Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School

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Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School
Address
Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School
943 South Franklin Street

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47660

Coordinates 38°19′49″N87°21′3″W / 38.33028°N 87.35083°W / 38.33028; -87.35083
Information
Established1967
School district East Gibson School Corporation
PrincipalJames Wilson [1]
Teaching staff28.62 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9–12 [2]
Enrollment245 (2018-19) [3]
Student to teacher ratio8.56 [2]
Color(s)Green, gold, white [1]
   
Athletics conference Blue Chip Conference [1]
Southwest Seven Football Conference [4]
Nickname Trojans [1]
Website wmhs.egsc.k12.in.us

The Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School, formerly referred to as Oakland City Wood Memorial High School by the IHSAA, now simply as Wood Memorial High School is a public education institution located in Oakland City, Indiana, USA, serving the East Gibson School Corporation and drawing students from Barton, Center and Columbia Townships in the much more sparsely populated eastern third of Gibson County, Indiana. As such, Wood Memorial is the smallest high school in county, being roughly half the sizes of either Gibson Southern or Princeton Community.

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Athletics

The school is in the Indiana High School Athletic Association class A with around 400 students in grades 9–12. The school colors are green, white and gold and the mascots are the Trojans and Lady Trojans. Since 2002, the school has been a member of the Blue Chip Conference, and more recently, the Southwest Seven Football Conference, although previously it was a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (Two of its predecessor schools, Oakland City High School and Francisco High School were early members of the conference) along with its county rival Gibson Southern (Two of GS's predecessors were also members). Sports offered at Wood Memorial include: [5] [6]

Boys

  • Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Track
  • Golf
  • Baseball

No football

Girls

  • Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Basketball
  • Swimming
  • Track
  • Softball
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country

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  6. "Girls Sports". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.