Avon High School (Connecticut)

Avon High School is a public high school in Avon, Connecticut, United States, serving grades 9–12. The student population is about 1100. The school has undergone extensive renovations over the last 20 years. The school started its latest renovation project in 2006, which was completed in the fall of 2008. The latest renovation included the addition of classrooms, a second gymnasium, a new kitchen and cafeteria, orchestra room, several media centers, and interior cosmetic changes. An indoor track and a softball field were proposed, but were canceled due to a lack of funding. The school was also renovated during 1996 and 1997. The most recent renovations (2018-2019) done to the football field and track, replacing the grass field with turf and replacing the track. The principal for the 2018-2019 school year is Michael Renkawitz. On August 11, 2016, Newsweek ranked Avon High School as the 116th best public high school in the United States.[3]

Avon High School
Address
510 West Avon Road

Avon
,
Connecticut
06001

United States
Coordinates41.7833°N 72.8623°W / 41.7833; -72.8623
Information
MottoScientia Veritas (In knowledge there is truth).
Founded1958
School districtAvon Public Schools
PrincipalMichael Renkawitz [1]
Faculty83.60 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment951 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio12.09[2]
School color(s)Blue and White          
Athletics conferenceCentral Connecticut Conference
MascotFalcon
AccreditationNEASC
Websitewww.avon.k12.ct.us/ahs-home

Academics

Academic departments include Math, Social Studies, English, Science, World Languages, Health, Visual Arts, Music, and Physical Education. There are 67 subject area teachers.[4]

In order to graduate, students of the class of 2018 (the class of 2019 faces updated graduation requirements) and earlier must earn a minimum of 22.5 credits according to the following distribution:[5]

Arts

Arts offerings include music, visual arts, and theater arts.

The music offerings at Avon High School have expanded in recent years. Ensembles currently include:[6]

Bands

  • 9th grade Concert Band combined with the Symphonic Band.(2018-2019)
  • Wind Ensemble (audition-only)

Choirs

  • Women's Choir
  • Men's Choir
  • Chamber Choir
  • Camerata Singers

Orchestras

  • Concert Orchestra
  • Symphony Orchestra
  • Chamber Orchestra (audition-only)

Other musical opportunities include the jazz band, American School Band Directors Association festivals, American Choral Directors Association festivals, Connecticut Music Educators Association Northern Regional and All-State Festivals, and the New England Music Festival Association's festival (NEMFA).

Activities

The Avon High website notes that, "Avon High offers a great variety of extracurricular activities for students to get involved. A wide array of sports teams is well complemented by an eclectic mix of school clubs and groups."[7] Popular extracurricular activities include Student Government, the Avon Volunteers On Newness (A.V.O.N.) Club, Diversity Club, FIRST Robotics Team, Katie's Club, Model United Nations, National Honor Society, Gay-Straight Alliance, debate club, cooking club, Peer Support Club, and Yearbook. The Model U.N. club has been successful in local and state level competitions, and the Robotics Team, the ÜberBots, regularly competes in local, New England, and International FIRST Competitions.[8]

Awards and rankings
  • Ranked number 116 as top public high school in America by newsweek magazine 2016[9]
  • Ranked number 16 best high school in Connecticut in US News & World report rankings in 2017[10]

Sports

Avon High School has an extensive athletics program that frequently earns recognition in the Central Connecticut Conference and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Several athletes have earned All-American status. Offerings include cheerleading (co-ed), cross country (boys and girls), field hockey, football, soccer (boys and girls), volleyball, crew (boys and girls), basketball (boys and girls), ice hockey (joint program with Farmington and Windsor), swimming and diving (boys and girls), wrestling (co-ed), baseball, golf (boys and girls), lacrosse (boys and girls), softball, tennis (boys and girls), and track (boys and girls).[11]

Facilities for field hockey, football, cheerleading, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, track, and girls lacrosse are located at the high school. Boys lacrosse and girls tennis play at the middle school. Soccer, softball, and cross country have home bases at the Fisher Meadow recreational facility. Baseball plays at the Buckingham recreational facility. The crew team's home base is at the Batterson Park recreational facility in Farmington, CT.

The crew team has won multiple Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association Championship races, as well as many local races and titles. They often participate in the Head of the Charles Regatta.

Avon High School's Club Sport, Ultimate Frisbee won the Division II State Championship (2015) for Ultimate Frisbee.

CIAC State Championships
Year [12] Team [12] Class [12] Runner-up [12]
2019 Girls Volleyball L Guilford
2018 Girls Outdoor Track MM Sheehan
2018 Boys Golf Div. II Berlin
2017 Girls Cross Country MM RHAM
2017 Boys Golf Div. II New Canaan
2016 Girls Outdoor Track MM Nonnewaug
2015 Boys Soccer L Wethersfield
2015 Girls Cross Country MM RHAM
2014 Boys Soccer L (Co-Champions) Branford
2014 Girls Cross Country MM New Fairfield
2013 Boys Tennis M Guilford
2012 Boys Tennis M Joel Barlow
2012 Girls Cross Country MM Guilford
2012 Girls Soccer L Masuk
2011 Boys Tennis M Stonington
2011 Girls Soccer L Farmington
2008 Girls Basketball M Morgan
2005 Boys Basketball Div. III Fairfield Ludlowe
2003 Girls Soccer M Joel Barlow
2002 Girls Soccer M Waterford
2001 Girls Soccer M Lauralton Hall
2000 Boys Soccer M Lewis Mills
1995 Wrestling S Canton
1994 Boys Track and Field (Outdoor) S Rocky Hill
1994 Boys Tennis S
1994 Girls Cross Country SS
1994 Wrestling S Rocky Hill
1993 Wrestling S Nonnewaug
1993 Boys Soccer M Lewis Mills
1991 Boys Track and Field (Outdoor) S Litchfield
1990 Wrestling S Terryville
1989 Boys Soccer M Joel Barlow
1989 Wrestling S Platt
1988 Boys Basketball S Windsor Locks
1988 Boys Soccer M Stonington
1987 Boys Soccer M Waterford
1987 Girls Cross Country M Pomperaug
1987 Wrestling S Berlin
1986 Boys Tennis S
1986 Girls Tennis S (Co-Champions) New Fairfield
1985 Boys Soccer M Brookfield
1985 Girls Cross Country Open
1985 Girls Cross Country M
1985 Boys Golf Div. II
1984 Boys Soccer M Joel Barlow
1984 Field Hockey S Weston
1984 Girls Cross Country Open Montville
1984 Girls Cross Country M
1983 Field Hockey S Old Saybrook
1983 Wrestling S Derby
1982 Wrestling S Pulaski
1980 Boys Track and Field (Outdoor) S (Co-Champions) Stafford, Litchfield
1979 Boys Track and Field (Outdoor) S Litchfield
1976 Boys Soccer M Middletown
1968 Baseball S Cromwell
1968 Boys Track and Field (Indoor) S
1966 Boys Track and Field (Outdoor) S
1966 Boys Track and Field (Indoor) S
1965 Boys Track and Field (Indoor) S
1964 Boys Track and Field (Outdoor) S
1964 Boys Track and Field (Indoor) S
1962 Baseball S Coventry

Source: CIAC. http://www.casciac.org/

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References
  1. "Staff Directory". Avon Public Schools. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  2. "Avon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  3. McCready, Brian (August 11, 2016). "Newsweek's Top Public High Schools 2016: How Connecticut Schools Ranked". Manchester, CT Patch. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. Staff Directory for Avon High School Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. AHS Guidance: Avon Public Schools CT
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  7. Avon High Extracurricular Activities Archived October 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Avon High School Robotics Team". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  9. "Newsweek: Avon High School Among the Best In The Nation". patch. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  10. "Avon High School Cracks the Top 20 in US News Rankings". patch. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  11. Avon High Athletics Archived April 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "CIAC Sports Champions Database Search".
  13. Riley, Lori (August 21, 2010). "McNeill Helps Beat To Victory Over Breakers In Women's Soccer". Hartford Courant. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
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