Needham High School is a public high school in Needham, Massachusetts, USA, educating grades 9 through 12. Its principal is Dr. Johnathan Pizzi, who was previously the Assistant Academic Superintendent in the Boston Public Schools System. Its two assistant principals are Mr. Jonathan Bourn and Ms. Alison Coubrough Argentieri.
By 2012, the school had 1512 students and over 90 part-time and full-time instructional staff members, plus support staff employees. Needham High School was awarded a national Silver Medal by U.S. News & World Report for its academic excellence.
In 2012, U.S. News & World Report gave the school a gold medal, ranked at 303 on the best high schools in The United States list.
Read more about Needham High School: History, Governing Bodies, Notable Alumni and Teachers
Famous quotes containing the words high and/or school:
“A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can’t get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.”
—Anzia Yezierska (c. 1881–1970)
“The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you’d never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)