Wyoming High School (Ohio)

Wyoming High School
Address
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106 Pendery Avenue Wyoming , Hamilton County , Ohio 45215 United States
Coordinates	39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W / 39.23306°N 84.47056°W / 39.23306; -84.47056Coordinates: 39°13′59″N 84°28′14″W / 39.23306°N 84.47056°W / 39.23306; -84.47056
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
Religious affiliation(s)	non-religious
School district	Wyoming City Schools
Superintendent	Tim Weber[1]
Principal	Adam Reed[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]
Mascot	Cowboys
Team name	Cowboys[3]
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
Newspaper	The Horizon
Website	www.wyomingcityschools.org/1/home

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. Wyoming High School was ranked the 2nd best Ohio high school by US News in 2017. The school received a score of 84.2 out of 100. This was the second year in a row for the school, scoring an 80.2 in 2016. In 2015 Wyoming placed 4th with a score of 73.5. Wyoming was ranked among the top five districts in the state on the Ohio 2006 State Report Card, with a performance index rating of 108.6. This was its second year running of being one of the top-performing school districts in the state of Ohio. In 2005 the district was first overall with a score 108.2 In 2009, it was ranked 70th of Newsweek Magazine's Top 1200 Schools. Wyoming City Schools returned to first overall in the state on the 2006–2007 Ohio State Report Card with a score of 109.3.^[5] The US News & World Report released its Best High Schools 2008 with Wyoming ranked 81st and therefore one of 100 schools nationwide to receive a gold medal from the publication. The 2009 List saw Wyoming's rank improve to the 50th best public high school.^[6]

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.^[7]

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. Recent productions include Miracle Worker (2017), Games Afoot (2017), Sound of Music (2017), and Merry Wives of Winsor (2016).^[8]

Often placing at competitions of each, Wyoming's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)^[9] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).^[10]

As of January 2020, the list of extra-curricular activities was as follows:

WYOMUN[]

First established in 2014, WYOMUN is a Model United Nations conference run by the Wyoming High School Model United Nations Club.^[11] 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.^[12]

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 , 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.^[13]

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.

Sports[]

Wyoming is part of the Cincinnati Hills League (CHL), a small school league with other small schools - mostly from east of Cincinnati. Other schools include Deer Park, Finneytown, Indian Hill, Madeira, Reading, Taylor, and Mariemont. Wyoming offers 24 varsity sports, including:

Varsity sports[]

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:^[14][15]

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships[]

• Boys Football – 1977, 2018^[16][17]
• Boys Track and Field – 1950^[18]
• Girls Basketball – 1996^[18]

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, 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, 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^[19] 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
• , journalist^[20]
• Ahmed Plummer, Football player
• Archimedes Plutonium, Usenet personality
• P. J. Pope, Football player
• Jeff Russell, Baseball player^[21]
• David Shenk, Writer
• Sean Smith, Football player
• Tracy Smith, TV personality
• John Terlesky, Actor and Director
• Otto Warmbier (Class of 2013, Salutatorian),^[22] college student who was detained in North Korea for alleged theft, released in a coma without any other signs of physical harm, but died shortly after returning home
• Lance Williams, Reporter, writer (co-author Game of Shadows)
• Michael Wolfe, poet, author, and award-winning filmmaker Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• District Website
• CHL Sports
• Icarus Website (WHS literary magazine)