King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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'JC 'fr -91' ,,, .ng wgigc g0 L.. Twenty-five years ago, the first students marched forth into King Philip High School, to be followed by thousands of others all in search of the same thing-one of the best educations to be offered in this state. About five years before the start of the construction of K.P.R.H.S., committees were set forth to find out what was needed in the three towns in terms of curriculum. As a result, when the evaluations were completed, programs of study compiled, and the building erected, one of the most modern high school structures and curriculums in this part of the country was to be opened to the students of Plainville, Wrentham, and Norfolk. Because of the size of the towns, none could offer wide curriculums or a good vocational program. Norfolk had to send its students to Walpole on a tuition paid, year-to-year basis. This was not a good solution, because Walpole had barely enough room for its own students and Norfolk didn't have a real voice in policy making. ni Ji I ' iv-A 4 is When the original school structure was being planned, it was decided that there could be three schools, one in each town. As a result, there is land across from the Jackson School in Plainville that was held for another school. When the school was first planned, it was estimated that it would cost about 31,800,000 to complete the structure. It finally cost approximately S2,900,000, almost 4 million with the landscaping and the equipment necessary to conduct classes. Thanks to nine men from the three towns, we have our school today. Their plan was to give the students the best education possible, so that the students would be more prepared for higher education in some of the better schools in the country. These men were Roger Woodwin, Arthur Bond, and Hugh Marshall of Wrentham, Edward Hemmingsen, LeRoy Wilson and Clarence Skinner of Plainville, and Alvin Freeman, John Ra vinskl, and Seth Armand from Norfolk. These men 'ill Q.. It Q I 552 formed the original school and building committees. They can be credited with staying up until three and four o'clock in the morning during the month before the school was opened, doing strictly volunteer work in addition to their own regular jobs. They can also be credited with choosing the school name. King Philip was the chief of the Wampanoag Indians, who are said to have lived in this area, possibly on the shores of Lake Pearl. When King Philip became the chief of his tribe, he began preparations for a war against another tribe. Englishmen who had settled in this area were suspicious of King Philip and his warriors, though, and one day they found one of their spies dead. The blame was put on three of King Philip's warriors, which infuriated the chief and his tribe. So they retaliated in what became known as King Philip's War. The eventual outcome of this war was in favor of the Englishmen, leaving the warriors to flee to Canada and the Englishmen to settle on the tribe's soil. Three hundred years later, nine men from Plainville, Wrentham, and Norfolk named ,-1 'ii'