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Dedham High School is a public high school in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States, and a part of the Dedham Public Schools. The school was founded in 1851 by the oldest public school system in the country.〔 As one of the best high schools in Massachusetts,〔 it earned a silver medal from ''U.S. News & World Report'' in 2013, one of only 30 schools in Massachusetts to do so.〔 In recent years the school has seen tremendous growth in both the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses and in qualifying scores on the exams.〔 The schools athletic program offers 26 varsity sports with a mascot known as the Marauders,〔 and 26 co-curricular clubs and activities.〔 Each student also receives a personal computer from the school, either a netbook or an iPad. ==History== As early as 1827 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required all towns with more than 500 families to establish a free public high school for students to attend.〔〔 Beginning in 1844 the School Committee began recommending that the Town establish a high school, but it wasn't until 1850 when, under threat of a lawsuit, that Town Meeting voted to "instruct the Town's School Committee to hire a building and teacher, and establish a High School according to law."〔 A sum of $3,000 was appropriated to support it.〔 Charles J. Capen, a private high school teacher, was hired to teach at the new school, and his classroom above the Masonic Hall was rented by the Town.〔 The building, located at 25 Church Street, was previously Miss Emily Hodge's Private School.〔 The school would use this space from 1851-1854 when the school was moved to the Town House on Bullard Street.〔 It remained there one year until, in 1855, a new school was built on Highland Street and dedicated on December 10.〔 A new school was built on Bryant Street in 1887, and students moved in on October 3.〔 After 1915, when the high school moved to Whiting Ave, the building housed the Ames Junior High School, and today it is the site of the Dedham Town Hall.〔 From 1915 to 1959 the high school was located at 70 Whiting Ave, and in 1932 a new wing was added at a cost of $200,000.〔 This wing was used as the Oakdale Junior High School. Special laws were passed by the Great and General Court in 1957 allowing the Town to use Stone Park across the street to build a new high school.〔Chapters 64 and 65 of the Acts of 1957〕 In 1959 classes began at 140 Whiting Ave, and continue to the present.〔 An addition to this building was added in 1967 which consisted of a new academic wing and an additional gymnasium, and in 1976 a new library, a larger cafeteria, modern science laboratories, swimming pool, and more classrooms were added.〔 The old cafeteria was converted into an auto body shop,〔 and is currently the home of the Town's Facilities Department. The population of the school peaked in 1972 with more than 2,100 students in grades 9-12, but declined in years following.〔 The then-middle school (housed in the 1915 High School building), however, was at capacity, and so from 1996 until the new middle school opened in 2007 Dedham High School served grades 8-12.〔 The library was renovated and expanded in 1999,〔 and the C-Wing of the school was renovated with state-of-the-art new science labs in 2002.〔 The superintendent and other central administrators have offices in renovated classrooms in the B-wing, and the Town's Youth Commission has offices in the E-wing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dedham High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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