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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Respect, Trust, Courage |
| Opened | 1992 (Fall, First Class Year 1993) |
| Principal | Dana Curran[1] |
| Teaching staff | 74.80 (on an FTE basis)[3] |
| Enrollment | 788 [2] (2018–19) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.11[3] |
| Campus | Exurb (exurban) |
| Color(s) | Black and gold [4] |
| Mascot | Sabers[4] |
| Website | shs |
Souhegan Cooperative High School (/saʊˈhiːɡən/) is a Coalition of Essential Schools high school located in Amherst, New Hampshire, in the United States. Students from Amherst and Mont Vernon attend Souhegan for 9th through 12th grades. There are about 750 students. The school was founded based on the work of Theodore R. Sizer, a former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a notable American education reform leader and the father of the Essential Schools movement. Notably, Souhegan's progressive reputation has been chronicled in the book Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School by Tony Wagner, Peggy Silvia and Dr. Robert A. Mackin (Teachers College Press, 2002). Based on this history, the school was founded with the mission "Souhegan High School aspires to be a community of learners born of respect, trust and courage." The school name is derived from its proximity to the Souhegan River, which adjoins the school property. The word Souhegan comes from the Algonquin language, meaning "waiting and watching place".[5]
- ^ "Contact Us". Souhegan High School. Retrieved 21 Oct 2024.
- ^ "SAU39 About US". Sau39.
- ^ a b "FY 20 SCSB Budget Presentation from Public Hearing January 10, 2019" (PDF). sau39. Blackboard, Inc. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Souhegan High School". New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Caduto, Michael J. (2003). A Time Before New Hampshire: The Story of a Land and Native Peoples. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. p. 143.