Winnacunnet is a Native American[clarification needed] word that means "beautiful place of the pines".

Winnacunnet High School opened for the first time in the fall of 1958 with an attendance of 474 students.

[3] The official Winnacunnet High dedication ceremony took place on October 26, 1958.

Smart was convicted of first-degree murder in March 1991, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

She is currently serving her sentence in a maximum security prison in New York State.