Watervliet High School (Watervliet, Michigan)

Infobox US school
name = Watervliet High School


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location = 450 E. Red Arrow Hwy.
Watervliet, Michigan, 49098
USA
coordinates = coord|42.187861,-86.252482
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established =
type = Free public
district = Watervliet School District
grades = 9 - 12
principal = Greg Chisek
campus type = Rural
campus size =
enrollment = 438 Students
budget = $3.02 Million USD (based on $6875/ student)
faculty = 38 (21 full-time teachers, 2 part-time teachers, 4 share teachers, 1 guidance counselor, 10 support staff)
mascot = Panther
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colors = Maroon, Gold, and White color box|maroon color box|gold color box|white
homepage = http://www.watervliet.k12.mi.us/HS/

Watervliet High School (commonly Watervliet or WHS) is a publicly funded high school in Watervliet, Michigan. It serves the students of the city of Watervliet and the surrounding townships education needs for grades 9 – 12.

Mission Statement

To enable students to acquire essential literacy and cultural awareness; develop pride in accomplishment and value achievement; and become responsible, self-supporting citizens with mastery of personal life skills.

Academics

Watervliet High School, was first accredited by the Michigan North Central Association in the1930-1931 school year [ [http://www.ncamichigan.org/member_list.asp http://www.ncamichigan.org/member_list.asp] ] and continues to have accreditation from Education Yes!, Michigan’s current system of school accreditation.

Teachers in core curriculum’s of English, math, science, social studies, foreign language, and high school arts all meet the No Child Left Behind Act’s (NCLB) definition of Highly Qualified. Students at WHS also surpassed state averages for the American College Testing (ACT) test (Composite: 22.2/21.6 WHS/State, English: 21.1/20.4, Math: 21.8/21.2, Reading: 22.7/21.7, Science: 22.3/21.6)

Watervliet also has a graduation rate of 90.95% with a drop out rate of 2.38%. [http://www.watervliet.k12.mi.us/Media%20Center.htm http://www.watervliet.k12.mi.us/Media%20Center.htm]

Extra Curricular

Athletics

Watervliet competes in the Southwest Athletic Conference of Michigan. They are led by athletic director Ken Dietz. They have a fall lineup of football, volleyball, cross-country, equestrian, and cheerleading, a winter lineup of boys and girls basketball as well as wrestling and spring sports of baseball, softball, and boys and girls track. They also compete in golf, wrestling, and power lifting.

The teams hold many trophies for district and regional championships as well as many trophies in invitational tournaments. They also hold the 3rd place trophy for state power lifting in 2003. In 2005 the boys baseball team got to the quarterfinals of the Division 3 baseball tournment in the state of Michigan, but unfortunately lost to Homer High School, 11-5.

tudent Clubs

* Quiz Bowl
* National Honor Society
* Student Council
* Spanish Club
* Science Club
* Yearbook
* Science Olympiad
* Seminar To Address Teens Involving Choices (STATIC)
* Variety Show

Notes