William H. Hall High School, also known as Hall High, is a four-year public high school located in West Hartford, in the U.S. stateofConnecticut. Opened in 1924, it was named after William Hutchins Hall, who was a teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools in West Hartford.[1][4][5] The school colors are blue and white, and the school’s mascot is the Titans, formerly the Warriors, after the Board Of Education voted to change it on February 1, 2022.[6] It is one of two public high schools in the West Hartford Public Schools, the other being Conard High School.
The 2022–2023 demographic profile is as follows: White 60%, Hispanic 15%, Asian American 11%, Black 10%, two or more races 5%, American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.1%, and Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander 0.2%.[7]
Hall High School is part of the CCC, the Central Connecticut Conference competing in the west division. The Board of Education added varsity sports for girls in January 1972.[8]
In soccer, Hall won the state championship in 1980, 2019, and 2023. In 2018, they were state championship runner-ups. In 2020, the boys soccer team finished nationally ranked on several polls, including being ranked 3rd in the country, and as the highest ranked public school on the TopDrawerSoccer Fall Fab 50 rankings. [9]
Hall's boys' cross country team has won the Central Connecticut Conference Championships five of the last six years dating back to 2012.[11]
Hall won the Class LL State Championship in cross country for the first time in 2021, and then repeated in 2022. In 2022, Hall also won the CT State Open Championship and the New England Championship in cross country.
Hall's Boys' indoor track team won 5 consecutive CIAC Class LL Championships between 2019 and 2024 (no competition in 2021 due to Covid-19), as well as the CT State Open Championships in 2019, 2022, and 2023. [12]
Hall High School has a renowned jazz program, which stages an annual production called Pops 'n Jazz that regularly sells over 3,000 tickets every year. They have also won the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival twice, in 1998 and 2000. The band has performed for the president at the White House, appeared in Ken Burns' documentary film "Jazz."[15]
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