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Coordinates: 41°42′32″N 71°30′58″W / 41.709°N 71.516°W / 41.709; -71.516
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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
School districtWest Warwick Public Schools
PrincipalJessica Hassell
Faculty88
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,001 (2020-21)[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)    Orange and Black
MascotWizard
NicknameWizards
RivalCoventry[2]
NewspaperThe Magic Word
Websitesites.google.com/westwarwickpublicschools.com/westwarwickhighschool

West Warwick High School is a public high school in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.[3]

Athletics

The school has a long tradition of excellence in Rhode Island Interscholastic Sports and is a member of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League. Most recently, the Wizard's football team won the Rhode Island 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.[4]

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 in 2002 to 2007, 2009, and 2012 to 2014; winning the prestigious festival in 2007 and 2014.[5] 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 musical productions and have performed since 2009, 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), 9 to 5 (2019), Chicago (2020), Songs for a New World (2021), SpongeBob SquarePants (2022), and Frozen (2023).[6] 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. ^ "West Warwick High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Coventry vs. West Warwick". rihssports.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ "WWHS". WWPS.
  4. ^ "RI Interscholastic League".
  5. ^ "Berklee HS Jazz Festival".
  6. ^ "WWHS Players".


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