Williams Field High School (WFHS) is a high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Gilbert, Arizona

Gilbert, Arizona

-Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household....

. It is the second high school formed by the Higley Unified School District

Higley Unified School District

The Higley Unified School District #60 is a school district in Arizona, with its headquarters in unincorporated Maricopa County, near Gilbert. The school district operates schools in Gilbert and Queen Creek, Arizona...

, opened in August 2007. Its first students graduated in 2010. The school is named after Williams Air Force Base

Williams Air Force Base

Williams Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base, located in Mesa, and about southeast of Phoenix, Arizona.It was active as a training base for both the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the USAF from 1941 until its closure in 1993...

 (which went by the name Williams Field between 1942 and 1948; a local major road also bears the name Williams Field). In 2010, the varsity football team finished runner-up in the 4A Division II state championship (losing in a major upset to 13-seed Thunderbird High School

Thunderbird High School

Thunderbird High School is a public high school located in northwestern Phoenix, Arizona. The school is a part of the Glendale Union High School District.-Feeder schools:...

.)

History

The Higley Unified School District, in the seven years preceding the opening of Williams Field, had undergone a dramatic transformation. What once was a one-school elementary district that sent its high schoolers to Gilbert had morphed into a school district with its own high school and multiple elementary schools. The growth did not stop, and on March 8, 2006, the district broke ground on a 56-acre lot for a new high school. The district eventually opened the 227800 square feet (21,163.3 m²) campus to its first students as the 2007 school year started.
The school is built on the same site plan and with the same exterior as Peoria's Liberty High School

Liberty High School (Peoria, Arizona)

Liberty High School is a public secondary school located in Peoria, Arizona, United States. The high school is currently a part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 2006 due to overcrowding at Sunrise Mountain High School and rapid population growth in...

, which opened the year before.

The original mascot was to have been the Pirates.

Marching Band

The Williams Field Black Hawk Regiment marching band performed in the 2010 ABODA State Marching Band Championships. They got first place in division III and were awarded music and visual performance captions.

Winter Guard

The Williams Field Winter Guard, their first winter season after with the opening of the school in 2007, won first place in the Scholastic Regional A division in 2008, at the Winter Guard Arizona (WGAZ) Championships, held in Phoenix, Arizona.

In 2011, the Williams Field Drumline (known at the time as the Williams Field Percussion Project), took home first place in an independent
division.

Citations

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