Winnacunnet High School

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Winnacunnet High School
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Winnacunnet High School
1 Alumni Drive
Hampton, NH 03842

United States
Coordinates 42°55′55″N70°49′57″W / 42.93194°N 70.83250°W / 42.93194; -70.83250
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Type Comprehensive Public High School
MottoSchool of Champions
EstablishedOctober 30, 1957
School district School Administrative Unit 21
SuperintendentMeredith Nadeau
PrincipalWilliam McGowan
Staff96.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,109 (2021-2022) [1]
Student to teacher ratio10.95 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)    Red, White, and Royal Blue
MascotThe Warrior
NewspaperWinnachronicle
Feeder schools Seabrook Elementary School
Seabrook Middle School
Hampton Academy
Lincoln Akerman School
Barnard School
North Hampton School
Television stationWHTV
Website www.winnacunnet.org

Winnacunnet High School is an American public high school in Hampton, New Hampshire. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 who live in Hampton, Seabrook, North Hampton, South Hampton, and Hampton Falls. Students from South Hampton attend either Amesbury High School or Winnacunnet High School. Winnacunnet is a Native American [ clarification needed ] word that means "beautiful place of the pines". [2] William McGowan has been the principal since 2010.

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History

On October 30, 1957, the groundbreaking began for the construction of the school. Winnacunnet High School opened for the first time in the fall of 1958 with an attendance of 474 students. Before 1958, area students attended the Hampton Academy and High School, a junior-senior high school that still exists today as the junior high school for Hampton. [3] The official Winnacunnet High dedication ceremony took place on October 26, 1958. The school has undergone construction and renovations in recent years, including a renovated cafeteria and stand alone gymnasium. [4]

The school was in the national news in 1990 when Pamela Smart conspired with 15-year-old sophomore student William "Billy" Flynn and, according to him, convinced him to murder her husband Greg Smart on May 1, 1990. [5] Smart did not work at Winnacunnet High School but at the SAU 21 building across the street, located on Winnacunnet school grounds. Smart was convicted of first-degree murder in March 1991, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. She is currently serving her sentence in a maximum security prison in New York State.

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References

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  2. ↑ Lassiter, Cheryl. "Winnacunnet remembered, no matter how it is spelled". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ↑ History of Hampton Academy and High School, Lane Memorial Library
  4. ↑ "Winnacunnet High School | Marinace Architects" . Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  5. ↑ "Sex, Lies and Murder: The Pamela Smart Case", by Jan Bouchard-Kerr, CourtTV Crime Library
  6. ↑ Sargent, Colin W. (Summer 2012). "The Long Weekend Update: Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow" (PDF). Portland Monthly Magazine. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Votesmart.org.-Robert Reynolds "Renny" Cushing
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