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Daniel Hand High School
Public school in Madison, Connecticut, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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History
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]
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Athletics
Daniel Hand athletic team's mascot are the Tigers and compete in the Southern Connecticut Conference.[3]
* denotes a co-championship
# denotes state open championship
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Performing arts
DHHS has a competitive mixed-gender show choir, "VIBE", and previously fielded the all-female "Aura".[20] VIBE has won regional-level championships before,[21] and is regarded as one of the most consistently successful choirs in New England.[22] The program has also hosted an annual competition, the Connecticut Classic, which has drawn choirs from as far as Mississippi and California.[23]
Notable alumni
- Jack Driscoll, NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles[24]
- Chris Flanagan, broadcaster in the Washington Television market
- Joe Trapani, basketball player[25]
- Streeter Seidell, head writer for Saturday Night Live and formerly CollegeHumor[26]
- Madison Hamburg, director of the documentary Murder on Middle Beach
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External links
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