Waltham High School


Waltham High School is the only public high school serving the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, United States.

History

The current Waltham High School facility opened in 1969. It is designed in two long rows of rooms connected by several transverse hallways. The west side is the Fine Arts wing and includes the Robinson Auditorium, home of Waltham's Reagle Players. There are two outdoor courtyards built into the design. The school department's offices and school administration occupy the center of the first floor. Two gymnasiums and the cafeteria dominate the east side of the building. A detached Automotive Technology annex faces the visual arts hallway. The high school now has a school store called "Hawk's Nest" where the students can buy sports apparel with Hawk's logo on it. The school also has a television studio. The television channel is called WE-TV
Although Waltham High is well maintained, the building itself is now over forty years old and has had little work performed on it in its entire lifetime, which means it lacks more modern facilities like science labs, which have been unchanged since the building's construction in 1969, and central air conditioning. As of 2015, the school department is exploring a partnership with the Massachusetts School Building Authority to help prepare and finance either a renovation of the building or construction of a new one. These talks, however, have been ongoing since 2012.

Notable alumni