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E.O. Smith High School
Magnet School	yes
School District	Connecticut Regional School District #19
School Colors	Red and Black
Coeducational	Yes
Year Opened	September, 1958
Charter School	No
Grade Levels	8-12
School Type	Public
Principal	Panthers
Location	1235 Storrs Rd, Storrs, Connecticut, 06268, USA
Year-round schedule	yes
Schools Days Per Year	apx. 181
Phone Number	860-487-0877
Fax Number	860-429-7892
Enrollment	appx. 1200
Sports Teams	The Panthers
Mascot	Panthers
Homepage	[1]
CEEB Code	070754

Edwin Oscar Smith High School, commonly referred to as E. O. Smith High School, or simply as EO, is a secondary school located in Storrs, Connecticut. It serves the towns of Ashford, Mansfield, and Willington, which together make up Connecticut's Regional School District #19. E.O. Smith's current principal is Louis DeLoreto. School hours are from 7:25AM to 2:08PM each day.

Students from surrounding towns, such as Coventry and Windham (Connecticut) may also attend E.O. Smith, as participants of the school's Agriculture Education program, if their school does not offer an "Ag" program. The E.O. Smith campus lies adjacent to the larger campus of the University of Connecticut

E.O. Smith offers a wide variety of clubs and activities for students to participate in, both after-school and during "activity periods," hour-long blocks of time that occur roughly once a month. Sports include a Swim Team, Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Ice Hockey, Softball, Soccer, Tennis , Track and Field(Indoor and Outdoor), Volleyball, and Wrestling. These sports compete in the Central Connecticut Conference Eastern Division (CCC East). In addition, the school has several Unified Sports teams that practice and compete, including Unified Soccer, Unified Basketball, Unified Track, and Unified Bowling.

E.O. is one of the few public schools in Connecticut that has a crew team, which competes primarily with private schools. Some larger regattas feature the Founder's Day Regatta and C.P.S.R.A.'s. E.O. Smith annually dominates at the C.P.S.R.A.'s (Connecticut Public School Rowing Association regatta), this past year coming home as State Champions.

E.O. Smith boasts several strong academic teams, notably the Quiz Bowl, Science Bowl, and Math teams. After qualifying for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament for the first time in 2006, the Quiz Bowl team enjoyed a strong 2006-2007 campaign, with the "A" team finishing the season ranked 97th in the country (out of over 2000 teams)and 1st in New England with a 23-4 regular season record and 2nd place finishes at the 2006 Long Island Fall Tournament and 2007 MIT Beaver Academic Tournament, as well as a semifinals berth at the 2006 Yale Fall Tournament. Both the "A" team and the "B" team (who finished 4th at the MIT Beaver Tournament) received berths to the 2007 NAQT HSNCT.

E.O. Smith also shares a special relationship with the University of Connecticut in that students are allowed to take classes at the university free of charge during the school year. Both UConn and E.O. Smith credit is given for a successful completion of a class, such as math, language, psychology, or music. E.O. Smith also offers UConn Co-operative classes similar to other programs offered throughout the state.

Currently, E.O. Smith offers classes on a weighted scale. AP - A - B - level classes are connsidered college-level classes, and G levels are for the cool kids. The GPA is calculated out of 6.3 points. An 'A' in an A-Level counts a six points, and 'A' in a B-Level counts five points, and an 'A' in a G-Level counts forty points. Thus, receiving a 'F' in an A-level class would be the GPA equivalent of an 'A' in a B-Level class, and so on. Unfortunately A+s were not being counted as anything more than an A, thus B level students would not receive weighted B+ credit if they were to obtain an A+ in their class. The scale of grading is now out of 6.3 possible points, instead of 6.0, to compensate for lack of an A+, making the A+ a seventh grade, but at a loss to weighted GPAs.

The school year is broken down by Progress Reports, which occur halfway through a quarter, Report Cards, which are issued once per quarter, and Final Exams, which occur twice a year, at the end of each 2-quarter semester.

E.O. Smith currently has in effect a unique privilege system. Through academic achievement, students gain privileges, namely choice of study hall area for sophomores and juniors, and Open Campus for seniors. If a senior has earned this privilege, they are allowed to come to school when they have classes, and leave when those classes are finished. They are not required to stay on the school grounds for the entire day. In addition, those seniors who have earned, what is called the "blue card" for open campus may visit the business' across the street.

E.O. seniors must complete a year-long, self-directed "senior project," which is a requirement for graduation. It includes written papers, community service work, a presentation to the school community, and research on a topic chosen by the student. Three teachers generally advise the student during the process, and grade the project upon completion as either highly successful, successful, or unsuccessful. A minimum grade of successful is needed for graduation.

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