Winnetonka High School

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Location
Winnetonka High School
5815 NE 48 Street in Kansas City North, Missouri
Information
School district	North Kansas City School District
Principal	Mr. Lindsey
Enrollment	1700
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Motto	"Together ... nurturing the pursuit of ethical and intellectual living at the highest levels"
Mascot	Griffins
Color(s)	Gold & Cardinal Red
Established	1971
Newspaper	The Griffin Rites
Homepage	[1]

Winnetonka High School or simply "Tonka", is a high school in the North Kansas City School District.

The school is located at 5815 NE 48 Street in Kansas City North, Missouri. Winnetonka opened in 1971, originally built to hold 2,000 students, it now has just short of 1,700. Primarily crowding at the other 2 high schools (Oak Park & Northtowne) prompted the opening of Staley High School, which will cut down on overcrowding in these schools by shifting some of students to Staley, as well as a few Tonka students to Northtowne.

Tonka's mascot is the griffin (half-eagle and half-lion), and the colors for the school are cardinal red and gold.

The school's current principal is Mr. Matt Lindsey. The School motto is:

"Together ... nurturing the pursuit of ethical and intellectual living at the highest levels"

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

Clubs offered at Winnetonka include:
Anime & Gamers Club
First Robotics Team
Math Club
Ace Mentor
AFS/International Club
DECA
FCCLA
French Club
FBLA
German Club
Spanish Club
PLM

Winnetonka's theatre department was named most outstanding theatre department in the nation twice, and has taken part in the Edinburough Fringe Festival in Scotland.

The Symphonic band played at Carnegie Hall on April 6th, 2008, and has played all over the nation.