Ipswich High School (Massachusetts)

Ipswich High School is a public high school in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States, which serves students from grades nine through twelve. It is the only high school in the town of Ipswich. As of 2019, the school's principal is Jonathan Mitchell.[4][5] Ipswich High School shares a building with Ipswich Middle School.

Ipswich High School
Ipswich High School
Address
134 High Street

Ipswich
,
Massachusetts
01938

United States
Coordinates42°41′19″N 70°51′6″W
Information
TypePublic
Coeducational
Open enrollment[1]
Established1642
StatusOpen
School districtIpswich School District
PrincipalJonathan Mitchell
Staff47.35 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment516 (2017–18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.90[2]
Hours in school day7:45am-2:21pm (1:17pm on Thursdays)
Color(s)orange, white, and black             
Athletics conferenceCape Ann League
Sportsfootball
MascotTiger
Team nameIpswich Tigers
AccreditationNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
NewspaperThe Tiger Transcript [3]
Communities servedIpswich, Massachusetts
Websitewww.ipsk12.net/Domain/111

Athletics

Ipswich High School is a member of the Cape Ann League, and is a Division II competitor in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. Sports teams are known as the Tigers, and school colors are orange, white, and black.

Ipswich offers sports in the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Fall sports are cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, soccer, and volleyball. Winter sports are basketball, gymnastics (co-op at Gloucester), ice hockey (co-op at Rockport), indoor track, swim, and wrestling (co-op at Georgetown). In the spring, baseball, lacrosse, softball, tennis, and track and field are played.[6]

Graduation Requirements

In order to graduate from Ipswich High School, a total of 115 credits must be earned, with a minimum of 30 credits per year.[7] This includes the successful completion of the following categories _207–2018):

CourseLengthCredits
EnglishFour years20
Social StudiesFour years20
MathFour years*20
ScienceThree years*15
Foreign LanguagesTwo years10
Physical Education/WellnessEvery year*2.5/year
Health/Wellness2.5

∗Seniors may choose to replace this with participation in a sport.

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References
  1. "School Choice Receiving District Status" (PDF). www.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  2. "Ipswich High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. https://tigertranscript.com
  4. http://www.ipswichschools.org/High%20School/high_pri_org.html
  5. "Principal's Page / Principal's Page". www.ipsk12.net. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  6. "Registration". ipswichathletics.wixsite.com.
  7. "Program of Study, 2017–2018" (PDF). www.ipsk12. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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