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| address = 1 Webster Knight Dr
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| city = West Warwick
| city = West Warwick
| state = Rhode Island
| state = [[Rhode Island]]
| zipcode = 02893
| zipcode = 02893
| country = United States
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| type = Public high school
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| principal = Philip Solomon
| principal = Philip Solomon
| dean_of_students=Steven Alves
| dean = Steven Alves (students)
| enrollment = 1,022
| enrollment = 1,022
| enrollment_as_of = 2015
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'''West Warwick High School''' is a [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[high school]] located in [[West Warwick, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WWHS|url=http://www.westwarwickpublicschools.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=7|publisher=WWPS}}</ref> The current enrollment is approximately 1,000 students. The school mascot is the [[Magician (fantasy)|Wizard]] and the school colors are black and orange.
'''West Warwick High School''' is a [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[high school]] in [[West Warwick, Rhode Island]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=WWHS|url=http://www.westwarwickpublicschools.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=7|publisher=WWPS}}</ref>

==Mission & academic achievements==
The mission of West Warwick High School is to create a caring learning community with rigorous academic and professional standards. These standards will provide students and staff with a safe and healthful, positive and personalized environment. The educational community will encourage mutual, lifelong learning so that all students and staff may achieve their full potential as productive, ethical and responsible members of the community.

In recent years, the school has seen a resurgence in academic rigor and achievement. Due to recent initiatives and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff, the student body has seen significant gains on state testing, specifically the New England Common Assessment Program ([[NECAP]]) scores for the 2010 school year. Student test scores have improved significantly, most notably 83% of WWHS students who took the NECAP test are either proficient or proficient with distinction in Reading.


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://sites.google.com/westwarwickpublicschools.com/westwarwickhighschool/home West Warwick High School website]
* {{Official website|https://sites.google.com/westwarwickpublicschools.com/westwarwickhighschool/}}
*[https://www.westwarwickpublicschools.com/ Warwick Public Schools website]
*[http://wwhsplayers.weebly.com/ West Warwick High School Players]


[[Category:Buildings and structures in West Warwick, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in West Warwick, Rhode Island]]

Revision as of 21:03, 2 September 2018

West Warwick High School
Address
Map
1 Webster Knight Dr

West Warwick
,
Rhode Island
02893

United States
Coordinates41°42′32″N 71°30′58″W / 41.709°N 71.516°W / 41.709; -71.516
Information
TypePublic high school
DeanSteven Alves (students)
PrincipalPhilip Solomon
Faculty88
Enrollment1,022 (2015)
Campus typeUrban Ring
Color(s)
  Black and Orange
MascotWizard
NewspaperThe Magic Word
WebsiteWest Warwick High School

West Warwick High School is a public high school in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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), and Shrek the Musical (2018). [4] 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).

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "WWHS". WWPS.
  2. ^ "RI Interscholastic League".
  3. ^ "Berklee HS Jazz Festival".
  4. ^ "WWHS Players".
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