Whitman-Hanson Regional High School
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School is a public high school located in Hanson, Massachusetts, United States. The school serves students in grades 9-12 from the towns of Whitman, Massachusetts and Hanson, Massachusetts. It is part of the Whitman-Hanson Regional School District. The schools colors are Black & Red and the mascot is the Panther.
Until 1960, the school was called Whitman High School and was then located in an older building across from the Whitman Town Park and the Colebrook Cemetery in Whitman. Both Whitman and Hanson students used the school, although at an even earlier time, the school had also housed students from other towns, including Halifax, Massachusetts.
The old Whitman High School had become so crowded by the 1959-1960 academic year, classes were attended in split day schedules with the Freshman class attending in the afternoon. The new building was called Whitman-Hanson Regional High School and was open for classes and occupied in September 1960. It was located on Franklin Street at the town line of Whitman and Hanson, at a site in front of the current Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, built in 2005..
Notable alumni
- Lennie Baker – singer and saxophone player for the group Sha Na Na
- Nick Cafardo – sportswriter for The Boston Globe
- Sean Conover – former defensive end for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League
- Alex Karalexis – professional fighter and cast member on Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter
- Dana LeVangie – Former pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox
- Joe List – stand-up comedian
- James Lowder – best-selling dark fantasy and horror author and award-winning editor
- Kristen Merlin – singer/songwriter/artist who was a contestant on The Voice
- Kristie Mewis – professional soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team
- Sam Mewis – professional soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team
- Maura Murray – University of Massachusetts nursing student whose 2004 disappearance has been extensively explored in the media; set distance-running records at W-H and captained the cross-country team
- Steve Smith – former drummer of the rock band Journey
- Francis Spellman – Cardinal Archbishop of New York
Notable faculty
- Carl Etelman, was a football back and coach of the high school team for 18 years