Amherst Regional High School (Massachusetts)

Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) is a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, for students in grades 9–12. It is part of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, which comprises the towns of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, and Shutesbury, Massachusetts.[3] Its official colors are maroon and white. ARHS's current principal, beginning in the 2020-21 academic year, is Talib Sadiq.[4]

Amherst Regional High School
Address
21 Mattoon Street

Amherst
,
Massachusetts
01002

United States
Coordinates42°22′51″N 72°30′46″W
Information
School typePublic High School
Open enrollment[1]
MottoVeritas Unitas Caritas
(Truth Unity Charity)
Founded1956
SuperintendentDouglas Slaughter
PrincipalTalib Sadiq
Teaching staff70.81 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment924 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio13.05[2]
LanguageEnglish with ELL programs
AreaAmherst, Pelham, Leverett, Shutesbury
Color(s)Maroon and White    
MascotHurri the Hurricane
Team nameHurricanes
NewspaperThe Graphic
YearbookThe Goldbug
Websitearhs.arps.org

Extracurricular and non-academic activities

Sports

The school's sports teams are known as the Hurricanes. The nickname first appears in the Goldbug yearbook of 1942, in the Sports/Baseball section,[5] "Hurricanes humble Hopkins". The nickname is likely in recognition of the 1938 New England Hurricane.[6] "History of the Class", Goldbug 1939, is entitled "The Epic Of A Hurricane";[7] it begins "We are a hurricane."

The boys' cross-country team has been listed in the top 100 high school teams in America, and has won many Western Massachusetts championships, most recently in 2018.[8] In 2001 they won the State Championship.[9]

ARHS is one of many high schools in Massachusetts with a nationally ranked Ultimate program.[10][11] The program hosts the annual Amherst Invitational Ultimate Tournament which pits 30 high school teams from across the country in the oldest and one of the largest high school tournaments in the USA.[12]

The 1992–1993 girls' basketball team inspired the book In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais.

The Football team won the 1999 Massachusetts High School Super Bowl by defeating Southbridge, 27–7. It was the first Super Bowl win for Amherst in 25 years.[13][14]

Amherst High Athletics came to national attention in the fall of 2016, when the entire volleyball team, with the exception of one player, decided to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem at an away game against rival Minnechaug on Oct. 7, 2016. The sole player who chose to stand was profiled by ESPN.[15]

Survival living

ARHS is one of the few schools in the nation to offer a Wilderness Survival program.[16]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - Error Page" (PDF). www.doe.mass.edu.
  2. "Amherst Regional High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools - Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools". www.arps.org.
  4. "ARPS Staff Directory | Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools". www.arps.org. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. "Goldbug 1942 Sports Baseball". Amherst Regional High School. 1942.
  6. "National Weather Service, The Great New England Hurricane of 1938".
  7. "Goldbug 1939 History of the class". Amherst Regional High School. 1939.
  8. "Amherst reclaims boys Division 1 cross country title | GazetteNet.com". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  9. "Massachusetts Cross Country 2001 All-Massachusetts Championship Natasha Roetter smashes state record Andy Pitts, Amherst boys win big". November 17, 2001. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  10. "USA Ultimate youth boys rankings". Archived from the original on 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  11. "USA Ultimate youth girls rankings". Archived from the original on 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  12. "2012 Amherst Invitational Tournament Website". Archived from the original on June 24, 2012.
  13. Fitchburg Sentinel from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Monday, December 8, 1975, Page 8
  14. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Super Bowl history from 1972–2013, Boston Herald, August 10, 2014
  15. "Understand why the national anthem is a protest, every time it's sung".
  16. "ARHS Survival Living: About". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  17. "Annie Baker's the Flick Wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
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