Newton South High School

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

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.<ref name="SNAC">From the description of Newton South High School History, 1960–2003. (Minuteman Library Network). WorldCat record id: 319889351. Published by SNAC Cooperative</ref> The school is organized into four student houses—Cutler, Goldrick, Goodwin, and Wheeler—each with a student commons.<ref name="SNAC" />

Newton South was the first public high school to create a gay–straight alliance in the United States in the early 1990s.<ref>Jennings, Kevin: Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir, page 196. Beacon Press, 2006.</ref>

Newton South features two award-winning student newspapers, Denebola and The Lion's Roar.<ref name="scoops">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

U.S. News & World Report ranked Newton South as the 446th-best high school in the country and 20th-best in the Massachusetts in its 2020 rankings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The school is part of the Newton Public School District.

Public attention

The school gained notoriety in 2002 for its "Senior Scavenger Hunt",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a student-organized contest that featured theft, vandalism, illegal drug use, and various sexual acts committed by the graduating seniors in exchange for points.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 $230,000 for Save the Children and the Genocide Intervention Network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sports

Newton South competes in the DCL (Dual County League).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

  • Fall sports
    • Football (B)
    • Soccer (B+G)
    • Cross Country (B+G)
    • Volleyball (G)
    • Golf (Co-Ed)
    • Field Hockey (Co-Ed)
    • Cheerleading (Co-Ed)
  • Winter sports
    • Basketball (B+G)
    • Gymnastics (B+G)
    • Nordic Skiing (B+G)
    • Alpine Skiing (B+G)
    • Indoor Track and Field (B+G)
    • Wrestling (Co-Ed)
    • Hockey (B+G)
    • Swimming and Diving (B+G)
    • Cheerleading (Co-Ed)
  • Spring sports
    • Lacrosse (B+G)
    • Baseball (B)
    • Softball (G)
    • Volleyball (B)
    • Track and Field (B+G)
    • Tennis (B+G)
    • Ultimate Frisbee (B)

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Awards and recognition

Newton South was named America's top athletic program by Sports Illustrated in 2010.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Notable alumni

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  • Roger Myerson, class of 1969, was one of the three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007 "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Hari Nef, class of 2011, transgender actress, model, and writer. Debuted at New York Fashion Week Spring 2015<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • B. J. Novak, class of 1997, co-executive producer, writer, and actor for NBC's comedy The Office<ref name="Denebola" />
  • Joe Rogan, class of 1985, TV host of Fear Factor, The Man Show, Joe Rogan Questions Everything, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast<ref name="Denebola" />
  • Eli Roth, class of 1990, film director, producer, writer, and actor. Co-starred with Novak in Inglourious Basterds<ref name="Denebola" />
  • Jason Solowsky, class of 1995, film composer, guitarist and pianist. Composed music for over 100 films<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Bronze Age Pervert, class of 1998, author of Bronze Age Mindset<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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References

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