West Warwick High School
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| West Warwick High School | |
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1 Webster Knight Dr West Warwick , 02893 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°42′32″N 71°30′58″W / 41.709°N 71.516°WCoordinates: 41°42′32″N 71°30′58″W / 41.709°N 71.516°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | West Warwick Public Schools |
| Dean | Richard Grenier (students) |
| Principal | Jessica Hassell |
| Faculty | 88 |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 951 (2016-17)[1] |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and orange |
| Mascot | Wizard |
| Newspaper | The Magic Word |
| Website | sites |
West Warwick High School is a public high school in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.[2]
Athletics[]
The school has a long tradition of excellence in Rhode Island Interscholastic Sports and is a member of the RI Interscholastic League. Most recently, the Wizard football team won the RI Division II State Championship in December 2014. Also the girls soccer team won back to back state championships in 2013 and 2014. Hundreds of students participate in numerous sports throughout the year.[3]
Performing arts[]
The performing arts, have helped to bring national status to the school in recent years. The West Warwick High School Jazz Ensemble "A" Band has won numerous awards including placing in the Finals of the Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival in 2002 to 2007, 2009, and 2012 to 2014; winning the prestigious festival in 2007 and 2014.[4] The Concert Band and Concert Chorale have competed and won local and national awards and titles the past twenty years. Currently, the West Warwick High School Music Department is the largest in the state, with more than 600 students participating annually.
The West Warwick High School Players produce high quality musical productions and have performed to sell out crowds since 2010, performing High School Musical (2009); Footloose (2010); Aida (2011); Grease (2012), Legally Blonde (2013), In the Heights (2014); Big Fish (2015), The Addams Family (2016), Catch Me If You Can (2017), Shrek the Musical (2018), and 9 to 5 (musical) (2019).[5] In 2015, they were the first and only Rhode Island high school to participate in the Connecticut High School Theater Awards, the regional division of the National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA). Through this program, Myranda Silva (class of 2019) attended the Jimmy Awards in New York City in June 2019.
Notable alumni[]
- Frank "Monk" Maznicki - Running back on Boston College 1940 Cotton Bowl Classic team and 1941 Sugar Bowl squad. Maznicki played in the NFL with the Chicago Bears from 1942 to 1947; ran for 463 yards and was 65 for 69 on extra points. He was ranked as one of Rhode Island's Top 50 athletes of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated. The West Warwick High School football field is named in his honor.
- Bob Wylie - NFL offensive line coach.
- Tom Garrick - Former professional basketball player and former coach of the University of Rhode Island women's basketball team.
- Chuck Palumbo - Professional wrestler and builder of custom motorcycles.
- Tony Maserati - Record producer and studio engineer who has worked with many mainstream artist of the 1990s and 2000s including James Brown, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, R. Kelly, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Puff Daddy and Tupac Shakur.
- Mike Roarke - Major League Baseball catcher and coach.
References[]
- ^ "West Warwick High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "WWHS". WWPS.
- ^ "RI Interscholastic League".
- ^ "Berklee HS Jazz Festival".
- ^ "WWHS Players".
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