Wyoming High School (Wyoming, Ohio)

Wyoming High School
Address
106 Pendery Avenue
Wyoming, Ohio, Hamilton County, 45215
United States
Coordinates 39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W / 39.23306°N 84.47056°WCoordinates: 39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W / 39.23306°N 84.47056°W
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
School district Wyoming City Schools
Superintendent Gail Kist-Kline[1]
Principal Aaron Marshall[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 655
Campus Suburb
Color(s) Royal Blue and White [1]         
Athletics conference Cincinnati Hills League[1]
Team name Cowboys[1]
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Newspaper The Horizon
Athletic Director Scott Kaufman
Website http://www.wyomingcityschools.org

Wyoming High School is a public high school located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Wyoming, Ohio 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 2009, it was ranked 70th of Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 Schools. Wyoming City Schools returned to first overall in the state on the 2006–2007 Ohio State Report Card with a score of 109.3.[3] The US News & World Report released its Best High Schools 2008 with Wyoming ranked 81st and therefore one of 100 schools nationwide to receive a gold medal from the publication. The 2009 List saw Wyoming's rank improve to the 50th best public high school. As of right now, the Wyoming Middle School is being renovated. Temporary modulars have been build at the former High School Baseball Field. [4]

The motto of Wyoming High school is "Where Excellence Becomes a Way of Life." The mission statement reads: "To provide each student with a well-rounded educational program leading to college entrance and/or career paths and fostering economic independence, critical thinking, and social responsibility."[5]

Academics

Wyoming offers a challenging curriculum, including many select Advanced Placement classes. These include 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, AP Physics B, AP Human Geography, and a world-renowned AP American Government program. Wyoming's class of 2004 was ranked first among medium sized schools in the subject.[6]

Wyoming is a very strong fine arts institution. It offers various music opportunities, including three string orchestras, a band, and multiple choir programs. There are also many other courses offered in the visual arts, such as Computer Graphics and Photography, as well as three separate AP art classes.

Wyoming also offers technology-based classes, such as Intro to Engineering 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.

Extracurriculars

Wyoming has many extracurricular activities that run the gamut of student interests, such as the Chess Club, "Icarus" writing publication, a profound Mock Trial team, and many others.

Wyoming is a school committed to tolerance and improving the community, as shown by the presence of such extracurricular groups as Brothers and Sisters United, Help Our Planet Earth (HOPE), the Gay-Straight Alliance, WHS for Animals, and Project LEAD, a service organization.

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 Arsenic & Old Lace (2010), the musical "Beauty & the Beast" (2011), Cyrano de Bergerac (2011), Lend Me a Tenor (2011), Fiddler on the Roof (2012), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012).

Often placing at competitions of each, Wyoming's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[7] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[8]

As of Fall 2008, the list of extra-curricular activities was as follows:

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 24 varsity sports, including:

Cincinnati Hills League All Sports Championships

The CHL All-Sports trophy is awarded to the school within the Cincinnati Hills League that has had the most successful overall athletic program in the school year. The years Wyoming has won the All-Sports trophy:[9][10]

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Notable alumni

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  3. ↑ Bradley, Eric. "Wyoming District Tops in the State". The Community Press and Recorder. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Wyoming High School". US News & World Report. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Welcome Parents!". Wyoming City Schools. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  6. ↑ "Masters of their Subjects". USA Today. 2005-01-26. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  7. ↑ "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009. ...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
  9. ↑ Wyoming High School. "Wyoming High School Athletics page". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  10. ↑ CHLSports.com. "CHL All Sports Trophy 2006-07". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  11. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Football". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  13. ↑ Weiser, Carl. "New ATF director a Wyoming grad". Politics Extra. Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.