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Type Public, Coeducational high school Address 106 Pendery Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45215, USA District Wyoming City School District Similar Wyoming School Foundation, Indian Hill High School, Walnut Hills High School, Hughes STEM High School, Syca High School | ||
Wyoming High School is a public high school located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Wyoming, Ohio is part of the Wyoming City School District, Hamilton County, Ohio. Wyoming High School 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. 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.
Contents
- Academics
- Extracurriculars
- Sports
- Cincinnati Hills League All Sports Championships
- Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Notable alumni
- References
The motto of Wyoming High school is "Where Excellence Becomes a Way of Life." The mission statement reads: "To provide each student with a well-rounded educational program leading to college entrance and/or career paths and fostering economic independence, critical thinking, and social responsibility."
Academics
Wyoming offers a challenging curriculum, including many select Advanced Placement classes. These include AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Art 2D, AP Art 3D, AP English, AP French, AP Spanish, AP Latin, AP American History, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP Human Geography, and a world-renowned AP American Government program. Wyoming's class of 2004 was ranked first among medium sized schools in the subject.
Wyoming is a very strong fine arts institution. It 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.
Wyoming also offers technology-based classes, such as Intro to Engineering and Computer Science.
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
Wyoming has many extracurricular activities that run the gamut of student interests, such as the Chess Club, "Icarus" writing publication, a profound Mock Trial team, and many others.
Wyoming is a school committed to tolerance and improving the community, as shown by the presence of such extracurricular groups as Brothers and Sisters United, Help Our Planet Earth (HOPE), the Gay-Straight Alliance, WHS for Animals, and Project LEAD, a service organization.
In recent years, Wyoming's Science Olympiad, JETS, and Academic Teams have been some of the most successful extracurricular groups in the school. In both 2005 and 2006, the Science Olympiad team won medals at the Ohio state competition.
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 Arsenic & Old Lace (2010), the musical "Beauty & the Beast" (2011), Cyrano de Bergerac (2011), Lend Me a Tenor (2011), Fiddler on the Roof (2012), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012).
Often placing at competitions of each, Wyoming's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).
As of Fall 2008, the list of extra-curricular activities was as follows:
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:
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:
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013