Wakefield High School (Wakefield, Massachusetts)
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Wakefield High School is a public secondary high school located in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There are over 950 students enrolled from grades 9-12.
The school is located on 60 Farm Street in Wakefield.
The school day starts at 7:30 AM and finishes at 2:05 PM.
There are six days in the cycle. Each day includes a D Block which is 50 minutes long and includes three lunch periods with the earliest being 10:10.
There is an extended pass time after the first block of each day (6 minutes long from 8:46 to 8:52) and before last period (6 minutes from 12:44 to 12:50).
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[edit] Grading Policies
Unlike many other high schools, WHS does not offer the "A+" grade. Instead, all grades ranging from a 93 to 100+ are considered a solid "A".
There is also an "E" grade representing a failing grade, but making the student eligible for summer school.
[edit] Faculty and Staff
The current principal of Wakefield High School is Elinor Freedman. The assistant principals are Mr. O'Leary and Ms. Smith. The Director of Guidance is Mr. Beebe and the three guidance counselors are Mr. Robertson, Ms. Burns, and Ms. Healey. According to greatschools.com, the student to full time teacher ratio is 13:1.
[edit] School Clubs
Amnesty International - Art Club - Marching Band - Bank Officers - Best Buddies - Chamber Singers - Citizens Scholarship Foundation - Student Directors - Class Activity Committees - DECA - Diversity Council - Drama Club - Figure Skating Club - Gay and Straight Alliance - Jazz Band 1 & 2 - Math Team - National Honor Society - Oracle(Yearbook) - Peer Leaders - Recycling Committee - Reflections (Literary Magazine) - Science Club - Ski & Snowboard Club - Social Awareness Club - Strategy Games Club - Student Advisory Council - Student Council - Warrior Words Academic Journal - WHS Spin (school newspaper)
[edit] School Setup
There are three floors in WHS. The first floor consists of the library, english/business/art/television/life skills/health classrooms, The Farm Street Inn (WHS's Culinary In House Restaurant) and the Charbonneau Fieldhouse. The primary floor, the second, is where the two main entrances to the building are located. Once you enter the main (1st) door, the office (left) and Music hallway (right) are seen. The foreign language and the science classrooms [Orange Lockers] are both located in the same wing on the far left side of the building. There are two four hallways/stairwells that lead to the first floor. The mathematics side of the building begins with Department Head Mrs. Gerety's classroom. Blue lockers make up the math hallway. Also on the second floor is the small gym. Primarily used for gymnastic purposes, this gym is used for wellness on occasion. The third floor consists only of social studies classrooms. S.S classrooms can be seen from the front of the school.
[edit] Wakefield Warrior Athletics
Wakefield High's nickname is the Warriors. WHS's school colors are silver and red. Wakefield's archrival school is Melrose High School Other rivals include Reading High School and Nonleague rival Tewksbury High School. The football game against Tewksbury is usually the season-opener for the Warriors. The Melrose game is the last game of the football season, and it is played on Thanksgiving morning.
WHS's Athletic Director is Mike Boyages.
Fall Sports: Football, Soccer, Cross Country, Swimming (Girls), Golf (Boys) and Field Hockey (Girls).
Winter Sports: Indoor Track, Basketball, Hockey ,Swimming (Northeast Vocational), Wrestling
Spring Sports: Outdoor Track, Baseball, Lacrosse the lacrosee team is dominated by attack man bob smith. he uses his humoungous frame to punish opposing teams. he has been known to rule the squad., Tennis
[edit] Demographics
The racial makeup of Wakefield High School is: 96 Percent White, 2 Percent Black, and 2 Percent Hispanic with less than one percent Asian/American Indian.
Wakefield High School participates in the METCO program, a grant program funded by the Commonwealth intended to reduce racial imbalance. Students from the inner-city are given the opportunity to attend Wakefield High School.
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[edit] Fun Facts
Wakefield High School is known for its "Crash Corner." "Crash Corner" is a four way intersection located on the second floor. From the south, students are coming from history, lunch, or the office area --- from the north, students are coming from the first floor --- from the west, students are coming from the science/foreign language area -- and finally from the east, students are coming from the math hallway. Because each students from each area of the school are coming from every direction, "Crash Corner" is usually heavily populated after the bell rings indicating you can move on to your next class. Due to the heavy traffic, you are on your own in terms of letting somebody by, or just making a dash to go your own route. You are almost always guaranteed to make contact with someone. "Crash Corner" is generally over-rated --- the time it takes for you to cross the corner is usually less than two minutes and because everyone for the most part is going to be in "crash corner", the time it takes you to travel to other parts of the building are less. The worst possible scenario --- which could make you borderline late is --- going from History to English (Vice Versa). The wait times at "Crash Corner" in combination with the wait time at the main history stairwell, as well as a possible trip to your locker is not good.
Wakefield High School has adopted a strict "peanut-free" policy as well as a prohibition of food inside the classroom.
All soda machines were removed from the building shortly after the 2005-2006 school year began.
Wakefield High School used to have one 9 Minute break following first period --- but this was discontinued starting in 2005-2006 and likewise changed to two 6 Minute breaks. Many WHS students (Class of 2008/07/06) prefer(ed) the 9 Minute break.
Susie sits in front of Jeff in her D block English class
