Wyoming High School
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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 is known for its excellence in education, and 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.
The motto
of Wyoming High school is "Where Excellence Becomes a Way of Life." The mission statement
reads: "To provide each student with a a well-rounded educational program leading to college entrance and/or career paths and fostering economic independence, critical thinking, and social responsibility."
, 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 arts school. It offers many music
programs, including three string orchestra
s, a band
, and multiple choir
programs. There are also many other courses offered in the arts, such as Computer Graphics
and Photography
, as well as three separate AP art classes.
In addition to art, 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.
" writing publication, an excellent 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 Animal
s, 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), and Cyrano de Bergerac (2011).
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:
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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....
located in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
. Wyoming, Ohio
Wyoming, Ohio
Wyoming is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,261 at the 2000 census.Wyoming has a renowned education program - the Wyoming City School District was ranked first in the State of Ohio on the 2004-2005 State Report Card, with an index score of 108.2...
is part of the Wyoming City School District, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hamilton County, Ohio
As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...
. Wyoming High School is known for its excellence in education, and 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.
The motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
of Wyoming High school is "Where Excellence Becomes a Way of Life." The mission statement
Mission statement
A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company or organization. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making...
reads: "To provide each student with a 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 Advanced Placement classes. These include AP BiologyBiology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, AP Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
, AP Microeconomics
Microeconomics
Microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of how the individual modern household and firms make decisions to allocate limited resources. Typically, it applies to markets where goods or services are being bought and sold...
, AP Art 2D, AP Art 3D, AP English, AP French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, AP Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, AP Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, AP American History, AP Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, AP Calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
, AP Statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, AP Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
B, AP Human Geography
Human geography
Human geography is one of the two major sub-fields of the discipline of geography. Human geography is the study of the world, its people, communities, and cultures. Human geography differs from physical geography mainly in that it has a greater focus on studying human activities and is more...
, 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 arts school. It offers many music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
programs, including three string orchestra
String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass , the piano, the harp, and sometimes percussion...
s, a band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, and multiple choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
programs. There are also many other courses offered in the arts, such as Computer Graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
and Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, as well as three separate AP art classes.
In addition to art, Wyoming also offers technology-based classes, such as Intro to Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
.
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, "IcarusIcarus
-Space and astronomy:* Icarus , on the Moon* Icarus , a planetary science journal* 1566 Icarus, an asteroid* IKAROS, a interplanetary unmanned spacecraft...
" writing publication, an excellent Mock Trial
Mock trial
A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
team, and many others.
Wyoming is a school committed to tolerance
Toleration
Toleration is "the practice of deliberately allowing or permitting a thing of which one disapproves. One can meaningfully speak of tolerating, ie of allowing or permitting, only if one is in a position to disallow”. It has also been defined as "to bear or endure" or "to nourish, sustain or preserve"...
and improving the community
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
, as shown by the presence of such extracurricular groups as Brothers and Sisters United, Help Our Planet Earth (HOPE), the Gay-Straight Alliance
Gay-straight alliance
Gay–straight alliances are student organizations, found primarily in North American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their straight allies .-Goal:The goal of most, if not all,...
, WHS for Animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
s, 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), and Cyrano de Bergerac (2011).
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
National Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
(NJCL).
As of Fall 2008, the list of extra-curricular activities was as follows:
- Academic Quiz Team
- JETS (Junior Engineering Technology Society)
- Latin Club and Junior Classical League (JCL)
- Mock Trial
- Science Olympiad
- Teen Advisory Program
- Band
- Chorale
- Concert Choir
- Drama
- Orchestra
- "Horizon" (newspaper)
- "Icarus" (literary magazine)
- "Roundup" (yearbook)
- Brothers and Sisters United
- Chess Club
- Dance Team
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Global Awareness Club
- HOPE (Help Our Planet Earth)
- Marching Color Guard
- Project L.E.A.D. (Leadership Experience and Development)
- Rock and Roll Club
- Scoreboard Club
- Signing With Hands
- Student Council
- Winter Guard
- WHS for Animals
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. They are as follows:- Football (Fall)
- Men's Soccer (Fall)
- Women's Soccer (Fall)
- Volleyball (Fall)
- Men's Golf (Fall)
- Women's Golf (Fall)
- Cross Country (Co-ed) (Fall)
- Women's Tennis (Fall)
- Cheerleading (Football and Basketball)
- Men's Basketball (Winter)
- Women's Basketball (Winter)
- Swimming (Co-ed) (Winter)
- Diving (Co-ed) (Winter)
- Wrestling (Winter)
- Indoor Track (Club Sport) (Co-ed) (Winter)
- Track and Field (Co-ed) (Spring)
- Men's Tennis (Spring)
- Baseball (Spring)
- Softball (Spring)
- Bowling (Winter)
- Men's Lacrosse (Spring)
- Women's Lacrosse (Spring)
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
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
– 1977 - Boys Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 1950 - Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
– 1996
Notable alumni
- Thomas D. BoyattThomas D. BoyattThomas David Boyatt is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Colombia . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive for six days in a Palestinian hijacking in the 1960s. He graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951...
, former U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–1980) and Colombia (1980–1983) - C.F. Payne, Illustrator
- Ahmed PlummerAhmed PlummerAhmed Kamil Plummer is a former NFL player who played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers from 2000-2005. A 5'11", 191 lb. cornerback from Ohio State University, Plummer was selected by the 49ers in the 1st round in the 2000 NFL Draft...
, Football player - P. J. PopeP. J. PopeWilliam Leroy "P. J." Pope, Jr. is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2006...
, Football player - Robert BrewsterRobert BrewsterRobert Brewster is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played for Ball State as they achieved a national ranking in 2008 for the first time in school history...
, Football player - David PayneDavid Payne (athlete)David Payne is an American hurdler. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and his family moved to the suburb of Wyoming. Payne competed in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles while attending the University of Cincinnati...
, USA Track Team member, 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist - Sean Smith (defensive end), Football player
- David ShenkDavid ShenkDavid Shenk is an American writer, lecturer, and filmmaker. He is author of six books, including The Genius in All of Us , Data Smog , The Forgetting , and The Immortal Game , and has contributed to National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, Gourmet, Harper's, Wired, The New Yorker, The New...
, Writer - Lance Williams, Reporter and Writer, Co-author of Game of ShadowsGame of ShadowsGame of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports is a bestselling non-fiction book published on March 23, 2006 and written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle...
- Jeff RussellJeff RussellJeffrey Lee Russell is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played 14 years from 1983 to 1996. Russell played for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League and the Texas Rangers, Oakland A's, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, all of the American League...
, Baseball player - William GreiderWilliam GreiderWilliam Greider is an American journalist and author who writes primarily about economics.His most recent book is . Before that he published The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy, which explores the basis and history of the corporation and how people can influence further...
, Writer - Tracy SmithTracy SmithTracy Smith is a CBS News correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, in addition to reports she does for The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, and "48 Hours Mystery". Smith is a former Channel One News anchor and correspondent. She is married to CBS Sunday Morning producer John D'Amelio...
, TV personality - Tim Metcalfe, Screenwriter (Revenge of the NerdsRevenge of the NerdsRevenge of the Nerds is a 1984 comedy film satirizing social life on a college campus. The film stars Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, John Goodman, and Donald Gibb...
) - Michael WolfeMichael WolfeMichael Wolfe is an American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of . He is also a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, SUNY Buffalo, and Princeton...
, poet, author, and award winning filmmaker Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet - B. Todd Jones '75, Acting Director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice...
former U.S. Attorney (Minnesota); partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & CiresiRobins, Kaplan, Miller & CiresiRobins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is a large U.S. law firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of 2010, the firm had 250 lawyers in six offices nationwide: Minneapolis; Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York and Naples, Florida.-Practice... - John Weld Peck IIJohn Weld Peck IIJohn Weld Peck II was a United States federal judge.-Early life and education:Peck was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Arthur M. and Marguerite Peck. His grandfather Hiram D. Peck, was a judge of the old Superior Court of Cincinnati and a member of the Ohio Constitution Convention of 1912,...
, judge - Deena DeardurffDeena DeardurffDeena Deardurff is an American swimmer and Olympic champion, former college swim coach, and a self-identified victim of sex abuse allegedly by her former coach.-Swimming:...
, American swimmer, 1972 Olympic Gold medalist in 4 × 100 m medley.