Woodstock Union High School (Vermont)
| Woodstock Union High School | |
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| Location | |
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100 Amsden Way Woodstock, Vermont 05091 United States | |
| Coordinates | 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 |
| Enrollment | 320 (2016-17)[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Wasp |
| Newspaper | The Buzz |
| Website | wuhsms |
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. Woodstock serves approximately 385 High School students and 190 Middle School students.
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, built in 1957, sits on approximately 40 acres of land along the Ottauquechee River just west of the village of West Woodstock on VT Route 4. The union brought together students from Woodstock, Bridgewater, Pomfret, Barnard, Reading and Sherburne (now Killington), as well as tuition-paying students from Hartland, Plymouth and other surrounding towns. The school is consistently recognized for its educational quality and in 2020 was listed by U.S. News & World Report as the third best school in the state.[2]
Academic programs
The high school has 10 academic departments including Mathematics, Modern & Classical Languages, Computer Science, and Music. There are Advanced Placement classes in chemistry, English, government & politics, and languages. [3] In 2018 the school opened a new Innovation Studio dedicated to "navigating the messiness of the creative process, from inception to completion," according to the 2018-2019 curriculum guide. [4] In the studio in the fall of 2018, students partnered with peers in Turkey to design a playground. Teachers at Woodstock partner with staff at NuVu Innovation School in Cambridge, Mass., to operate the studio. [5]
Sports and clubs
The school athletic programs fall into the Vermont Principals' Association Division II and Division III for all sports with the exception of Boys' Lacrosse which competes at the Division I level. Woodstock Athletics include; Soccer, Field Hockey, Cross Country Running, Football, Basketball, Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Track and Field, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis and Softball. The 2018 varsity football team won the Division III Vermont state championship and finished the season undefeated. [6] WUHS clubs include: YoH Theater Players, Scholar's Bowl, Math Team, Future Farmers of America, and Medical Club. [7]
Notable alumni
- Victor Ambros, discoverer of miRNA, winner of many international awards, including Lasker Award, Breakthrough Prize, Gairdner Foundation International Award, Keio Medical Science Prize, Wolf Prize in Medicine
- 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.
- John C. Sherburne (1900). Vermont's first Rhodes Scholar and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.[8]
- 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 "The Sure Thing"
References
- ^ "Woodstock Senior UHSD #4". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ^ "Best Vermont High Schools".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Home | Woodstock Union High School & Middle School". www.wuhsms.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "Woodstock Course Guide" (PDF).
- ^ "In Woodstock, High School Innovation Lab Teaches Constructive Failure".
- ^ "Valley News".
- ^ "Woodstock Course Guide" (PDF).
- ^ Stone, Arthur F. (1929). The Vermont of Today. Vol. III. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 29.
Sources
- Woodstock Uhsd #4. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
- Wendling, Kathy (1989). "From One Room School to Union High School: The History of Windsor Central Supervisory Union".