Nonnewaug High School

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Nonnewaug High School is a public school in Woodbury, Connecticut United States which serves the towns of Woodbury and Bethlehem, Connecticut. It is part of Regional School District #14. Before 1970, students in the district attended Woodbury High School, which has now become the middle school. The school houses the Ellis Clark Regional Agri-Science and Technology Center, which draws students from additional surrounding areas. Nonnewaug serves approx 750 students, around a third of which are from the agriscience program. The name "Nonnewaug" comes from a local Native American Chief. The word, originally Nunnaw-auke, means “dry land". The Woodbury FFA Chapter from Nonnewaug produces some of the top FFA teams in the country.Television stationNonnewaug High School also contains the local television station NEAT TV available on channel 17 for Charter Communications customers in Woodbury, Bethlehem, and Southbury, Connecticut. This television station airs material created by students throughout the district, as well as live television events such as basketball games and Board of Education meetings.