Waterloo High School (New York)

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For other schools with the same name, see Waterloo High School (disambiguation).
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Waterloo High School
Address
96 Stark Street
Waterloo, New York 13165
United States
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Information
Type Public, Coeducational
Established 1929
School district Waterloo Central School District
Principal Mike Ferrarah
Staff 75
Faculty 47
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 650 (2009)
Language English
Hours in school day 6
Campus type Rural
Color(s) Black and orange          
Slogan Striving for Excellence
Athletics football
baseball
basketball
volleyball
softball
lacrosse
hockey
cross country
track
Athletics conference Section V
Mascot Indians
Rival Mynderse Academy
Newspaper The Tribune
Yearbook Skoi-Yase
Athletic Director Jeffrey Panek
Website Waterloo High School

Waterloo High School is a public high school located in Waterloo, New York, USA. As of 2009, it has an enrollment of 650 students from grades 9–12.[1] The current principal is Jeramy Clingerman, and the current assistant principal is Vincent Vitale.

History

Waterloo Senior High School was completed in 1929, and was located at 202 West Main Street in Waterloo. Following district centralization in 1939, it served as home for both the junior high and senior high grades. Due to overcrowding, a new senior high building was constructed at 65 Center Street and was completed in time for the 1961-1962 school year. It originally held grades 9 through 12, but again due to crowding issues, the 9th grade was moved to the middle school building on West Main Street until a new wing was constructed on the North end of the building. This wing would house several new classrooms, mostly in the social studies and English departments, as well as a library and study hall classroom. The east wing housed foreign language, mathematics, and the assistant principal's office. The south wing was a longer stretch that contained the nurse, guidance, and the main and principal's office, as well as science classrooms. This wing included a hallway that stretched south vertically and included more science rooms, art and music classrooms, and the cafeteria. The west wing held the gymnasium and home economics.

In January 2006 construction was completed on a new school, attached the western wing of the old building. The old high school houses the district middle school.

School layout

The entrance to the current high school leads through the main office and to an atrium, housing rest areas and the school library, now shared with the middle school. The high school has three main wings on the first floor, with the first wing originally containing English, Spanish, and the guidance office, and the second wing originally containing mostly social Studies, special education, and science. The two wings were connected by a pair of hallways, one leading to the gymnasium and two smaller classrooms, and the other hallway leading to a wing that protruded westward containing art and technology. A rectangular east wing was also constructed that leads to the cafeteria, as well as housing in-school suspension, and the music classrooms. The second wing contains the school's second floor, originally housing mathematics, French, business, and science. This departmental organization of the School was changed when the Freshmen Academy was added to the high school, with teachers of Grade 9 courses were moved to the second floor, swapping classrooms with math teachers who did not teach Grade 9.

Scheduling

Since January 2001, Waterloo High School has utilized block scheduling for its daily schedule. Classes meet for 77 minutes a day every other academic day, with a daily advisory period held in between second and third period. Each academic day holds four periods, followed by Academic Achievement, Late Detention, and Activity Period.[2]

Freshman Academy

Waterloo began a Freshman Academy in the 2007-2008 school year. In an effort to increase academic performance and ease the transition from middle school to high school, all freshmen students were scheduled together in teams, with classes primarily based on the second floor.

Extra/co-curricular activities

  • Chorus
  • Class Offices
  • Drama Club
  • Drum Line
  • French Club
  • Future Teachers of America
  • Instrumental Music
  • Masterminds
  • National Honor Society
  • Newspaper
  • Rotary/Interact
  • SADD
  • Ski Club
  • Student Council
  • SURGE After School Program
  • Women's Chorale
  • Varsity Club
  • Yearbook

Notable alumni

References

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External links

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