Western Albemarle High School

Western Albemarle High School
Western Albemarle High School entrance
Address
5941 Rockfish Gap Turnpike
Crozet, Virginia 22932
United States
Information
School type Public, Comprehensive high school
Founded September 1977
School district Albemarle County Public Schools
Superintendent Dr. Pamela Moran
Principal Mr. Darah Bonham
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1073 (2015-16[1])
Language English
Campus Suburban
Color(s)           Blue and Gold
Athletics conference VHSL Group 3A West Region
Jefferson District
Mascot Warriors
Newspaper The Western Hemisphere
Feeder schools J. T. Henley Middle School
Website WAHS Homepage

Western Albemarle High School is a public high school located in Crozet, Virginia. Western Albemarle is often simply referred to as Western or WAHS (pronounced "woz") by students and locals. The school opened in September 1977.

Front Entrance

Organization

Western Albemarle enrolls approximately 1,073 students. It is situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains on a seventy-five acre site adjacent to Highway 250 and Interstate 64. WAHS is part of the Albemarle County Public School System, serving the western and central areas of Albemarle County.

The main feeder school is J. T. Henley Middle School, located directly across Route 250

Academics

In January 2008, it was announced that Western was one of two schools (along with Murray Elementary) in the County that received the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence. This was the highest honor in the new incentive program for schools and school divisions created by the Board of Education to advance Governor Tim Kaine’s “competence to excellence” agenda.[2]

Also in 2008, the school was ranked 1310 of 1358 of the top 5% of U.S. high schools by Newsweek, placing it in the 9th percentile of school quality.[3] It is also ranked in the top 10 of the state of Virginia.

Athletics

Tennis facilities

Western Albemarle is notable for its successful sports programs, considered as some best in the state. In 2007, Western won the Wachovia Cup, the award given to the best all-around athletic program in the state of Virginia. The school belongs to the Jefferson District of Region II of the Virginia High School League (VHSL). The Boys Soccer Team won its third state championship in 2016, with other championships coming in 1996 and 2014.[4] The Girls Soccer Team won their second and third state championships in 2017 and 2018, with the first in 2002. In football they have been three time Jefferson District champs, with a 20-4 record in the past 4 years, led by stunning performances by Western's own Walter Johnson affectionately known as Birdman. In 2011, the Western Albemarle track team sent several relay teams to the national track competition. In 2004-2005, the school won 21 district, regional, and state championships. The girls' swimming and diving team has won the VHSL 3A State Championship 6 years in a row. The boys' team won its first state championship in 2016 and the second in 2018. In 2017, the Girls and Boys Cross Country Teams both won the state championship! In 2018, the Boys and Girls Indoor Track teams also won the state championship.[5][6]

Activities

Western Albemarle's quizbowl team placed second at the 2014 PACE NSC[7] In 2014 they also won the VHSL Scholastic Bowl 3A title as well as the NAQT Virginia state championship.

WAHS hosts the Destination ImagiNation tournament for the Jefferson District.

Bombing plot

School grounds

In 2006, a 16-year-old Western Albemarle High School student and a 15-year-old Albemarle High School student were arrested after it was discovered that they were plotting to detonate explosives at their schools.[8] The students were both found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to use explosives to destroy a school house, and have been committed to the juvenile justice system.[9]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia Dept. of Education School Report Card". Virginia Department of Education. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Timothy M. Kaine (January 10, 2008). "Governor Kaine Announces Awards for High-Performing Virginia Public Schools". Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ America's Top Public High Schools
  4. ↑ Lehmbeck, Alexander (June 12, 2016). "Warriors on top — again". The Daily Progress. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ Western Albemarle High School Athletics page
  6. ↑ Counts, Ron (February 19, 2016). "Western Albemarle sweeps 3A state swimming titles". Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2014 NSC Results". Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Liesel Nowak (April 6, 2006). "13-year-olds guilty in bomb plot Hawranke hearing delayed". The Daily Progress. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Student convicted in bomb plot". Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 30, 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2006.
  10. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyprogress/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=116350026
  11. ↑ Make Me a Supermodel (season 2)
  12. ↑ "Billy Baber". Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Billy Baber". NFL. Retrieved May 24, 2018.

Coordinates: 38°2′48″N 78°42′24″W / 38.04667°N 78.70667°W / 38.04667; -78.70667

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