Brockton High School, established in 1870, is a high school located in Brockton, Massachusetts. It is a part of Brockton Public Schools. As of 2010 Brockton High School, with about 4,100 students, is one of the largest high schools in the United States and the largest high school in Massachusetts. Although widely stated by locals to be the largest high school East of the Mississippi River, it is in fact false, as this title is currently held by Brooklyn Technical High School in New York City. Brockton High School's colors are Black & Red and their mascot is the Boxers, which is a reference to the storied boxing history of the city, and also a tribute to hall-of-fame boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, who are both from Brockton and alumni of Brockton High School.
History
When Brockton High was established, it could house only 125 students. As the population of Brockton grew, there was increasing demand for a larger building. In 1906, a new high school was constructed, consisting of an "A" building and a "B" building. By the 1960s, student numbers exceeded capacity, causing split sessions; upper classmen and sophomores attended school at different times of the day. The sophomores attended in the afternoon while the upperclassman took their classes in the morning. In 1965, the City Council Finance Committee approved an $8 million proposal to construct a new high school to accommodate the swelling student body. In 1965, the ground for the new building was broken and in 1970, the school was complete. The "A" building has since been torn down, and the "B" building currently houses about 4,265 students in the nine buildings which comprise the current high school. The building is approximately the size of an aircraft carrier (1/3 mile long) and has 13.5 acres (55,000m2) of floor space, about half the size of the Prudential Center in Boston.
Brockton High School (also known as Brockton HS, BHS, or simply known as Brockton) is a Toronto District School Board learning complex based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that currently operates as Brockton Learning Centre consisting of the Aboriginal Education Centre and the Caring and Safe Schools Brockton program. Originally, it is also a former public and vocationalhigh school which was operated from 1967 to 1995 by the Toronto Board of Education, which was later merged in 1998 into the TDSB. The Brockton property, located near the Dufferin Mall, is currently owned by the Toronto Lands Corporation, a realtor arm of the school board.
History
Brockton High School opened its doors to the community in 1966, as a vocational school.
In 1986, the Toronto Board of Education announced that it planned to close the West Park Secondary School facility by 1988 with the latter campus being given to the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board). A task force recommended that the student body is transferred to Brockton High School. That year, the Toronto Star wrote that West Park students were expected to be transferred to Brockton. The school received students from West Park.
The precise stage of schooling provided by a high school differs from country to country, and may vary within the same jurisdiction. In all of New Zealand and Malaysia, along with most of Britain and parts of Australia, Bangladesh and Canada, high school means the same thing as secondary school, but instead of starting in 9th grade, these "secondary schools" begin at ages 11 or 12.
Country by country
Australia
In Australia, high school is a secondary school, from Year 7 or Year 8 through to Year 12, varying from state to state. High school immediately follows primary (elementary) school; therefore, a Year-7 Australian high-school student is sometimes as young as 12. In Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the term "high school" generally refers to Years 7–10, whereas the term "College" is used for Years 11–12. In Victoria the term "secondary college" has largely replaced the term "high school" following the reforms of the Labor Government in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Some schools have retained the name "high school" (such as Melbourne High School) and many have now dropped the "secondary" and are simply known as "college".
High school is the last segment of compulsory secondary education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Scotland, the United States, and other countries; the term also refers to the building where such education takes place.
High school may also refer to:
Education
Folk high school, institutions of adult and continuing education common in the Nordic countries and Germany
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last four years of statutory formal education (grade nine through grade twelve) either at high school or split between a final year of 'junior high school' and three in high school.
History
The United States historically had a demand for general skills rather than specific training/apprenticeships. High school enrollment increased when schools at this level became free, laws required children to attend until a certain age, and it was believed that every American student had the opportunity to participate regardless of their ability.
In 1892, in response to many competing academic philosophies being promoted at the time, a working group of educators, known as the "Committee of Ten" was established by the National Education Association. It recommended twelve years of instruction, consisting of eight years of elementary education followed by four years of high school. Rejecting suggestions that high schools should divide students into college-bound and working-trades groups from the start, and in some cases also by race or ethnic background, they unanimously recommended that "every subject which is taught at all in a secondary school should be taught in the same way and to the same extent to every pupil so long as he pursues it, no matter what the probable destination of the pupil may be, or at what point his education is to cease."
Brockton High School will have their annual Pops Concert outside of the Fine Arts Building.
May 19, 2021
published: 12 May 2021
Brockton High School Virtual Spring Concert 4-7-21
Brockton High School Virtual Spring Concert
April 7, 2021
published: 07 Apr 2021
Brockton High School
A video that highlights Brockton High School. Produced by students in Mrs. Tartaglia's television production classes.
published: 19 Jun 2014
Would You Rather with students at Brockton High School Part 2 | Shiraq
#Shiraq #BrocktonHighSchool #WouldYouRather
published: 12 Dec 2018
Brockton High School Virtual Holiday Concert 12-21-20
December 21, 2020
published: 22 Dec 2020
Last Day of School Senior Year 2019 at Brockton High School || Shiraq
My last day of school at BHS in Brockton Ma.
" Who just graduated High School, SHIRAQ DID THAT"
#Shiraq #BrocktonHighSchool #LastDayofSchool
published: 03 Jun 2019
BHS Football vs Bridgewater-Raynham 4-10-21
Southeast Conference Championship
Armond C. Colombo Field at Rocky Marciano Stadium at Brockton High School
A collaboration between Bridgewater TV and Brockton Community Access
April 10, 2021
published: 10 Apr 2021
BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL- DANCE CLASSES
BROCKTON HIGH STUDENTS!! SIGN UP TODAY!! LETS GET OUR KIDS ACTIVE and INVOLVED in ADTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!! FREE DANCE CLASSES #beginners #intermediate #advance #latindance #hiphop #afrobeat #tiktok with #ejdancestudio #bcityreps BCity Reps Dance Studio.
MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS 2P-330P Sign up w/Ms. Boyd in the GREEN ENGLISH OFFICE.
Hoping for a future BHS Dance Crew!
SPREAD THE WORD!!
THANK YOU Brockton Cultural Council
MUSIC Levitating
ARTIST Dua Lipa feat Dababy
Choreographers Social Media
Kassandra Rateau@bcityreps
- Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean, Step
Evens Joseph @ejdancestudio
-Latin
Southeast Conference Championship
Armond C. Colombo Field at Rocky Marciano Stadium at Brockton High School
A collaboration between Bridgewater TV and Brockton ...
Southeast Conference Championship
Armond C. Colombo Field at Rocky Marciano Stadium at Brockton High School
A collaboration between Bridgewater TV and Brockton Community Access
April 10, 2021
Southeast Conference Championship
Armond C. Colombo Field at Rocky Marciano Stadium at Brockton High School
A collaboration between Bridgewater TV and Brockton Community Access
April 10, 2021
BROCKTON HIGH STUDENTS!! SIGN UP TODAY!! LETS GET OUR KIDS ACTIVE and INVOLVED in ADTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!! FREE DANCE CLASSES #beginners #intermediate #advance...
BROCKTON HIGH STUDENTS!! SIGN UP TODAY!! LETS GET OUR KIDS ACTIVE and INVOLVED in ADTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!! FREE DANCE CLASSES #beginners #intermediate #advance #latindance #hiphop #afrobeat #tiktok with #ejdancestudio #bcityreps BCity Reps Dance Studio.
MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS 2P-330P Sign up w/Ms. Boyd in the GREEN ENGLISH OFFICE.
Hoping for a future BHS Dance Crew!
SPREAD THE WORD!!
THANK YOU Brockton Cultural Council
MUSIC Levitating
ARTIST Dua Lipa feat Dababy
Choreographers Social Media
Kassandra Rateau@bcityreps
- Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean, Step
Evens Joseph @ejdancestudio
-Latin
BROCKTON HIGH STUDENTS!! SIGN UP TODAY!! LETS GET OUR KIDS ACTIVE and INVOLVED in ADTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!! FREE DANCE CLASSES #beginners #intermediate #advance #latindance #hiphop #afrobeat #tiktok with #ejdancestudio #bcityreps BCity Reps Dance Studio.
MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS 2P-330P Sign up w/Ms. Boyd in the GREEN ENGLISH OFFICE.
Hoping for a future BHS Dance Crew!
SPREAD THE WORD!!
THANK YOU Brockton Cultural Council
MUSIC Levitating
ARTIST Dua Lipa feat Dababy
Choreographers Social Media
Kassandra Rateau@bcityreps
- Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean, Step
Evens Joseph @ejdancestudio
-Latin
Southeast Conference Championship
Armond C. Colombo Field at Rocky Marciano Stadium at Brockton High School
A collaboration between Bridgewater TV and Brockton Community Access
April 10, 2021
BROCKTON HIGH STUDENTS!! SIGN UP TODAY!! LETS GET OUR KIDS ACTIVE and INVOLVED in ADTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!! FREE DANCE CLASSES #beginners #intermediate #advance #latindance #hiphop #afrobeat #tiktok with #ejdancestudio #bcityreps BCity Reps Dance Studio.
MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS 2P-330P Sign up w/Ms. Boyd in the GREEN ENGLISH OFFICE.
Hoping for a future BHS Dance Crew!
SPREAD THE WORD!!
THANK YOU Brockton Cultural Council
MUSIC Levitating
ARTIST Dua Lipa feat Dababy
Choreographers Social Media
Kassandra Rateau@bcityreps
- Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean, Step
Evens Joseph @ejdancestudio
-Latin
Brockton High School, established in 1870, is a high school located in Brockton, Massachusetts. It is a part of Brockton Public Schools. As of 2010 Brockton High School, with about 4,100 students, is one of the largest high schools in the United States and the largest high school in Massachusetts. Although widely stated by locals to be the largest high school East of the Mississippi River, it is in fact false, as this title is currently held by Brooklyn Technical High School in New York City. Brockton High School's colors are Black & Red and their mascot is the Boxers, which is a reference to the storied boxing history of the city, and also a tribute to hall-of-fame boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, who are both from Brockton and alumni of Brockton High School.
History
When Brockton High was established, it could house only 125 students. As the population of Brockton grew, there was increasing demand for a larger building. In 1906, a new high school was constructed, consisting of an "A" building and a "B" building. By the 1960s, student numbers exceeded capacity, causing split sessions; upper classmen and sophomores attended school at different times of the day. The sophomores attended in the afternoon while the upperclassman took their classes in the morning. In 1965, the City Council Finance Committee approved an $8 million proposal to construct a new high school to accommodate the swelling student body. In 1965, the ground for the new building was broken and in 1970, the school was complete. The "A" building has since been torn down, and the "B" building currently houses about 4,265 students in the nine buildings which comprise the current high school. The building is approximately the size of an aircraft carrier (1/3 mile long) and has 13.5 acres (55,000m2) of floor space, about half the size of the Prudential Center in Boston.
Bubble gum and house parties When you stole your parents rum And tried to screw everything that could breathe Back in high school we didn't have a whole lot to do We watched the world go by on the television screen Said it's the 90's kids that's way out this is way in Go beat each other up on the dance floor Told us drugs were no good But then we smoked 'em and liked 'em So much that we smoked a little more We liked 'em so much, we smoked a little more Did I call your name? Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you? You're so the same but your so different I didn't recognize you It's kinda hard with all that sexual confusion Sometimes you don't know if you're gay or straight But what's the difference, it's a wonderful illusion Most times you won't make it past second base I'm in a band, we kinda suck but we don't now it yet And I don't care anyway 'Cuz soon, I'm gonna sell these drums, pay my rent Support my kid and tell him all about way back in daddy's day I'll tell him all about way back in daddy's day Did I call your name? Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you? You're so the same but your so different I didn't recognize you Some years later by a soda coolerator In a corner store back in my home town This stranger smiles at me, said "Remember the class of '93?" And for some reason it makes him look real proud After all the good times he said we had He looks at me, scratches his head And asked me where the hell I ever went And the funny thing is that I never even knew him But he coulda been any one of my high school friends Did I call your name? Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you? Your so the same but your so different I didn't recognize you Did I call you name? Singin' that song that I wrote for you Singin' that song I wrote for you