Wyoming High School (Ohio)
Wyoming High School (WHS) is a public high school located in Wyoming, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. The school is operated by the Wyoming City School District, in Hamilton County. The district serves students from the city of Wyoming and parts of surrounding Springfield Township.
| Wyoming High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
106 Pendery Avenue , , 45215 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Established | 1884 |
| School district | Wyoming City Schools |
| Superintendent | Tim Weber[1] |
| Principal | James Stallings [1] |
| Teaching staff | 42.79 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 658 (2018-19)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.38[2] |
| Campus | Suburb |
| Campus type | Public |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and White[3] |
| Slogan | PRIDE |
| Athletics conference | Cincinnati Hills League[3] |
| Team name | Cowboys[3] |
| Rival | Indian Hill Braves |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[4] |
| Newspaper | The Horizon |
| Website | www |
Wyoming High School was ranked the 3rd best Ohio high school by US News in 2022. The school received a score of 84.2 out of 100. The school has scored above an 80 five out of the last seven years. In 2015 Wyoming placed 4th in the state with a score of 73.5. Wyoming was ranked number 1 in the state on the Ohio 2006 State Report Card, with a performance index rating of 108.6. In 2009, it was ranked 70th in Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 Schools in the nation.[5]
The motto of Wyoming High School is "Where Excellence Becomes a Way of Life."
Academics
Wyoming offers students a challenging curriculum, including many select Advanced Placement classes. These include AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Studio Art, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language and Culture, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Latin, AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP United States History, AP Comparative Government and Politics, and a world-renowned AP United States Government and Politics program. Wyoming's class of 2004 was ranked first among medium sized schools in the subject.[6]
Wyoming 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.
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
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. Two full length plays and one musical are presented each year. Recent productions include Miracle Worker (2017), Games Afoot (2017), Sound of Music (2017), and Merry Wives of Winsor (2016).[7]
Often placing at competitions of each, Wyoming's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[8] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[9]
As of January 2020, the list of extra-curricular activities was as follows:
- Academic Team
- The Alliance (GSA)
- AVID
- Brass Ensemble
- Brothers & Sisters United
- Chamber Music WHS
- Chess Club
- Club HOPE (Help Our Planet Earth)
- Color Guard/Flag Corps
- Drama Club
- Dungeons and Dragons Club
- Engineering Club
- French Club
- GLEE Club
- Horizon (School Newspaper)
- INTERalliance Club
- Icarus (Student Literary Magazine)
- Jazz Ensemble
- JETS – TEAMS
- Latin Club
- Mock Trial
- Model United Nations
- Political Discourse Club
- Photography Club
- Positive Psychology
- Project L.E.A.D.
- Robotics Club
- Science Olympiad
- Spanish Club
- Student Council
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Women in STEM
- Yearbook Committee
WYOMUN
First established in 2014, WYOMUN is a Model United Nations conference run by the Wyoming High School Model United Nations Club.[10] The conference annually hosts over 250 high school and middle school students from around the Greater Cincinnati Area. Its seventh iteration happened on October 31, 2020, and its eighth iteration is scheduled for October 30, 2021.[11]
WYOMUN has featured a host of committees including the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the League of Nations. WYOMUN has also featured non-UN crisis committees on a variety of topics such as the Vietnam War, the Chicano Movement, the Kingdom of Kamehameha, the Arab Spring and the Seven Years' War, and has occasionally ventured into pop culture with a committee on Stranger Things from Netflix, as well as one on the Harry Potter series.[12]
Each year, WYOMUN invites keynote speakers to address its delegates during opening ceremonies. Notable recent speakers have been Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, President of the Puerto Rican Senate and current gubernatorial candidate Eduardo Bhatia, and Indiana University Maurer School of Law Vice President of International Affairs Hannah L. Buxbaum. The keynote speaker for WYOMUN VII was the distinguished former ambassador Thomas Boyatt. Notable alumni include.
Athletics
Wyoming is a long time member of the Cincinnati Hills League (CHL), a very competitive small school league in the Cincinnati area.
- Other CHL member schools include:
Wyoming offers 24 varsity sports, which include:
Varsity sports
- Fall
- Football
- Men's Soccer
- Women's Soccer
- Volleyball
- Men's Golf
- Women's Golf
- Women's Tennis
- Cross Country (co-ed)
- Cheerleading (Football)
- Winter
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Swimming (co-ed)
- Diving (co-ed)
- Wrestling
- Indoor Track (Club) (co-ed)
- Bowling (co-ed)
- Cheerleading (Basketball)
- Spring
- Track and Field (co-ed)
- Men's Tennis
- Men's Lacrosse
- Women's Lacrosse
- Baseball
- Softball
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:[13][14]
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys Football – 1977, 2018[15][16]
- Boys Track and Field – 1950[17]
- Girls Basketball – 1996[17]
- Boys Soccer - 2021
Notable alumni
- William G. Bowen, former president, Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Thomas D. Boyatt, former U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–1980) and Colombia (1980–1983)
- Robert Brewster, American football player
- Deena Deardurff, American swimmer, 1972 Olympic Gold medalist in 4 × 100 m medley.
- John R. Fox, 1st Lieutenant, United States Army, Posthumous awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in Italy during the Second World War.
- Bob Goodridge, American football player
- William Greider, writer
- B. Todd Jones, chief disciplinary officer of the National Football League, former Director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives[18] former U.S. Attorney (Minnesota); partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
- Ruston Kelly, singer-songwriter
- C.F. Payne, illustrator
- David Payne, USA Track Team member (2008) Olympic Silver Medalist
- John Weld Peck II, judge
- Ahmed Plummer, American football player
- P. J. Pope, American football player
- Jeff Russell, baseball player[19]
- David Shenk, writer
- Sean Smith, American football player
- Tracy Smith, TV personality
- John Terlesky, actor and director
- Otto Warmbier (Class of 2013, Salutatorian),[20] American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion
- Lance Williams, reporter, writer (co-author Game of Shadows)
- Michael Wolfe, poet, author, and award-winning filmmaker Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
References
- "Administration - Wyoming City Schools". www.wyomingcityschools.org. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- "Wyoming High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- Bradley, Eric. "Wyoming District Tops in the State". The Community Press and Recorder. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- "Masters of their Subjects". USA Today. 2005-01-26. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- Vollette, Drew (3 January 2018). "Wyoming Theatre Arts Website". Wyoming Theatre Arts. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- "2010 State Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). OJCL.org. Ohio Junior Classical League. 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- "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.
- "WYOMUN VII". WYOMUN VII. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- O'Shaughnessy, Liam (2020-11-15). "WYOMUN VII Goes Online". Wyoming High School: Horizon.
- Smith, Lydia (2019-11-22). "Inside the Crisis Room and the Dias at WYOMUN VI". Wyoming High School: Horizon.
- Wyoming High School. "Wyoming High School Athletics page". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- CHLSports.com. "CHL All Sports Trophy 2006-07". Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- Yappi. "Yappi Sports Football". Archived from the original on 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- "Ohio High School Athletic Association".
- OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- Weiser, Carl. "New ATF director a Wyoming grad". Politics Extra. Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- Erardi, John (July 8, 2014). "Cubs' James Russell has Cincinnati Reds' bloodlines". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- Sparling, Hannah (2017-06-19). "Otto Warmbier, imprisoned in North Korea, dies in U.S." The Cincinnati Enquirer at USA Today. Retrieved 2017-06-20. "There, in Wyoming, Ohio, Otto Warmbier was a standout soccer player and a 2013 salutatorian at Wyoming High School, his alma mater."