Watertown High School (Connecticut)

Watertown High School (WHS) is a public high school serving Watertown, Connecticut, United States.

Watertown High School
Address
324 French Street

Watertown
,
Connecticut
06795

United States
Coordinates41°35′50″N 73°06′07″W
Information
School typePublic
Established1929 (1929)
School districtWatertown Public Schools
CEEB code070882
PrincipalJanet Parlato
Grades9-12
Enrollment839 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)Orange and black
  
SloganDream
AthleticsCAS
Athletics conferenceNaugatuck Valley League
MascotWarriors
Team nameIndians (1929–2022)
Websitewww.watertownps.org/o/watertown-high-school

Athletics

Watertown is a member of the Naugatuck Valley League. It supports a wide array of sports for its students, including soccer, cross country, field hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, indoor track, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance team, wrestling, swimming and diving, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, outdoor track, and lacrosse. Facilities for the sports are scattered all across Watertown, including its new turf field (2009) and pool located on campus, Deland Field, Veterans Memorial Park[2] and Crestbrook Park Golf Course. Watertown is a member of CAS and CIAC. The boys' ice hockey team is a co-op between both Watertown High School and Pomperaug High School of Southbury, Connecticut. This team, unlike other sports the school offers, is a member of the South West Conference. All home games are played on the campus of the Taft School, also located in Watertown. Also co-op with Pomperaug is the boys' wrestling team.

The "Indians" mascot had been in use since the school's inception. The Watertown Board of Education voted on January 15, 2021, to retire the "Indians" mascot from the school's athletic teams.[3] Students of the school chose the Warriors as the new mascot.[4] Fawn Sharp, President of the National Congress of American Indians commended the change.[5]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Watertown High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. Veterans Memorial Park
  3. "Watertown High School students select a new mascot". fox61.com. October 23, 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. "Watertown High School Votes to Change Mascot". NBC Connecticut. October 23, 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. "NCAI Letter to Watertown HS" (PDF). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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