Waldo J. Wood Memorial Jr/Sr High School

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Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School
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Address
943 South Franklin Street
Oakland City , Indiana 47660
United States
Coordinates 38°19′49″N87°21′3″W / 38.33028°N 87.35083°W / 38.33028; -87.35083 Coordinates: 38°19′49″N87°21′3″W / 38.33028°N 87.35083°W / 38.33028; -87.35083
Information
Established 1967
School district East Gibson School Corporation
Principal Kevin Smith [1]
Teaching staff 29.00 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades 9–12 [2]
Enrollment 286 [2]  (2015-2016)
Student to teacher ratio 9.86 [2]
Color(s) Green, gold, white [1]
            
Athletics conference Blue Chip Conference [1]
Southwest Seven Football Conference [3]
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.

Oakland City, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Oakland City is the third-largest community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States, after the city of Princeton and the town of Fort Branch. It is the home of Oakland City University. The population was 2,429 at the 2010 census.

The East Gibson School Corporation is the smallest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County in both land area and student body with just over 1,000 students. The EGSC is responsible for a district including three townships of easternmost Gibson County; Barton, Center, and Columbia. Waldo J. Wood Memorial Jr/Sr High School, Barton Township School, Francisco Elementary School, and Oakland City Elementary School make up the facilities of the district. Buckskin, Francisco, Mackey, Oakland City, and Somerville are the towns served by the East Gibson School Corporation. Waldo J. Wood Memorial Jr/Sr High School is the smallest of Gibson County's three high schools at 382 students.

Barton Township, Gibson County, Indiana Township in Indiana, United States

Barton Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,677 and it contained 720 housing units. Somerville is the township seat.

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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: [4] [5]

Indiana High School Athletic Association organization

The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as classes, are intended to foster fair competition among schools of similar sizes. A school ranked 3A is larger than a school ranked 1A, but not as large as a 6A-ranked school. Only football has 6 classes. Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball are divided into four classes. Boys' and girls' soccer have featured three classes since the 2017–18 school year. All other sports compete in a single class.

Blue Chip Conference

The Blue Chip Conference is a high school athletic conference in southwestern Indiana, United States. The conference's members are small A or AA high schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin counties. The BCC was founded in 1968, with Barr-Reeve, Bloomfield, Loogootee, North Daviess, North Knox, South Knox, and Springs Valley. Barr-Reeve had to wait until 1969 to be released from the Patoka Valley Conference to play in the league, and Loogootee also had to wait until 1970 to leave the Southwestern Indiana Conference. The conference grew to 11 schools in the mid-1970s, but for the most part has stabilized at nine schools since then with the only exception being the 6 year period between the addition of Wood Memorial in 2000 and loss of Forest Park in 2006 where the count was at 10.

Pocket Athletic Conference

The Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A. Tecumseh operates its football program independently of the PAC and remains independent in the sport, playing schools much closer to its size than its much larger borderline 3A or 3A fellow members.

Boys

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

Girls

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

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2017-18 IHSAA School Directory" (pdf). IHSAA.org. IHSAA. p. 127. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Waldo J Wood Memorial High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "2017-18 IHSAA School Directory" (pdf). IHSAA.org. IHSAA. p. 12. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Boys Sports". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  5. ↑ "Girls Sports". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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