Hope High School (Rhode Island)
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| Hope High School | |
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324 Hope Street , Rhode Island 02906 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°50′05″N 71°24′07″W / 41.83479°N 71.40206°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1898 |
| School district | Providence Public School District |
| NCES District ID | 4400900 |
| NCES School ID | 440090000224 |
| Principal | Francisco Velasquez |
| Staff | 74.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 (Vocational School 8-12) |
| Enrollment | 896 (2022-2023)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.11[1] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue |
| Mascot | Blue Wave |
| Website | Official website |
Hope High School is a public high school in the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. operated by Providence Public School District. It was founded in 1898. Its current building was completed in June 1936.[2]
Community system
[edit]In 2003, Hope High School was partitioned into three semi-independent "communities": Hope High School Arts Community, Hope High School Technology Community, and Hope Leadership Community—each with its own principal. Since June 2009, the Leadership Community no longer exists and as of June 2012, the Arts and Technology communities were merged into one school.[3][4]
The triune system was developed in an attempt to remedy a history of exceptionally low test scores (2008 SAT combined score was 1047, over 900 points lower than Moses Brown School, a private school 2 blocks away) at Hope High School. Many regard Hope High - and the future success or failure of these reforms - as a "litmus test" for educational reform in Rhode Island.[5]
It serves grades 9-12 with a total of 949 students as of the 2020 academic year.
Student demographics
[edit]For the 2020–21 academic year, Hope High School (Rhode Island) enrolled 949 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The school employed 75.20 full-time equivalent educators, resulting in a student to teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
| Race and ethnicity† | Enrolled pupils | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| African American | 160 | 16.86% |
| Asian | 34 | 3.58% |
| Hispanic | 647 | 68.18% |
| Native American | 14 | 1.48% |
| White | 53 | 5.58% |
| Native Hawaiian, Pacific islander | 1 | 0.11% |
| Multi-race | 40 | 4.21% |
| Total | 949 | 100% |
| † "Hispanic" includes Hispanics of any race. All other categories refer to non-Hispanics. | ||
| Gender | Enrolled pupils | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 388 | 40.89% |
| Male | 561 | 59.11% |
| Non-binary | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 949 | 100% |
| Grade | Enrolled pupils | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 280 | 29.5% |
| 10 | 242 | 25.5% |
| 11 | 213 | 22.44% |
| 12 | 214 | 22.55% |
| Ungraded | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 949 | 100% |
Athletic history
[edit]Hope High School won four baseball championships and three football championships between 1918 and 1929. Hope won the 1917, 1928, 1930, 1990, and 1992 state interscholastic outdoor track meet championships. The cross country team was the division two state champions 1988-1992. Hope's soccer team won the Rhode Island division 1 championship in 2006.
In 1938 Hope High's basketball team not only won the RI Schoolboy State Championship, the boys from Hope Street went on to win the New England Basketball Championship hosted in Connecticut. Charles Melay Simon earned all New England Honors to go along with his RI Schoolboy All State Honors.
In the period 1960 through 1963, Hope High's Falkmen (coach Bill Falk) were undefeated in cross-country, indoor and outdoor track competition winning both Division1 and State Championships all 4 years. In the winter of 1961, Hope High teams were Division 1 and State Champions in Basketball, Hockey, and Indoor Track - the three major winter sports at the time.
The 1956, 1960, and 1961 Hope hockey teams, coached by Ed Mullen, were crowned R.I. State champions.
Notable people
[edit]Alumni
[edit]- Richard S. Aldrich, U.S. Representative[7]
- Deon Anderson, former NFL player. Spent only one season in the school[8]
- Edward Beard, U.S. Representative[9]
- Ray Jarvis, MLB player (Boston Red Sox)[10]
- Aaron Beck, psychiatrist and inventor of cognitive behavioral therapy.
- H. P. Lovecraft, horror author[11]
- Simon Ostrach, noted engineer in developing the NASA program in microgravity science
- Ben Powers, actor Good Times and Mike Hammer
- Al Russas, former NFL player[12]
Faculty
[edit]- Frank Caprio, former teacher[13]
- Juanita Sánchez, founder of The Rainbow Center for teen parents[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hope High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ Public buildings a survey of architecture of projects constructed by federal and other governmental bodies between the years 1933 and 1939 with the assistance of the Public Works Administration. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1939. p. 191.
- ^ "High School". providenceschools.org. 2005-02-15. Archived from the original on 15 February 2005.
- ^ "PBGR Indicators". providenceschools.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
- ^ GINA MACRIS (August 28, 2003). "Reformed Hope High makes debut". projo.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Hope High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Rhode Island. Dept. of State (1916). Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Dept. of State. p. 393. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Sleeples Draft Sleeper". 22 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "BEARD, Edward Peter, (1940 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ "Ray Jarvis Stats". Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ Joshi, S. T. (2001). A Dreamer and a Visionary: H. P. Lovecraft in His Time. Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies. Vol. 26. Liverpool University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-85323-946-8. JSTOR j.ctt5vjhg7. OCLC 248367702. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "Al Russas". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "CCRI Foundation to honor Avedisian, Caprio, White for changing lives". Warwick Online. Becon Communications. 15 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Latino History in RI • Community Advocacy & Political Growth". Nuestras Raices | Rhode Island. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
External links
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- Official website Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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