Wakefield High School (Raleigh, North Carolina)

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Wakefield High School
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Wakefield High School (Raleigh, North Carolina)
2200 Wakefield Pines Dr

Raleigh
,
North Carolina
27614

United States
Coordinates 35°56′51″N78°34′15″W / 35.94750°N 78.57083°W / 35.94750; -78.57083
Information
Type Public high school
MottoIt's all about the "W"
Established1999;25 years ago (1999)
School district Wake County Public School System
NCES District ID3704720 [1]
CEEB code 343244 [2]
NCES School ID370472002560 [1]
PrincipalMalik Bazzell [3]
Teaching staff108.14 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9–12 [1]
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment2,072 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.16 [1]
Campus size110 acres (45 ha) [2]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)    Maroon, Black, and Silver [2]
Athletics4–AA [2]
Athletics conferenceCAP–7
MascotWolverines [2]
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
NewspaperThe Howler
Website wcpss.net/wakefieldhs

Wakefield High School is a Wake County public high school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school is adjacent to Wakefield Elementary and Wakefield Middle schools.

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History

Wakefield High School's building was completed and opened in 1999. For the 1999–2000 school year, the building was occupied by students from Sanderson High School, while their school was under renovation. For that school year, the name of the school was Sanderson High School at Wakefield. In 2000, Wakefield students inhabited the building for the first official school year of Wakefield High. [4]

Schedule

The school year at Wakefield High School starts in late August and ends in early June. The class schedule, commonly referred to as "block scheduling", has four different classes each semester, each block being approximately ninety minutes long. This completes a course in one semester instead of one year and provides four new classes in the second semester. Students take exams in mid-January and again in early June. [2] [5]

In the 2009–2010 school year, a different type of lunch block was created called "SMART" lunch. Instead of multiple 30-minute lunch blocks, a single 55-minute block between blocks 3 and 4 was established where all students and staff would eat lunch together, unless the student had an off-campus pass they wished to use. [6] Many school clubs were held during the lunch block, along with teacher help sessions. This "SMART" lunch was removed about 5 years later in October 2016 by then principal Malik Bazzell, who said that "only nine percent of the students actually utilized SMART lunch on a daily basis and 91 percent were out and about doing whatever." [7] This decision by the principal was opposed by many of the students [6] [8] and some teachers, especially those who utilized the time. [9] While there was a small overlap at the beginning of the 2016–2017 school year, a new 35-minute block called "Pride Time" was created primarily to replace SMART lunch. "Pride Time" was similar in many ways to SMART lunch, with the main difference being a shorter block time and comparatively less freedom over movement. Students who had a grade point average lower than 75 were required to go to receive extra help during Pride Time in any classes they may have been struggling in. Pride Time would also later be removed for various reasons in the 2021–2022 school year, and no substitute for this time would be made. [7]

As of the 2023–2024 school year, Wakefield High School offers the following 18 Advanced Placement (AP) courses for: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, Government and Politics, Human Geography, Physics I, Psychology, Statistics, Studio Art-Drawing, Studio Art-2D, Studio Arts-3D, and United States History. [10]

Athletics

Wakefield's students compete in the NCHSAA 4-AA classification in the CAP-7 conference. Wakefield's biggest rivalry in sports is with the cross-town Wake Forest Cougars, Heritage Huskies, and Millbrook Wildcats.

As of the 2023–2024 school year, [11] Wakefield High School offers the following 22 athletic programs for the fall, winter, and spring seasons:

Fall Sports: Cheer, Cross Country, Football, Women's Golf, Men's Soccer, Women's Tennis, and Volleyball

Winter Sports: Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Indoor Track, Women's Indoor Track, Swimming & Diving, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Men's Wrestling, and Women's Wrestling

Spring Sports: Baseball, Women's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's Tennis, Men's Outdoor Track , and Women's Outdoor Track

Clubs and organizations

As of the 2023–2024 school year, Wakefield High offers the following 47 clubs and organizations: African Student Association, American Sign Language Club, Asian Culture Club, Best Buddies, Beta Club, Black Student Union, Book and Literacy Club, Cancer Awareness Club, Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy, Debate Club, DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), Drama Club, Dungeons & Dragons, Eats and Treats Baking Club, FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America), FFA (Future Farmers of America), Forces of Nature, French Club, German Club, International Thespian Honor Society, Jewish Student Union, Key Club, Latin Club, Latin Student Union, Letters of Sunshine Club, LGBTQ Pride Club, Mindfulness Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Muslim Students Association, National Achievers Society, National Art Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, Newspaper Club (The Howler), Pickleball Club, Red Cross Club, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Spanish Honor Society, Student Council, UNICEF Club, Wackos, Yearbook Club, and Zine. [12]

The school's student newspaper, The Howler, includes open student forums, opinion articles, students' life articles, and a "Fri-Yay" blog among other media. The mission of The Howler is to provide unbiased and accurate news coverage to the students and faculty at Wakefield and to the surrounding community. [13] The Howler won the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association's award for excellence in journalism in 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2022. [13]

Wakefield Theatre Company

The school's theater program was founded at the same time as the school in 2000. The program was established to teach students about the performing arts and to provide multiple opportunities for students to view each other's dramatic work. [14] On average, Wakefield Theatre Company holds somewhere between four and eight plays a year. The program also organizes the school's Drama Club meetings. [14]

Statistics (2022–2023 school year)

Notable alumni

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