West Warwick High School

West Warwick High School is a public high school in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.[2]

West Warwick High School
Address
1 Webster Knight Dr

West Warwick
,
Rhode Island
02893

United States
Coordinates41.709°N 71.516°W / 41.709; -71.516
Information
TypePublic high school
DeanSteven Alves (students)
PrincipalJessica Hassell
Faculty88
Enrollment951 (2016-17)[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)
  Black and Orange
MascotWizard
NewspaperThe Magic Word
WebsiteWest Warwick High School

Athletics

The school has a long tradition of excellence in Rhode Island Interscholastic Sports and is a member of the RI Interscholastic League. Most recently, the Wizard football team won the RI Division II State Championship in December 2014. Also the girls soccer team won back to back state championships in 2013 and 2014. Hundreds of students participate in numerous sports throughout the year.[3]

Performing arts

The performing arts, have helped to bring national status to the school in recent years. The West Warwick High School Jazz Ensemble "A" Band has won numerous awards including placing in the Finals of the Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival from 2002–2007, 2009, 2012-2014; winning the prestigious festival in 2007 and 2014.[4] The Concert Band and Concert Chorale have competed and won local and national awards and titles the past twenty years. Currently, the West Warwick High School Music Department is the largest in the state, with more than 600 students participating annually.

The West Warwick High School Players produce high quality musical productions and have performed to sell out crowds since 2010, performing High School Musical (2009); Footloose (2010); Aida (2011); Grease (2012), Legally Blonde (2013), In the Heights (2014); Big Fish (2015), The Addams Family (2016), Catch Me If You Can (2017), Shrek the Musical (2018), and 9 to 5 (musical) (2019). [5] In 2015, they were the first and only Rhode Island high school to participate in the Connecticut High School Theater Awards, the regional division of the National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA). Through this program, Myranda Silva (class of 2019) attended the Jimmy Awards in New York City in June 2019.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "West Warwick High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. "WWHS". WWPS.
  3. "RI Interscholastic League".
  4. "Berklee HS Jazz Festival".
  5. "WWHS Players".
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