Earl Wooster High School

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Earl Wooster High School
Location
Earl Wooster High School
1331 East Plumb Lane
Reno, NV 89501
Coordinates 39°30′27″N119°46′59″W / 39.507526°N 119.783099°W / 39.507526; -119.783099
Information
Type Public
Established1961
School district Washoe County School District
PrincipalDavid Kitchin [1]
Staff72.00 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,483 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio20.60 [2]
ColorsScarlet and white    [3]
Athletics4A [4]
Athletics conferenceSierra League
MascotColt [3]
Website Official website

Earl Wooster High School, or Wooster High School (WHS), is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. Its mascot is the Colt and the school colors are scarlet, white, and silver. It is currently part of the International Baccalaureate program.

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History

Earl Wooster High School is named after Earl Wooster, an early president of the Washoe County School District.[ citation needed ]

Curriculum

In 1996, the school introduced the International Baccalaureate program. Since its implementation, students have participated in the program as preparation for postsecondary education. [5]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Wooster competes in the Sierra League of the Northern Nevada 4A Region.[ citation needed ] The football program has won eight Nevada state championships.[ citation needed ]

The wrestling program has won multiple Nevada 4A state championships.[ citation needed ] The softball team won four consecutive Nevada 4A state titles from 2000 to 2003[ citation needed ] and was ranked as high as third nationally by ESPN and fifth in the USA Today high school poll during that period. [6] The baseball team won the Nevada 4A state championship and the Northern Region title in 2002.[ citation needed ]

Publications

Campus

Located near the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Wooster is an open courtyard high school that has individual buildings separated by a covered walkway. There is a large metal and auto shop where industrial education classes are held. Wooster has two gyms and three playing fields, the main one named Joe "Mac" Sellers, after a football coach. The auto shop classes were dropped between the 2003 and 2004 school years.

Awards and recognition

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Principal". Staff Directory. Earl Wooster High School. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Earl Wooster High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Earl Wooster High School". Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ Washoe County School District Archived July 9, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Washoe Parents, February 2010 Issue". Server2.rgj.p2ionline.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Super 25 softball rankings". USA Today. May 20, 2005. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ Bob Ottum. "Greg LeMond, a Huck Finn with steel thighs, is the first American to pedal his way to the top ranks of European bike racing royalty". Sports Illustrated Vault. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
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