York High School (Virginia)

Infobox School
name= York High School


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streetaddress= 9300 George Washington Highway
city= Yorktown
state= Virginia
zipcode= 23692
country= USA
url= [http://yorkcountyschools.org/yhs/ Official Site]
district= York County School Division
superintendent= Dr. Eric Williams
principal= Mrs. Antonia Fox
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staff=
type= Public
schooltype= high school
grades= 9–12
language= English
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campus= Suburban
mascot= Falcon
colors= colorbox|Blue colorbox|White Royal Blue, White
founded= 1954
enrollment= 1,014
enrollment_as_of= 2006-07
rival= Tabb High School
Grafton High SchoolBruton High School
conference= Virginia High School League
Bay Rivers District
Region I
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York High School(home of the falcons) is located in Yorktown in unincorporated York County, Virginia. The school is located near Surrender Field of the Yorktown Battlefields where the last, decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War was fought.

The school was opened in 1954 and currently has approximately a thousand students. The school is part of the York County School Division. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Bay Rivers District in Region I. The school is home of the school division's television station and offers television productions courses in the curriculum. The school is home of the York River Academy, a charter school that focuses on collaborative education teaching computer repair, cabling, and web design. York is also the home of the International Baccalaureate program in York County.

York High School is also home to the most powerful high school radio station in the United States, WYCS 91.5. [ [http://www.yorkhighalumni.org/wycs.htm York High Alumni Association - WYCS 91.5 FM The United State's Most Powerful High School Radio Station ] ]

History

York High School was constructed in 1954 as the public school for grades six through 12 for the white children of the area, while the York County Training School in the Grafton area of York County would be used by black students. [ [http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-03671sy0may09,0,2919904.story?page=1 'No One Made it an Issue' - dailypress.com ] ]

Accreditation

York High is fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Educationcite web
url = http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/va/1915/
title = York Overview
accessdate = 2007-04-01
format = HTML
publisher = Greatschools.net
language = English] and has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1966.cite web
url = http://www.sacscasi.org/schools/Proceedings_Accredited_SACS_CASI_VA.html
title = School Overview
accessdate = 2007-04-01
format = HTML
publisher = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
language = English]

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into YHS cite web
url = http://206.246.204.37/pub/netscapeprop.htm/
title = York County GIS
accessdate = 2007-04-02
format = HTML
publisher = York County, Virginia
language = English] :
* Seaford Elementary School
* Yorktown Elementary School(partial)And
* Dare Elementary School

All residents zoned to Yorktown Middle School are zoned to York High School.

Athletics

York High has almost 20 Varsity sports. These teams compete under the name, "The Falcons," and their colors are blue, silver, and white. The football team has had various successes over the past few years. York's athletic teams include:

Baseball - AA State Champions 1989
Basketball-Boys
Basketball-Girls - AA State Champions 1986 and 1987
Cheerleading
Cross Country - AA State Champions 1996 and 1997
Diving
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Soccer-Boys
Soccer-Girls
Softball
Swimming
Tennis-Boys - AA State Champions 1995, 1996, and 1997
Tennis-Girls
Track-Boys
Track-Girls
Volleyball
Wrestling

External links

* [http://yorkcountyschools.org/yhs/index.htm York High School]
* [http://www.yorkhighalumni.org/ York High School Alumni Association]

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