The band and chorus have received national recognition over the years, earning superior ratings and trophies from festivals in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Orlando. [citation needed] Southwick Regional School Performing Arts performed Beauty and the Beast in April 2007. In March 2008 the school performed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In May 2022, the school performed a production of Seussical the Musical. Some other recent productions include CLUE in fall 2022, as well as SHREK the Musical that ran from March 23–25, 2023.
The school has a number of clubs including the Interact Club, As Schools Match Wits Team, the Diversity Club, the National Honor Society, the Drama Club, the Jazz Band, the Math Team, the Spanish Club, the French Club, the Chess Club, and the Debate Team.
Sports
STGRSD is active in interscholastic sports.
Rebecca Lobo, a former WNBA player, was a graduate of Southwick Regional School and held a state scoring record of 2,710 points, while in high school.[6]
In 2007 and 2008 Southwick won the Western Mass championship and the Division II title in Boys Varsity Track. The boys cross–country team has won several division titles, the most recent in 2008, which was a perfect season with a 15–0 record and the Division II Western Mass title.[citation needed]
Southwick's wrestling program won the Western Mass Championship in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.[citation needed] The team has produced three individual state champions and its peak performance as a team was second at the State Dual Meet Championship in 2007.[citation needed]
In 2011, the Boys Varsity Soccer won the Western Massachusetts championship, while Varsity Golf, Varsity Baseball, and Boys Varsity Track won their league titles.[citation needed]
The Southwick Field Hockey program has produced many Western Mass titles.[citation needed]
Southwick does not have a football team. The School added a Junior Varsity Hockey team prior to the 2016–2017 school year.[7]
Criticism and controversy
Racism incidents
In February 2024, multiple allegations of incidents of racism surfaced from several students from the school, including multiple racist remarks from students, several incidents involving racist bullying, with one allegedly involving a student saying the n-word, and an alleged slave auction on Snapchat where students could bet on using students of color as slaves,[8] leading to the NAACP filing a complaint against the school, demanding the school to launch an investigation over the incidents.[9]
Response from school
After the allegations surfaced, the school launched an investigation into the incidents, which ended on the 16th of February. Administrators made apologies to the victims and their families, but did not identify any plan for changing the schools culture and environment in a way that will reduce the likelihood of future hate crimes. They were criticised by the NAACP for this, which has filed complaints with the state and other agencies that are still ongoing as of September 2024.[10]
