Thomaston High School

Thomaston High School
Location
Thomaston, Connecticut United States
Information
Type	High School
Motto	"Live to learn, learn to live"
Principal	Mr. John Perrucci
Faculty	30
Number of students	About 600
Campus	Thomaston, CT
Color(s)	Brown and Gold
Mascot	The Golden Bear
Yearbook	The Owl
Website	High School Homepage

Thomaston High School is a public school for grades 7 through 12 in Thomaston, Connecticut. The school has an enrollment of about 600 students.

Athletics

Accomplishments

• The Thomaston High School boys' cross country team has won the Berkshire League Title 8 times (1972, 1973, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008). They have won Connecticut Class S State Championship title 5 times (1973, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007).^[1] The team has recorded wins at multiple state invitationals such as the Windham, Coginchaug, and Nonnewaug invites while going undefeated several seasons.^[2] The team has also accomplished a new Berkshire League Record with 59 straight wins.^[3]
• The girls' cross country team has recorded multiple 10-0 seasons, with their latest in 2011. The girls' team has begun having its own success in the Berkshire League, winning five straight league titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011). In 2010, they won their first Class S State Championship and, at the State Open a week later, qualified for the New England Championship in Thetford, Vermont, where they completed their season with an 8th-place finish.^[4][5] The girls' team repeated this feat in 2011, winning the Class S State Championship over Immaculate High School while simultaneously qualifying for the New England Championship in North Scituate, Rhode Island, where they finished 13th.^[6][7]
• On May 16, 2009, the Thomaston High School boys' track and field team won the Berkshire League Championship, the first in school history, and accomplished this without a track of their own. The team later finished the season undefeated with a 10-0 record.
• The Thomaston High School baseball team won the school's first Class "S" state championship in 2008.
• The Thomaston High School basketball team won the Class "S" state championship in 1990 and again in 1991, in which they were undefeated.
• On February 10, 2007, the Thomaston High School wrestling team placed firstin the Berkshire League Wrestling Tournament, becoming the 2007 Berkshire League Champions.

Teams

High school

• Cross country
• Wrestling
• Basketball
• Golf
• Indoor Track
• Baseball
• Tennis
• Softball
• Field Hockey
• Track and Field
• Soccer

Middle school

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Wrestling
• Field Hockey
• Softball
• Cross Country
• Track and Field
• Soccer

Controversy

The school was in the news in 1998 when it expelled a student caught smoking marijuana off school grounds. The case raised issues concerning the extent that schools can police students' lives. The expulsion was appealed to Connecticut State Supreme Court, which ruled that students could be expelled if their off site behavior "markedly interrupts or severely impedes the day-to-day operation of the school." The student was reinstated and filed a lawsuit against Thomaston after graduation.^[8][9]

References

1. http://www.berkshireleague.org/
2. http://mysportsresults.com/Results/default.aspx
3. http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2009/10/02/news/thomaston/doc4ac5551a205bc014398536.txt
4. http://mysportsresults.com/Results/default.aspx
5. http://mysportsresults.com/Results/Results/NE10-GirlsXCChampionships.htm
6. http://mysportsresults.com/Results/Results/CIAC-Girls-Open-Championship-20111108.htm
7. http://mysportsresults.com/Results/Results/NewEnglandXCGirlsChampionships-20111112.htm
8. Richard Weizel, "At Issue: Discipline for Actions Taken Off School Grounds", New York Times, Feb 22, 1998, Sec. Connecticut, Pg. 1.
9. Rachel Gottlieb, "Court Rules Graduate May Sue School Board: Ex-Student Cleared To Seek Damages", The Hartford Courant, January 13, 2000, Sec: town News, Pg. B1.

External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 41°39′33″N 73°05′45″W / 41.6591°N 73.0958°W