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ABRHS's sports rivals include [[Westford Academy]] for football and [[Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School]] for cross-country track and spring track.
===Achievements===
== Extracurriculars ==▼
The school's sports teams have a long history of success. Among the fall sports, the football team set a state record with 52 consecutive wins and has won five Superbowl titles. The girls' field hockey team won the state championship in 2007, 2009 and 2012 and girls' soccer won in 2007. The girls' swimming/diving team has won 13 state championships.
ABRHS's theater group is named "Proscenium Circus" (PC). The club, which has existed since 1978, has over 100 members and stages several productions each year. AB Friends of Drama, a nonprofit organization, helps to support PC through fundraising and volunteers. PC's 2007 production of [[The Laramie Project]] led members of the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] to demonstrate outside the school, but students counter-protesting greatly outnumbered them.<ref name="The Laramie Project">{{cite web|last=Schiavone|first=Christian|title=Protests exchanged at play|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/acton/news/x1375677840#axzz2LnLSe2WB|publisher=Wicked Local|accessdate=24 February 2013}}</ref> ▼
For winter sports, the boys' swimming/diving team has won nine state championships and boys' indoor track was the Class A state champion in 2012. Among the spring sports, the girls' tennis team won the state championship in 2008 and 2012.
ABRHS'S student media includes a radio station, newspaper, yearbook, and magazines. [[WHAB]] is the school-run radio station operated by technical advisors and Student DJs. The [[newspaper]] ''The Spectrum'' is an entirely student-run and student-produced paper. In 2009 and 2010, it won [[awards]] for [[Editorial Writing]] from the [[Suffolk University]] Journalism Competition and First Place with Special Merit from the American Scholastic Press Association.{{source?|date=February 2013}} The school's yearbook is called "The Torch" and its student-run magazines include ''Idiosyncrasy" and "Window Seat.''▼
▲== Extracurriculars ==
Other ABRHS clubs include Anime Crew, "Best Buddies" Club, [[Chess|Chess Club]], [[Chinese culture|Chinese culture club]], Classics Club, Common Ground (a gay-straight alliance), Computer Science Club, [[Envirothon]] Team, [[Film]] Club, [[French language|French Club]], Future Business Leaders of America, Acton Boxborough Young Republicans Club, Acton Boxborough Young Democrats Club, [[Hip-Hop]] Club, [[Human Rights|Human Rights Club]], [[Invisible Children]], [[Italian language|Italian Club]], [[Mock Trial]], [[Ocean Science|Ocean Science Bowl]], [[Outdoor Club]], [[Photography]] Club, [[Recycling]] Group, [[Robotics]], SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), [[Spanish language|Spanish Club]], [[Speech and Debate]], [[Trivia|Trivia Team]], [[Videogame|Videogame Design Club]], and Youth in Philanthropy.▼
▲ABRHS'S student media includes a radio station, newspaper, yearbook, and magazines. [[WHAB]] is the school-run radio station operated by technical advisors and Student DJs. The [[student newspaper]], ''The Spectrum'', is an entirely student-run and student-produced paper. In 2009 and 2010, it won [[awards]] for [[Editorial Writing]] from the [[Suffolk University]] Journalism Competition and First Place with Special Merit from the American Scholastic Press Association.{{source?|date=February 2013}} The school's yearbook is called
▲Other ABRHS clubs include Anime Crew, "[[Best Buddies International|Best Buddies]]" Club,
===Academic teams===
The [[Math]], [[Science]],
===Performing arts===
ABRHS's [[performing arts]] groups include the Choral program, the marching band, and Proscenium Circus (PC), the theater group. AB Friends of Drama, a nonprofit organization, helps support PC through fundraising and volunteers. Acton-Boxborough Friends of Music is a parent-run organization that financially
====Marching band====▼
The [[marching band]] is led by Mark Hickey and includes [[music]], [[marching]], [[visuals]], [[color guard]], [[percussion]], and [[drum major]]s. Each year it performs a different field show. It has been regularly awarded the best band marching in statewide parades. Most recently in October 2011, it was awarded a gold medal at [[MICCA]], a regional marching band competition.▼
* In 2003 and 2009 the band traveled to [[Disney World]] in [[Orlando, Florida]].▼
* In 2004, they participated in [[New York City]]'s St. Patrick's Day Parade▼
* In 2006, it participated in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in [[Dublin]], and was awarded "The Best Band Overall in Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Parade," and received an award for "most entertaining" at the [[Limerick]] International Band Competition.▼
* In April 2008 and April 2012, the band traveled to [[Washington, D.C.]] to march in the [[National Cherry Blossom Festival]] parade.▼
====Chorus====
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The choral program also supports student-run [[a cappella]] groups, including "13 Fish Named Jennifer," "Cascade," "Downbeat" (females only), "Fresh Beat" (freshmen only), "Masti" (performs Indian music), and "Testostertones" (males only).
▲====Marching band====
▲The [[marching band]] is led by Mark Hickey and includes [[music]], [[marching]], [[visuals]], [[color guard]], [[percussion]], and [[drum major]]s. Each year it performs a different field show. It has been regularly awarded the best band marching in statewide parades. Most recently in October 2011, it was awarded a gold medal at [[MICCA]], a regional marching band competition.
▲* In 2003 and 2009 the band traveled to [[Disney World]] in [[Orlando, Florida]].
▲* In 2004, they participated in [[New York City]]'s St. Patrick's Day Parade
▲* In 2006, it participated in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in [[Dublin]], and was awarded "The Best Band Overall in Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Parade," and received an award for "most entertaining" at the [[Limerick]] International Band Competition.
▲* In April 2008 and April 2012, the band traveled to [[Washington, D.C.]] to march in the [[National Cherry Blossom Festival]] parade.{{source?|date=February 2013}}
====Proscenium Circus====
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==Notable alumni==
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*[[Ilya Zhitomirskiy]], co-founder of [[open source]] [[distributed social network|distributed social networking]] software company [[Diaspora (software)|Diaspora]]; did not graduate from ABRHS
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== External links ==
*[http://ab.mec.edu/abrhs/ ABRHS Homepage]
*[http://abfom.org
*[http://abdrama.org/HOME.aspx Proscenium Circus Homepage]
*[http://www.ABDrama.org Proscenium Circus (Drama Club and Friends of Drama) Home Page]
*[http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/mcas/articles/2004/10/07/where_brawn_meets_brains/ A Boston Globe article about Acton and ABHRS]
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