Woodstock Union High School

Woodstock Union High School
Location
100 Amsden Way
Woodstock, Vermont 05091
United States
Coordinates 43°36′48″N 72°32′44″W / 43.61333°N 72.54556°WCoordinates: 43°36′48″N 72°32′44″W / 43.61333°N 72.54556°W
Information
Type comprehensive public secondary school
Established 1854
Principal Garon Smail,
Grades 7–12
Website wuhsms.org

Woodstock Union High School is a mid-sized public secondary school located in Woodstock, Vermont, USA. As a member of the Windsor Central Supervisory Union, the school serves the towns of Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Pomfret, Reading, and Woodstock. In addition, WUHS receives tuition students from other surrounding towns such as Hartland, Brownsville, and Sharon. The institution is also referred to as "Woodstock USHD #4 and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

School history and overview

Woodstock's first public high school opened January 16, 1854. This opening was less than a year after the town, at its annual meeting, had voted to build the school. The land, purchased in April of 1853, was on a knoll below Linden Hill. The current high school sits on approximately 40 acres of land along the Ottauquechee River just west of the village of Woodstock on VT Route 4.

Sports and co-curricular activities

Woodstock serves approximately 385 High School students and 190 Middle School students. The school athletic programs fall into the Vermont Principals' Association Division II and Division III for all sports with the exception of Boy's Lacrosse which competes at the Division I level. Woodstock Athletics include; Soccer, Field Hockey, Cross Country Running, Football, Basketball, X/C Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis and Softball.

Woodstock boasts recent State Championships in 2011, 2012, and 2013 in Division III Football. During the fall season of 2011, the Boys Cross Country came in 2nd place in the Division II Vermont State Championships and qualified to participate in the New England Championships for the first time in the school's history. Woodstock's Boy's Nordic has won the Division II State Title in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, producing two All-Americans in the process.

Notable alumni

Keegan Bradley (born June 7, 1986) is an American professional golfer who is a rookie on the PGA Tour and has won two tour events, most notably the 2011 PGA Championship. He attended Woodstock Union High School through his junior year.

Daphne Zuniga, Graduated from WUHS In 1980. After graduating she became a Theater Arts major at the University of California. She acted in Melrose Place, as Victoria Davis on The CW teen drama, One Tree Hill, as Princess Vespa in Spaceballs and opposite John Cusack in "A Sure Thing".

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