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| Warwick Vets High School | |
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| Address | |
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2401 West Shore Road , 02889 | |
| Coordinates | 41°42′17″N 71°24′33″W / 41.70482°N 71.40924°W |
| Information | |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Closed | 2016 |
| School district | Warwick Public Schools |
| Principal | Gerald Habershaw |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) | Blue, Gold, & White |
| Team name | Hurricanes |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20160619061827/http://www.warwickschools.org/vets/ |
Warwick Veterans High School was a secondary school in Warwick, Rhode Island. It was a part of Warwick Public Schools.
The school building is two stories high and features eight wings of classrooms. The logo for all Vets "Hurricane" teams was a reverse-rotating hurricane symbol. School colors were blue, gold, and white. The school held grades 9–12 until 2016, when it closed due to declining enrollment and the building was converted to a junior high school.[1][2] The school had an enrollment of over one thousand students, and its principal when it was converted was Gerald Habershaw.
The school was opened in 1956 as a response to a booming Warwick population — the previous high schools (which came to be known as Samuel Gorton Junior High and Aldrich Junior High and also Lockwood Junior High which has been converted to condos) were too small for the large number of incoming students. In the late 1960s, the 900 wing extension was added to the school. Two additional high schools were constructed to answer Warwick's population increase, Pilgrim High School in 1962 and Toll Gate High School in 1972.
- ^ "Warwick Vets High School holds last day of school ever". WJAR. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Kozma, Carol. "The final days of Warwick's Veterans Memorial High School". providencejournal.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.