Wheeling Park High School
| Wheeling Park High School | |
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1976 Park View Road & Patriot Drive Wheeling, West Virginia United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1976 |
| School district | Ohio County Schools |
| Principal | Amy Minch |
| Enrollment | 2,000 |
| Mascot | Patriot (usually as an eagle) |
| Team name | Patriots |
| Rivals | Wheeling Central |
| Publication | Park Press |
| Website | WPHS website |
Wheeling Park High School, in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, is the only public high school serving Ohio County. Approximately 2,000 students in grades 9-12 attend.
The school opened for the 1976-1977 academic year following the consolidation of Wheeling, Triadelphia, and Warwood high schools.
Academics
Advanced placement
Wheeling Park offers 16 Advanced Placement courses: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Environmental Science, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Physics B, Physics C, Political Science, U.S. History, World History, Statistics, Chemistry, Psychology, Music Appreciation and Spanish.
There are also courses that can be taken for college credit through West Liberty University and West Virginia Northern Community College.
West Virginia Educational Standards Test
West Virginia uses the West Virginia Educational Standards Test (WESTEST) to assess their students' proficiency levels by grade level.
Students at Wheeling Park exceeded the state average in every category in 2009:
- Math - Grade 11: 61% proficient compared to 59% state average
- Reading - Grade 11: 59% proficient compared to 52% state average
- Social Studies - Grade 11: 69% proficient compared to 63% state average[1]
WVSSAC sanctioned athletic state championship history
- Golf: 2002, 2010, 2011
- Boys cc:1986, 2007, 2008
- Girls cc: 1984
- Boys' basketball: 1980, 1995, (1997, 2010, 2011 state runner-up)
- Girls' basketball: 1998,1999
- Football: 1991 (state runner-up) 2015 (Class AAA state champions)
- Cheering: 1989, 2014, 2015
- Boys' soccer: 1991, 2001
- Girls' soccer:1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Boys' tennis: 2006
- Wrestling: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2006
- Girls' track: 1995
- Boys' track: 1988, 2007
Campus
The high school building houses physical education, special education, technical education, and regular education. The building is 860 feet long and 550 feet wide for a total of 473,000 square feet. There are three floors of masonry block insulation with brick veneer. Additional education wings added in 1984 on both ends of the building comprise 7750 square feet. Three gymnasiums, a fitness center, wrestling room, and indoor Olympic-sized pool make up the Physical Education department. "The Palace", located in the main building, is one of the largest gymnasiums in the Wheeling area.
Inside the school building, the Phyllis A. Beneke Theatre, The Media Center and the Food Court areas are the main common spaces. The Technology Center complex on the second floor consists of two computer labs and a large lecture hall. The music department is home to private recording studios, a piano lab, and two large practice halls. The Career and Technical Department consists of multiple computer, electronics, graphic design, and engineering laboratories. The school also houses the only Mac computer lab in the county-wide school system. The basement of the school is home to the auto mechanics shop, collision repair, welding, machine tool technology, building construction, and power equipment systems classes.
There are four lighted tennis courts, an eight-lane track and adjoining baseball, softball, football and soccer fields which complete the entire 52-acre complex. The JB Chambers Performing Arts Center on the campus opened in March 2012.[2]
Fine and performing arts
Wheeling Park is also home to bands, choral ensembles, and orchestral groups. It is widely considered to have the best high school music program in West Virginia and the Upper Ohio Valley. The school's speech and debate team has won 36 consecutive state championships, and its concert band has achieved 27 consecutive "superior" ratings at Region 1 Band Festival.[3]
Wheeling Park also is the home to the award-winning Wheeling Park High School Speech and Debate Team, which in 2016 won their 37th consecutive state championship.