Woodstock Union High School

Woodstock Union High School
Location
100 Amsden Way Woodstock, Vermont 05091 United States
Coordinates	43°36′48″N 72°32′44″W / 43.61333°N 72.54556°W / 43.61333; -72.54556Coordinates: 43°36′48″N 72°32′44″W / 43.61333°N 72.54556°W / 43.61333; -72.54556
Information
Type	comprehensive public secondary school
Established	1854 (1854)
Principal	Garon Smail
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	320 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)
Mascot	Wasp
Newspaper	The Buzz
Website	wuhsms.org

Woodstock Union High School was established in 1854 and is located in Woodstock, Vermont.

Located on Woodstock High School's campus, the Union Arena Community Center serves as the home ice for Woodstock's boys and girls high school ice hockey teams.

Woodstock Union High School (WUHS) is a mid-sized public secondary school located in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. As a member of the Windsor Central Unified Union School District, the school serves seven towns: Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, and Woodstock. In addition, WUHS receives tuition students from other surrounding towns such as Hartland, Ludlow, Pittsfield, Sharon, Stockbridge, and Weathersfield, among others. The institution 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 1853, was on a knoll below Linden Hill. The current high school, built in 1957, sits on approximately 40 acres (16 ha) of land along the Ottauquechee River just west of the village of West Woodstock on U.S. Route 4. 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] The 2018 and 2019 varsity boys hockey teams won two consecutive Division II Vermont state championships.^[7] WUHS clubs include: YoH Theater Players, Scholar's Bowl, Math Team, Future Farmers of America, and Medical Club.^[8]

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.^[9]
• Miro Weinberger, 42nd mayor of Burlington, Vermont
• 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[]

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".

External links[]

• Woodstock Union High School and Middle School