New London High School
Address
Map
490 Jefferson Avenue

New London
,
Connecticut
06320

United States
Coordinates41°21′33″N 72°07′17″W / 41.35912°N 72.12125°W / 41.35912; -72.12125
Information
TypePublic
School districtNew London Public Schools
CEEB code070530
PrincipalJose Ortiz
Grades9-12
Enrollment659 (2018-19)[1]
Color(s)Green and gold
  
Athletics conferenceEastern Connecticut Conference
NicknameWhalers

New London High School is a high school in New London, Connecticut operated by the New London Public Schools school district. New London High School is a Public Magnet School.

History

In 1678, The Bartlett Grammar School was established. Robert Bartlett, a New London resident, gave up his property to create a space for public education. In 1855, Bartlett Grammar was renamed Bartlett High School until 1873, when the property was replaced by the Bulkeley School which has since been shut down.

In 1896, Robert E. Bartlett Grammar School was re-established in a new location. Then in 1951, Bartlett Grammar was renamed and repurposed into the now New London High School.

Robert Bartlett, a New London resident who died in 1678, willed that all his property be used to benefit public education. The Bartlett Grammar School was named in his honor, and renamed in 1855 to Bartlett High School.[2] The high school was used until 1873 when it was replaced by the Bulkeley School which operated from 1873 to 1951.[3] In 1896, the Robert E. Bartlett Grammar School, located at 216 Broad Street was established[4] and named after the founder of the "old Bartlett High School".[5] The building was repurposed in 1951 when other district schools were merged to form the New London High School.[4] The building is presently under private ownership and used as an office building.[6] New London High School is currently located at 490 Jefferson Ave.

Curriculum

New London High School is a multi magnet school, also called NLHSMMC, that integrates three academic pathways: International Education, Performing & Visual Arts, and STEM.

Funding

The New London Public School district’s budget is composed of two types of funding sources: 1.) taxpayer dollars that support the general fund; and 2.) grant monies. The school district receives almost 30 million dollars of federal, state, and private grant funds. This large amount of grant funding is aligned to NLPS being a high-needs, low-performing school district, categorized as one of the Alliance Districts by the CT State Department of Education.

A second bucket of grant funds have been competitively awarded to NLPS for several of its innovative programming ideas. Most recently, school districts received additional funding from federal and state levels aligned to COVID-19 relief dollars. These new COVID-19 funding streams are being used to support physical (facility, masking, testing) and mental health, learning loss, and extended academic and social-emotional support services. Dollars aligned to such COVID-19 relief areas are available for two years.

U.S. News & World Report rankings

In 2014, the school received a bronze medal ranking from the U.S. News & World Report magazine.[7]

Contraceptive clinic

In March 2012, a clinic at the school operated by Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut began to provide condoms and birth control prescriptions to students.[8]

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (July 2022)

References

  1. ^ "New London High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Picturesque New London and Its Environs: Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the Commencement of the Twentieth Century. American book exchange. 1901. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Recent deaths". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 12, 1898. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  4. ^ a b Lawrence Keating; Catherine Keating (July 6, 2015). New London. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4396-5217-6. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Death of Rev. N.S. Clover". The Morning Journal-Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. July 9, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com Free access icon.
  6. ^ "216 Broad Street". loopnet.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Young, Colin A. (April 30, 2014). "U.S. News recognizes New London High School with national honor". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  8. ^ Benson, Judy (January 12, 2012). "Clinic at New London High School to offer students contraceptives". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  9. ^ "Peter Rindskopf To Head Class". The Day. 1959-06-11. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  10. ^ "Tyson Wheeler". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
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