Keene High School (KHS) is a public high school located in Keene, New Hampshire. It serves the city of Keene and the surrounding towns of Chesterfield, Harrisville, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Westmoreland and Winchester. The Cheshire Career Center, a co-curricular and community education center, is located in the South Annex of the building. As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of approximately 1,391 students and 121.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.0. Awards and recognition Teacher Kelly Budd was recognized in 1999 as a winner of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards for work that included a ninth-grade unit on The Holocaust that culminated in a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. for the entire freshman class. Keene High School was winner of the 2002 International Envirothon title, a high school environmental competition, defeating 47 teams from high schools across the United States and Canada. The Keene team won the New Hampshire Envirothon competition in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, placing 12th overall in the North American competition in 2006 and placing 9th in 2009. In the 2010 state competition two KHS teams competed, one winning and the other placing third. The winning team tied for ninth nationally. The Drama Club has won multiple Theatre at the Mount Youth (TAMY) awards for its musicals. In 2013, the Cheshire Career Center Television Production Program won national gold medals for TV (Video) Production through SkillsUSA. In 2014, students won national gold medals in Digital Filmmaking through SkillsUSA. In 2015 and 2016, student were top 10 at the SkillsUSA NSLC in Broadcast News. Courses On average, 200 courses are taught each school year, pending involvement from staff and students. Administration The school is within the New Hampshire School Administrative Unit No. 29, covering Keene and six other communities in Cheshire County. Within the school, there is a Main Office, Guidance Office, Health Office, Department Offices and "House Offices". The Houses are arranged in groups of students, alphabetically. There are three house offices: Blue, Gold and Green. Departments There are 11 curricular departments: Social Studies Mathematics Science English Foreign Language Fine Arts Life Education Special Education Physical Education Technology Education Business Education Music KHS has the largest music department of any other surrounding high schools. It has two choirs: the Concert Chorus and the A Cappella