Martha's Vineyard Regional High School
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Martha's Vineyard Regional High School is the one of the two public high schools in Oak Bluffs on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States. MVRHS is a part of Martha's Vineyard Public Schools and serves the six towns on the island (Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Chilmark and Aquinnah.) Approximately 800 students are enrolled at the school, which serves grades 9 through 12.
| Principal | Margaret Regan |
| School type | Public High School |
| Location | Oak Bluffs, MA |
| Sports teams | The Vineyarders |
| Colors | Purple and White |
MVRHS has a strong athletic department as well as a strong art department. Much of the student body is active in extracurricular activities ranging from community services, sports, art, drama, debate, and much more. MVRHS has a unique vocational program that offers intense training in automotive, building trades, horticulture, culinary, and child care.
The MVRHS includes an alternative program known as the Rebecca Amos Institute, an open-campus program offering individualized instruction for a small group of students.
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School is one of two high schools located on Martha's Vineyard. The other being the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School located in West Tisbury.
The MVRHS football team, the Vineyarders, and the Nantucket Whalers football team have a long-standing rivalry, culminating in the annual Island Cup.
In 2007, MVRHS competed in the 2007 MHSDG One-Act Festival with an original piece, "Boxes," a political drama in iambic pentameter. The piece beat out plays from around the state in preliminary and secondary rounds, and made it to the state finals in Boston.
