Wyoming High School
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Principal | Mrs. Annie Wade |
Assistant Principal | Mr. Aaron Marshall |
School Type | Public High School |
Location | Wyoming, Ohio |
Enrollment | about 600 students |
Campus surroundings | Suburb |
Mascot | Cowboy |
School colors | Blue and White |
Student newspaper | The Horizon |
Wyoming High School is a public high school located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Wyoming is part of the Wyoming City School District, Hamilton County, Ohio. Wyoming High School is known for its excellence in education, and 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 2006, it was ranked 100th of Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 Schools.
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[edit] Academics
Wyoming offers a challenging curriculum, including many Advanced Placement classes. These include AP European History, 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 and a world-renowned AP American Government program. Wyoming's class of 2004 was ranked first among medium sized schools in the subject. [1]
Wyoming is a very strong arts school. It offers many music programs, including three string orchestras, a band, and multiple choir programs. There are also many other courses offered in the arts, such as Computer Graphics and Photography, as well as three separate AP art classes.
In addition to art, Wyoming also offers technology-based classes, such as Video Production 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.
[edit] Extra Curriculars
Wyoming has many extra-curricular activities, such as its "Project LEAD" service organization, "Icarus" writing publication, an excellent Mock Trial team, and many others.
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 the musical, Oklahoma!, and the drama The Unnatural and Accidental Women.
[edit] 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 22 varsity sports. They are as follows:
- 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)
[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys Football – 1977 [1]
- Boys Track and Field – 1950 [2]
- Girls Basketball – 1996 [2]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Vice Admiral C.R. "Bob" Bell, US Navy (Retired) - Class of 1948
- Thomas Boyatt, former U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978-1980) and Columbia (1980-1983)
- C.F. Payne, Illustrator
- Ahmed Plummer, Football player
- P. J. Pope, Football player
- David Shenk, Writer
- Bob Goodridge, Football player
- Joshua Wolf Shenk, Writer
- Lance Williams, Reporter and Writer, Co- author of Game of Shadows
- Nikki Giovanni, Writer
- Jeff Russell, Baseball player
- William Greider, Writer
- Tracy Smith, TV personality
- Tim Metcalfe, Screenwriter (Revenge of the Nerds)
- Archimedes Plutonium, (Class of 1968, Ludwig Hansen). Several books on science, and the-- Atom Totality theory
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Football. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.
- ^ a b OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. Retrieved on December 31, 2006.