Daniel Hand High School | |
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286 Green Hill Rd , Connecticut 06443 United States | |
Coordinates | 41°17′36″N 72°37′12″W / 41.2934°N 72.6199°W |
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Type | Public |
Motto | PRIDE - Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, Enthusiasm |
Established | 1884 |
School district | Madison Public Schools |
Superintendent | Craig Cooke |
CEEB code | 070370 |
Principal | Anthony Salutari |
Faculty | 86.50 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Number of students | 828 (2022-2023) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 9.57 [1] |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Fight song | On Wisconsin |
Athletics conference | Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) |
Mascot | Tiger |
Rival | Guilford |
Feeder schools | Polson Middle School |
Website |
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Daniel Hand High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Madison, Connecticut, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in Madison Public Schools.
Businessman Daniel Hand, a native of Madison, funded construction of a high school for the city in 1884 at the price of $15,000 and relinquished property ownership to the local government. Under the name of Hand Academy, it served the city until 1921, when the building was torn down and a schoolhouse for all grades was built. That school lasted forty years until Madison Public Schools constructed a purpose-built high school in 1961 and named it Daniel Hand High School. [2]
Daniel Hand athletic team's mascot are the Tigers and compete in the Southern Connecticut Conference. [3]
Sport | Year(s) |
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Baseball | 2021 |
Basketball (boys) [4] | 2022 |
Basketball (girls) [5] | 1999, 2017 |
Cross country (boys) [6] | 2007, 2008 |
Field hockey [7] | 2014, 2017, 2023 |
Football [8] | 1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2023 |
Golf (boys) [9] | 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
Gymnastics [10] | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Hockey (boys) [11] | 2006, 2014 |
Soccer (boys) [12] | 1993, 1995, 1997*, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Softball [13] | 2001 |
Swimming and diving (girls) [14] | 2018 |
Tennis (boys) [15] | 1980, 1981, 2013*, 2014, 2018 |
Tennis (girls) [16] | 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019 |
Track and field (outdoor, boys) [17] | 2010, 2017 |
Track and field (outdoor, girls) | 2010 |
Wrestling [18] | 1978, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2012 |
* denotes a co-championship
# denotes state open championship
DHHS has a competitive mixed-gender show choir, "VIBE", and previously fielded the all-female "Aura". [19] VIBE has won regional-level championships before, [20] and is regarded as one of the most consistently successful choirs in New England. [21] The program has also hosted an annual competition, the Connecticut Classic, which has drawn choirs from as far as Mississippi and California. [22]
Streeter Seidell grew up in Madison, went to Daniel Hand High School and became a comedy writer.