Wilson Classical High School

Woodrow Wilson Classical High School
Location
4400 East Tenth Street
Long Beach, California, USA
Information
Type Public High School
Established 1926[1]
School district Long Beach Unified School District
Principal Lew Kerns, Dr. Sandy Blazer
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 4600
Campus Urban
Color(s)           Cardinal and Gold
Mascot Bruin[2]
Newspaper Loudspeaker
Yearbook Campanile
Website

Woodrow Wilson Classical High School is a secondary school in Long Beach, California. It is part of the Long Beach Unified School District and opened in 1925.

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Overview

Wilson High School opened in 1925 as the second school in the city.

In 2005 Wilson High School was recognized as a California Distinguished School for the second time. The school is a "classical" high school, in that it exceeds LBUSD standards and requires additional credits in order to graduate. Former Wilson students and their teacher Erin Gruwell also inspired the movie Freedom Writers, that was made of the collected diaries of the students.

Wilson/Whitney InvenTeam

In April 2009, the Wilson Engineering Club received a $10,000 grant from the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam program. They invented a wind power generation system for semi-tractor trailer trucks. The wind turbine, installed on the roof of the truck's cab, will generate electricity while the truck is in motion, and then store that electricity in a battery system for use when the truck is parked. The goal of the project is to provide truck drivers the ability to meet the parked power needs of their cabs without having to idle their engines and burn fossil fuels.

Notable staff

Notable alumni

References

External links

Greater Los Angeles portal
Schools portal