Williams Field High School

Williams Field High School
Location
2076 South Higley Road
Gilbert, Arizona
Information
Type Public
Established 2007
School district Higley Unified School District
Principal Shawn Lynch
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,382 students (Oct. 1, 2010)
Color(s) Black and red
Mascot Black Hawks
Information (480)279-8000
Website http://www.husd.org/

Williams Field High School (WFHS) is a high school in Gilbert, Arizona. It is the second high school formed by the Higley Unified School District, opened in August 2007. Its first students graduated in 2010. The school is named after Williams Air Force Base (which went by the name Williams Field between 1942 and 1948; a local major road also bears the name Williams Field). In 2010, the varsity football team finished runner-up in the 4A Division II state championship (losing in a major upset to 13-seed Thunderbird High School.)

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History

The Higley Unified School District, in the seven years preceding the opening of Williams Field, had undergone a dramatic transformation. What once was a one-school elementary district that sent its high schoolers to Gilbert had morphed into a school district with its own high school and multiple elementary schools. The growth did not stop, and on March 8, 2006, the district broke ground on a 56-acre lot for a new high school. The district eventually opened the 227,800-square-foot (21,160 m2) campus to its first students as the 2007 school year started. The school is built on the same site plan and with the same exterior as Peoria's Liberty High School, which opened the year before.

The original mascot was to have been the Pirates.[1]

Marching Band

The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment marching band performed in the 2010 ABODA State Marching Band Championships. They got first place in division III and were awarded music and visual performance captions.[2]

Winter Guard

The Williams Field Winter Guard, their first winter season after with the opening of the school in 2007, won first place in the Scholastic Regional A division in 2008, at the Winter Guard Arizona (WGAZ) Championships, held in Phoenix, Arizona.

In 2011, the Williams Field Drumline (known at the time as the Williams Field Percussion Project), took home first place in an independent division.

Citations

  1. ^ Leatherman, Jackie. Ground is broken for 2nd Higley high school: Facility is expected to open for fall 2007. The East Valley Tribune 9 March 2006.
  2. ^ http://www.aboda.org/?page_id=408; http://www.aboda.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SMBC-Results.pdf