Minnechaug Regional High School

Minnechaug Regional High School (MRHS) is a public high school located in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, United States, and has a student population of approximately 1,200. It is the only high school in the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District. It serves the towns of Hampden, and Wilbraham.^[3] The current principal is Stephen Hale. The school's official colors are green and white. Its school mascot is the Falcons. The district opened the current building in 2013.

Minnechaug Regional High School
Address
621 Main Street Wilbraham , Massachusetts 01095 United States
Coordinates	42.111287°N 72.441993°W / 42.111287; -72.441993
Information
Type	Public Coeducational Open enrollment[1]
Established	1959
School district	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District
Superintendent	John Provost
Principal	Stephen Hale
Teaching staff	67.76 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	981 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	14.48[2]
Color(s)	Green, White, and Black
Mascot	Falcon
Rival	East Longmeadow
Accreditation	NEASC
Publication	Emeralds
Newspaper	The Smoke Signal
Website	mrhs.hwrsd.org

Extracurricular activities

The school newspaper is called The Smoke Signal. The Student Council achieved the National Association of Student Council's highest honor, the National Gold Council of Excellence Award, every year since 2012.^[4] Roughly 70 students serve on the Student Council and dozens have been elected by peer schools to serve in regional and statewide student council positions.^[5]

Campus

Circa the 2010s a new lighting system was implemented that was intended to reduce costs; it had 7,000 lights total. The system relied on software for management purposes. However the software stopped working on August 24, 2021, and after that date, the school administration was unable to turn off the lighting system. Corky Siemaszko of NBC News wrote in 2023 that this was "costing taxpayers a small fortune."^[6] The lights staying on in the event of a failure was intended to maintain security at Minnechaug Regional.^[7]

Notable alumni

• Erin Crocker, race car driver
• Curtis Holdsworth, United States men's national artistic gymnastics team member^[8]
• Kelly Overton (1997), actress^[9]
• Scott Rasmussen (1974), co-founder of ESPN and founder of Rasmussen Reports^[10]
• Ann Sarnoff, CEO and Chairwoman of Warner Bros. and former President of BBC Studios America.^[11]
• Mike Trombley, MLB pitcher^[12]
• Janice E. Voss, astronaut^[13]
• Benton Whitley, NFL linebacker^[14]