Orville H. Platt High School, commonly called Platt High School, is a public high school located in Meriden, Connecticut.

History 
In the late 1950s, Meriden High School suffered from overcrowding. Two high schools were built in Meriden to relieve the overcrowding: Orville H. Platt High School and Francis T. Maloney High School. Platt first opened in September, 1958. The school was expanded in September 1970; additions included more classrooms, a graphics art department, library space, cafeteria space, a second gymnasium, and a swimming pool. Starting in October 2013, the school underwent massive renovation, finishing fall 2017. These renovations included the addition of a new wing containing, among other things, a freshman academy and a vocational technology facility.

Athletics 
Platt High School is part of the Central Connecticut Conference (CCC) which features member schools in the Greater Hartford region of Connecticut, United States.

Basketball

Girls 
The 1989 girls basketball team won the Class L state crown with a 23-2 record and won the state title game in overtime against Notre Dame - Fairfield. The final score was 61-53, the end of an unforgettable season. The team only gave up 38 points per game. Tom Johnson coached the team made up of Kim Penwell, Kelly Penwell, Michelle Demers, Chrissy Danko, Christine Wanat, Michelle Cooley, Latashia Williams, Heidi Schmidt, Kelly Grady and Sarah Lane. Johnson and Cooley were inducted into the Platt High School Hall of Fame in 2014.

Coach Gonyea resigned in 2023

Track and Field, Indoor Track and Cross Country 
Numerous runners attained All-Conference and All-State status during Friedman’s tenure. In 1986, he was named the Connecticut High School Coaches Association’s outstanding coach of boys cross country.

Wrestling 
In 2018 Ben Stratton won the State Open championship at 182 pounds. He was named as an Academic All-American by the National High School Coaches Academy. He is a three-time place finisher at the state championship bouts. He took third as a sophomore, second as a junior and won the Class M title at 182 pounds, as a senior. Stratton’s crowning achievement was becoming Platt’s third-ever State Open champion. His final match of his high school career was when he took fourth at New England’s. As a senior, he was 43-2 and totaled a 129-30 career mark. Stratton is the sixth Academic All-American Platt wrestling has produced.

In 2022 Coach Bryan McCarty was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. McCarty was hired to be the head coach at Platt in 1991-92 at the age of 18 after spending one season as an assistant coach. McCarty, who was awarded the Coach of the Year award in 2012 from the Connecticut High School Coaches Association, has led the Panthers to 511 dual meet wins, which is No. 5 on state’s career win list in wrestling. A Special Education teacher in the Meriden school system, Bryan was named Platt High Teacher of the Year in 2017.

Baseball 
The baseball field at Platt High School was dedicated to Katz on June 1, 2023

Notable alumni 

 Gary S. Burr, American musician, songwriter, and record producer, primarily in the country music genre
 Damika Martinez, Professional Basketball Player 
 Keia Clarke, Chief Executive Officer of the New York Liberty

References

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1958 establishments in Connecticut
Public high schools in Connecticut
Schools in New Haven County, Connecticut