Glen A. Wilson High School

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Glen A. Wilson High School
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Address
Glen A. Wilson High School
16455 Wedgeworth Drive

Hacienda Heights
,
California
91745

United States
Coordinates 33°59′55″N117°56′49″W / 33.9987°N 117.9470°W / 33.9987; -117.9470
Information
School type Public high school
Established1966 (1966)
School district HLPUSD
PrincipalDanielle Kenfield [1] [2]
Staff62.00 (FTE) [3]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment1,555 (2017–18) [3]
Student to teacher ratio24.56 [3]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)  Cardinal
  Gold
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Hacienda League
MascotWildcat
Rival Los Altos High School
NewspaperPaw Prints
YearbookThe Prowler
Website gwhs-hlpusd-ca.schoolloop.com

Glen A. Wilson High School is a public high school located in Hacienda Heights, California. It is one of two high schools located in the unincorporated community, and one of four in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.

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Wilson was ranked 333 out of 804 in Newsweek's 2003 web-exclusive extended list of top U.S. public high schools. [4] It ranked 861 in the 2007 list of the top 1,000 U.S. public schools. [5] Wilson was ranked 121 out of 500 in Newsweek's America's Best High Schools in 2011. [6]

History

The school was started September 1965 on the campus of the neighboring Rowland High School in Rowland Heights, California, where students attended a split session year until the campus was ready for occupancy in September 1967.

The school was named for Glen A. Wilson, former Superintendent of the La Puente Union High School District 1953-1972 (which became Hacienda La Puente Unified School District in 1970). [7] He was born in Alpaugh, California, on September 11, 1913. He was a resident of Hillcrest in La Verne, California when he died on September 7, 1996. [8]

He held bachelor's and master's degrees from Occidental College (1936, 1940), and a Doctorate in Education from University of Southern California (1965). [9]

He began his career in education as a 6th grade teacher in El Centro in 1937, and retired from education as superintendent of Hacienda La Puente Unified School District in 1972. He served in the Marine Corps in World War II 1942–1946, discharged from active duty as a Battalion Quartmaster, First Lieutenant. He achieved the rank of Major in the USMC Reserve in 1952. He was named Citizen of the Year by the La Puente Valley Chamber of Commerce in 1965. He served Rotary as District 530 Governor from 1972 to 1973, and received the Paul Harris Fellow award in 1972. [10]

In 2008, Wilson received media attention after a student promised a school shooting on the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting and around the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting on the school's Wikipedia page. [11] These threats were referred to the local police. On Thursday, April 17, 2008, security was increased and students' backpacks were searched. All after-school activities were cancelled. In addition, on Friday, April 18, 2008, school was cancelled as a precaution, although early that morning, a student was arrested in connection with the threats and held at Juvenile Hall. [11] [12]

School demographics

The school had 1594 students in 2015-2016 [13]

The ethnic composition of the student body was:

Athletics

The school's sport teams compete in the Valle Vista League to qualify for CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS). The Valle Vista League consists of the Wilson Wildcats, Rowland Raiders, San Dimas Saints, Covina Colts, Nogales Nobles, and Northview Vikings

BoysGirlsCo-ed
Baseball Basketball Badminton
Basketball Golf Cross Country
Football Soccer Swimming
Golf Tennis Track
Soccer Volleyball
Tennis Waterpolo
Waterpolo Softball
Wrestling

Notable alumni

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