Wyoming High School (Wyoming, Ohio)
Wyoming High School | |
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106 Pendery Avenue Wyoming, Ohio, Hamilton County 45215 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W / 39.23306°N 84.47056°WCoordinates: 39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W / 39.23306°N 84.47056°W |
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Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
School district | Wyoming City Schools |
Superintendent | Dr. Sue Lang[1] |
Principal | Aaron Marshall[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 655 |
Campus | Suburb |
Color(s) | Royal Blue and White [1] |
Athletics conference | Cincinnati Hills League[1] |
Team name | Cowboys[1] |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2] |
Newspaper | The Horizon |
Athletic Director | Scott Kaufman |
Website | http://www.wyomingcityschools.org |
Wyoming High School is a public high school located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Wyoming, Ohio is part of the Wyoming City School District, Hamilton County, Ohio. Wyoming High School was ranked among the top five districts in the state on the Ohio 2006 State Report Card, with a performance index rating of 108.6. This was its second year running of being one of the top-performing school districts in the state of Ohio. In 2005 the district was first overall with a score 108.2 In 2009, it was ranked 70th of Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 Schools. Wyoming City Schools returned to first overall in the state on the 2006–2007 Ohio State Report Card with a score of 109.3.[3] The US News & World Report released its Best High Schools 2008 with Wyoming ranked 81st and therefore one of 100 schools nationwide to receive a gold medal from the publication. The 2009 List saw Wyoming's rank improve to the 50th best public high school. [4]
The motto of Wyoming High school is "Where Excellence Becomes a Way of Life." The mission statement reads: "To provide each student with a well-rounded educational program leading to college entrance and/or career paths and fostering economic independence, critical thinking, and social responsibility."
Academics
Wyoming offers a challenging curriculum, including many select Advanced Placement classes. These include AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Art 2D, AP Art 3D, AP English, AP French, AP Spanish, AP Latin, AP American History, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP Human Geography, and a world-renowned AP American Government program. Wyoming's class of 2004 was ranked first among medium sized schools in the subject.[5]
Wyoming is a very strong fine arts institution. It offers various music opportunities, including three string orchestras, a band, and multiple choir programs. There are also many other courses offered in the visual arts, such as Computer Graphics and Photography, as well as three separate AP art classes.
Wyoming also offers technology-based classes, such as Intro to Engineering and Computer Science.
Spanish, French, and Latin are offered in five separate levels at Wyoming. Each language has levels I, II, III, IV, and V (AP), available to every student.
Extracurriculars
Wyoming has many extracurricular activities that run the gamut of student interests, such as the Chess Club, "Icarus" writing publication, a profound Mock Trial team, and many others.
Wyoming is a school committed to tolerance and improving the community, as shown by the presence of such extracurricular groups as Brothers and Sisters United, Help Our Planet Earth (HOPE), the Gay-Straight Alliance, WHS for Animals, and Project LEAD, a service organization.
In recent years, Wyoming's Science Olympiad, JETS, and Academic Teams have been some of the most successful extracurricular groups in the school. In both 2005 and 2006, the Science Olympiad team won medals at the Ohio state competition.
Also of note is Wyoming's outstanding drama program, which is based in the Pendery Center Auditorium, a state-of-the-art facility that was completed in the year 2000. Recent productions include Arsenic & Old Lace (2010), the musical "Beauty & the Beast" (2011), Cyrano de Bergerac (2011), Lend Me a Tenor (2011), Fiddler on the Roof (2012), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012).
Often placing at competitions of each, Wyoming's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[6] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[7]
As of Fall 2008, the list of extra-curricular activities was as follows:
- Academic Quiz Team
- JETS (Junior Engineering Technology Society)
- Latin Club and Junior Classical League (JCL)
- Mock Trial
- Science Olympiad
- Teen Advisory Program
- Band
- Chorale
- Concert Choir
- Drama
- Orchestra
- "Horizon" (newspaper)
- "Icarus" (literary magazine)
- "Roundup" (yearbook)
- Brothers and Sisters United
- Chess Club
- Dance Team
- LGBT Alliance
- Global Awareness Club
- HOPE (Help Our Planet Earth)
- Marching Color Guard
- Asian Wave
- Project L.E.A.D. (Leadership Experience and Development)
- Rock and Roll Club
- Scoreboard Club
- Signing With Hands
- Student Council
- Winter Guard
- WHS for Animals
Sports
Wyoming is part of the Cincinnati Hills League (CHL), a small school league with other small schools - mostly from east of Cincinnati. Other schools include Deer Park, Finneytown, Indian Hill, Madeira, Reading, Taylor, and Mariemont. Wyoming offers 24 varsity sports, including:
- Football (Fall)
- Men's Soccer (Fall)
- Women's Soccer (Fall)
- Volleyball (Fall)
- Men's Golf (Fall)
- Women's Golf (Fall)
- Cross Country (Co-ed) (Fall)
- Women's Tennis (Fall)
- Cheerleading (Football and Basketball)
- Men's Basketball (Winter)
- Women's Basketball (Winter)
- Swimming (Co-ed) (Winter)
- Diving (Co-ed) (Winter)
- Wrestling (Winter)
- Indoor Track (Club Sport) (Co-ed) (Winter)
- Track and Field (Co-ed) (Spring)
- Men's Tennis (Spring)
- Baseball (Spring)
- Softball (Spring)
- Bowling (Winter)
- Men's Lacrosse (Spring)
- Women's Lacrosse (Spring)
Cincinnati Hills League All Sports Championships
The CHL All-Sports trophy is awarded to the school within the Cincinnati Hills League that has had the most successful overall athletic program in the school year. The years Wyoming has won the All-Sports trophy:[8][9]
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys Football – 1977 [10]
- Boys Track and Field – 1950 [11]
- Girls Basketball – 1996 [11]
Notable alumni
- John R. Fox, 1LT, United States Army, Posthumous winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in Italy during the Second World War.
- Thomas D. Boyatt, former U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–1980) and Colombia (1980–1983)
- Bob Goodridge, American football player
- C.F. Payne, Illustrator
- Ahmed Plummer, Football player
- P. J. Pope, Football player
- Robert Brewster, Football player
- David Payne, USA Track Team member, 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
- Sean Smith (defensive end), Football player
- David Shenk, Writer
- John Terlesky, Actor and Director
- Lance Williams, Reporter and Writer, Co-author of Game of Shadows
- Jeff Gendell, Hedge fund manager
- Jeff Russell, Baseball player[12]
- William Greider, Writer
- Tracy Smith, TV personality
- Tim Metcalfe, Screenwriter (Revenge of the Nerds)
- Michael Wolfe, poet, author, and award winning filmmaker Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
- B. Todd Jones '75, Acting Director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives[13] former U.S. Attorney (Minnesota); partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
- John Weld Peck II, judge
- Deena Deardurff, American swimmer, 1972 Olympic Gold medalist in 4 × 100 m medley.
- Otto Warmbier, American imprisoned in North Korea for theft
External links
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ↑ Bradley, Eric. "Wyoming District Tops in the State". The Community Press and Recorder. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ↑ "Wyoming High School". US News & World Report. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ↑ "Masters of their Subjects". USA Today. 2005-01-26. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ↑ "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- "2010 State Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). OJCL.org. Ohio Junior Classical League. 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ↑ "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
- ↑ Wyoming High School. "Wyoming High School Athletics page". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ CHLSports.com. "CHL All Sports Trophy 2006-07". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Football". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- 1 2 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ↑ Erardi, John (July 8, 2014). "Cubs' James Russell has Cincinnati Reds' bloodlines". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ↑ Weiser, Carl. "New ATF director a Wyoming grad". Politics Extra. Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.