Woodrow Wilson High School (Tacoma, Washington)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Woodrow Wilson High School



motto = "Developing Confident, Contributing Citizens"
established = 1958
type = Public secondary
grades = 9-12
principal = Dan Besett
faculty =
students =
mascot = Rams
colors = Red, White, Blue
city = Tacoma
state = Washington
country = USA
website = http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/schools/hs/wilson
address = 1202 N. Orchard St.
newspaper = Banner
yearbook = NOVA

Woodrow Wilson High School is located in Tacoma, Washington, on Orchard Street and 11th Street. Wilson High one of five traditional high schools in the Tacoma Public School System and is located within distance of Downing Elementary School, also in Tacoma. The school's current principal is Dan Besset. On January 3, 2007 Wilson provided shelter to the students of Foss High School due to a school shooting (Tacoma High School Shooting) until plans were changed for the victims.Fact|date=February 2007

Academics

Wilson High School is served by 73 classroom teachers, 52% of whom have a Master's Degree or higher. The school offers Advanced Placement classes in English Literature, U.S. History, Calculus, Civics, and Chemistry. It also takes part in the Running Start program, through which students can earn college and high school credit at local community colleges.

The annual drop-out rate, as reported in the 2005-2006 school year, was 6.2%. The on-time graduation rate was 76.1%, and the extended graduation rate was 82.4%. [http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?schoolId=2127&reportLevel=School&orgLinkId=2127&yrs=&year=2006-07 Washington State Report Card ] ]

In the 2006-2007 school year, 84.6% of 10th grade students passed the writing section of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) exam; 78.2% passed the reading section, 41.2% passed the math section, and 32.1% passed the science component of the exam. These results tended to be lower than the state average but higher than the Tacoma Public School District average. [http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/perf/wilson2006-07.pdf]

Demographics

As of October 2006, the school had 1,271 students, 53.7% male and 46.3% female. The student population was composed of 1.3% Native American students, 6.2% Asian, 17.8% African American, 3.4% Hispanic, and 71.2% White.

Daffodil Festival

Every year, Wilson participates in the Pierce County Daffodil Festival. A competition is held in house to select the Wilson Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Wilson band accompanies the float of Wilson princesses every year in the parade, held annually in April.

Past Wilson Daffodil Festival Queens

*Susan Bona, 1966
*Paula Achziger, 1972
*Lori Webber, 1974
*Ensung Kelly Nah, 1991

Notable Alumni

*Richard Brautigan. poet and novelist
*Ted Bundy - serial killer
*Marcus Trufant Star cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks
*John Zamberlin former linebacker for the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs Currently the head football coach at Idaho State University
*Darrell Robinson set the 400 meter national high school track record of 44.69 seconds on July 24, 1982. The record still stands.
*Geoff Tate Lead Singer of the Grammy Nominated band Queensryche
*Leo Randolph 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist in boxing

References

* [http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/schools/hs/wilson Wilson's Webpage]
* [http://www.daffodilfestival.net/Royalty-Info/queens_page.htm Daffodil Festival]