Williamstown High School (West Virginia)

Williamstown High School
Address
219 W 5th St Williamstown , West Virginia 26187 USA
Coordinates	39°24′01″N 81°27′07″W / 39.40032°N 81.4519°W / 39.40032; -81.4519Coordinates: 39°24′01″N 81°27′07″W / 39.40032°N 81.4519°W / 39.40032; -81.4519
Information
Type	Public coeducational
Motto	Home of the Yellowjackets!
Established	1908 (Original Building)
Principal	Jason Ward
Grades	6-12
Enrollment	616 (2021)[1]
Campus type	Small City
Color(s)	Maroon and Gold
Mascot	Yellowjacket
Website	Williamstown High School

Williamstown High School is a public high school in Williamstown, West Virginia, United States.

Description[]

Williamstown High School accommodates grades 6-12 and has an enrollment of about 630 students. One elementary school feeds into Williamstown High School, Williamstown Elementary. Waverly Elementary in Waverly, WV, until its closure in 2019, fed into Williamstown High School. Longtime Principal Pat Peters, who had been struggling for a couple years with various health issues, announced his retirement via Facebook in June 2018. His replacement was named on July 18, 2018, with previous Assistant Principal Jason Ward getting the job. A new wing was recently constructed, adding a new auditorium, strings room, choir room, and several new science labs.

Academics[]

WESTEST results for the school are consistently well above state averages for 2005, for all subjects, grades, and subgroups except students with disabilities. The average number of students per teacher is 16.

Sports[]

WHS competes in the Single A level in West Virginia High School sports. It has held the for more than 20 years (2003-2004 season excepted). Home of the 2008 and 2014 West Virginia Single A Football State Champions, the 2008 Sectional Soccer Champions, along with the 2015 Boys Soccer Sectional Champions and the 2016 Girls Soccer Sectional Champions. The 2016-17 Girls Basketball team were the #6 seed in the 2017 West Virginia Single A Girls' basketball tournament, advanced to their first championship game since 2003, where they lost to class A Huntington-St. Joseph.

In 2015, the boys' soccer team won their section with a combined score of 18–2. The ‘Jackets would advance to the regional championship game against, at the time, #8 Nationally Ranked Charleston Catholic, with a trip to the state championship tournament at stake. The Yellowjackets fell short 2-1 and bowed out of the postseason.

In the 2014 football season, Williamstown made it to Class “A” State Championship against 13-0 and tournament #1 overall seed St. Marys Blue Devils. This ended the game at a score of 33-32 and gave Williamstown their second football state title in their history. As of July 2018, that is the last appearance by Williamstown in the football state championship game. They were defeated by eventual state champions Magnolia 14–13 in 2015, after a controversial refereeing decision negated a Williamstown touchdown late in the game. In 2016, they were defeated by eventual state runners-up East Hardy, and graduated many of their starting players from that year's team. 2017 was the worst year for Williamstown football under Coach Smith, as the team struggled all season to a 5–4 record, barely making the playoffs as the lowest seed (#16) and losing in the first round to #1 seed East Hardy by a respectable score of 14–10. In 2021, the Williamstown Yellowjackets advanced to the Class "A" State Championship as #6 against 13-1 and tournament #4 seed and were defeated 42-21 by the Rebels of Ritchie County High School.

In 2021, the Williamstown boys' basketball team won the LKC Class "A" Championship for the second time in their history, the first one being in 1962.

Music Programs[]

Band[]

The Pride of Williamstown[]

The "Pride of Williamstown" is Williamstown High School's marching band, The Pride accompanies Williamstown's Yellowjackets to almost every football game, competes in several marching band competitions as a "Class D" band (size ranking), and performs in local parades. The steadily growing band has upwards of 30 members as of 2022. The band has been growing in size and quality since its new band director took over in 2019.

Yellowjacket Jazz Ensemble[]

The Yellowjacket Jazz Ensemble is Williamstown High School's jazz ensemble. It performs at concerts and attends ratings festivals.

Williamstown High School Bands[]

The concert band, middle school band, and 6th grade band comprise Williamstown High School's concert bands.

Strings[]

The Williamstown Strings program is unique in that it is the area's only independent strings program. It performs at concerts and is divided into high school, middle school, and elementary school sections.

Choir[]

Williamstown High School has a high school choir and a middle school choir.

References[]

External links[]

• GreatSchools.net - WHS evaluation and statistics
• Williamstown High School

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