
  Orange
MascotLion
NewspaperThe Lion's Roar, Denebola
YearbookRegulus
Website nshs.newton.k12.ma.us
Last updated: May 11, 2019;5 years ago (2019-05-11)

Newton South High School is one of two public high schools in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, United States, the other being Newton North.

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History and student life

By the late 1950s, Newton's sole public high school, Newton High, grew to 3,000 students. Newton built a new school, Newton South, in the Oak Hill neighborhood in 1960. [2] The school is organized into three student houses—Cutler, Goodwin, and Wheeler (Goldrick being added later)—each with a student commons. [2]

Newton South was the first public high school to create a gay–straight alliance in the United States in the early 1990s. [3]

Newton South features two award-winning student newspapers, Denebola and The Lion's Roar. [4]

U.S. News & World Report ranked Newton South as the 664th-best high school in the country and 20th-best in the Massachusetts in its 2020 rankings. [5]

The school is part of the Newton Public School District.

Public attention

The school gained notoriety in 2002 for its "Senior Scavenger Hunt", [6] a student-organized contest that featured theft, vandalism, illegal drug use, and various sexual acts committed by the graduating seniors in exchange for points. [7]

On February 8, 2007, the Newton South STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition chapter organized a Darfur Benefit Concert with the well known band, State Radio, raising over $23,000 for Save the Children and the Genocide Intervention Network. [8]

Sports

Newton South competes in the DCL (Dual County League). [9]

Awards and recognition

Newton South was named Massachusetts's top athletic program by Sports Illustrated in 2009. [10]

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 From the description of Newton South High School History, 1960–2003. (Minuteman Library Network). WorldCat record id: 319889351. Published by SNAC Cooperative
  3. ↑ Jennings, Kevin: Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir, page 196. Beacon Press, 2006.
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