Warwick High School (Virginia)

Last updated
Warwick High School
Address
Warwick High School (Virginia)
51 Copeland Lane

Newport News
,
Virginia
23601

United States
Coordinates 37°3′9″N76°28′32″W / 37.05250°N 76.47556°W / 37.05250; -76.47556
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded1948
School district Newport News Public Schools
SuperintendentMichelle Mitchell
PrincipalTiffany Thompson
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,522 [1]  (2023-24)
Language English
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   Maroon and Gold
Athletics conference Virginia High School League
Peninsula District
Eastern Region
MascotRaiders
Rivals Menchville High School
Nansemond River High School
Feeder schoolsHines Middle School
Huntington Middle School
Website warwick.nn.k12.va.us

Warwick High School is a high school in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Warwick is the oldest of five high schools in the city and has been home to the Newport News Centre for the International Baccalaureate (IB) program since 1995. [2] The school's sports teams are nicknamed the Raiders, and previously the Farmers. On average, the student population is around 1,600 youths people.

Contents

History

The school originally opened in 1926 as Morrison High School in the small community of Morrison. It became Warwick High School in 1948. Originally located in Warwick County, it became part of the Newport News Public Schools system in 1958 when the citizenry of the former Warwick County voted to be politically consolidated with the neighboring independent city of Newport News. The facilities at Warwick High School were expanded to their current size in 1968. [3]

Following the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, racial desegregation lawsuits eventually resulted in a federal court-ordered busing program in Newport News, which began in 1971. Busing changed the nature of Warwick's population and community. However, in the years after the federal court supervision ended, a magnet school approach was adopted to attract students and families to select the school voluntarily. [4]

Also in 1971, the student body voted to change the school mascot from the Farmers to the Raiders after an influx of students came from the recently closed Newport News, Huntington, and Carver High Schools (which were closed due to the city of Newport News desegregating), and the demographics changed from almost entirely white school to a school whose student body was almost 40 percent African-American. [5]

Due to overcrowding and pest-control issues, Warwick High School expanded into the building, formerly the Warwick Early Childhood Center. This building is now known as the Senior Center, although students from all grades may have classes there. The Senior Center was opened to students at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

Extracurricular activities

During the 2007–2008 school year, Warwick High School started an archery team. The team won the state competition and went to nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. [6]

Warwick High School's Scholastic Bowl team has won the Peninsula District Scholastic Bowl every year since 2017-18. [7]

Warwick High School has also enjoyed great success in debate and forensics. Students from the debate team qualified for the state championship tournament in the 2021-2022 year and won the LD style championship. [8]

In 1986, the Raiders football team advanced to the state championship but lost to Thomas Edison 7-6. In 2022-2023 school year, the Raiders football team went to the state's semi-finals game where and when the Raiders lost 28-0 to Dinwiddie High School.

Demographics

On average for the 10 year span of 2012 to 2022: [1]

CategoryEnrollmentPercentage
Total Enrollment1,612100%
Gender
Male75046.8%
Female86253.2%
Ethnicity
Native American120.3%
Native Hawaiian70.5%
Asian905.6%
Black93463.2%
Hispanic2079.2%
White35715.6%
Multiple Races885.5%
Students with Disabilities21613.6%
Economically Disadvantaged87054.7%

Notable alumni

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newport News, Virginia</span> Independent city in Virginia, United States

Newport News is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States. The city is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the northern shore of the James River to the river's mouth on the harbor of Hampton Roads.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aaron Brooks (American football)</span> American football player (born 1976)

Aaron Lafette Brooks is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the New Orleans Saints. He was a member of the Saints for six seasons, where he set the franchise records for regular season and career touchdown passes. In between his New Orleans tenure, Brooks spent his first season with the Green Bay Packers, who selected him in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft, and his final season with the Oakland Raiders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coppell High School</span> Secondary school in Coppell, Texas, United States

Coppell High School is a public high school located in Coppell, Texas. It is part of the Coppell Independent School District located in extreme northwest Dallas County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mission San Jose High School</span> Public high school in Fremont, California, United States

Mission San Jose High School is a four-year co-educational public high school founded in 1964. It is located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, California, United States. It is one of five comprehensive high schools in the Fremont Unified School District. Mission San Jose High School is the third largest high school in Fremont.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newport News Public Schools</span> School division in Virginia, United States

Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) is a division of Newport News, Virginia that operates the city's system of public schools. As of 2021-2022, NNPS had an enrollment of 26,648. NNPS employed about 2,738, including approximately 1,714 teachers.

Vanguard High School is one of seven public high schools in Marion County, Florida. The school serves the northeast area of Ocala, Florida. Vanguard offers the International Baccalaureate program, which accepts students from across Marion County and from surrounding counties and accounts for approximately 25% of the student population. In addition to the IB Program, Vanguard High School is the home of the Future Educators Academy. Graduates of the Future Educators Academy have the opportunity to dual enroll and complete their AA degree upon high school graduation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Princess Anne High School</span> High school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Princess Anne High School (PAHS) is one of 11 high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public School System. The school features, as its academy, the International Baccalaureate Programme. Opened in 1954, it is the oldest remaining high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school is named after the now extinct Princess Anne County, Virginia which was annexed with the founding of Virginia Beach. Princess Anne High School was slated to be demolished following the construction of a replacement building. Demolition and construction of a new building were slated to take place in 2024, but those plans have since been moved to the 2031-32 school year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Booker T. Washington High School (Oklahoma)</span> School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Booker T. Washington High School is a high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was named after the African-American education pioneer Booker T. Washington. It is part of the Tulsa Public Schools system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Decatur High School (Alabama)</span> Public school in Decatur, Alabama, United States

Decatur High School is a public high school in Decatur, Alabama, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Decatur City School District. Decatur High offers technical, academic, and Advanced Placement (AP) programs, as well as dual enrollment with the John C. Calhoun Community College System.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newport Harbor High School</span> Public school in Newport Beach, California, United States

Newport Harbor High School is a public high school in Newport Beach, in Orange County, California, in the United States. It is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. The school primarily serves students in western Newport Beach and southern Costa Mesa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York High School (Virginia)</span> Public school in Yorktown, Virginia, United States

York High School is a York County School Division high school located in Yorktown in York County, Virginia, on U.S. Route 17 about 3 miles south of Yorktown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Columbus Alternative High School</span> Public high school in Columbus, Ohio, United States

Columbus Alternative High School is a public high school in the Columbus City Schools district located in the area known as North Linden, in Columbus, Ohio. The school is a magnet school for college-bound students in Columbus, with both AP and IB programs.

Scranton High School is an urban high school located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is part of the Scranton School District. It enrolled 1,792 ninth through twelfth grade students in 2010. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Ferguson High School was a high school in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was named after Homer L. Ferguson, the president of Newport News Shipbuilding from July 22, 1915, until July 31, 1946. It was operated by Newport News Public Schools. The building opened as Warwick Junior High School in 1956 and became Ferguson High School in 1961.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Jefferson High School (Auburn, Washington)</span> High school in Auburn, Washington, United States

Thomas Jefferson High School is a public high school located in Auburn, Washington. It is the largest enrolled high school in the Federal Way School District and one of the largest in the State of Washington. The school is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, an organization whose guiding principles are intended to bolster student achievement. The mascot of Thomas Jefferson is the Raiders. A rebuilding of the school started in winter 2020, the new campus opened in the fall of 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palm Harbor University High School</span> Public school in Palm Harbor, Florida, United States

Palm Harbor University High School, also known as PHUHS, is a Pinellas County public high school in Palm Harbor, Florida for grades 9–12. The school's mascot is the Hurricane and the school's colors are navy and maroon. The campus was built in 1996 and was originally to be known as the University High School at Palm Harbor. The word University emphasized the intended cooperation with the University of South Florida, but this did not materialize. In the 2014–2015 school year, the school added a biomedical focus to the existing CWMP program. Students at PHUHS belong to either the traditional program, which is called the University Program, or one of two magnet programs:

Tommy Reamon is an American former professional football player, who has worked as an actor, and is currently an educator in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. As a high school football coach, Reamon has had some notable success in developing talent to become collegiate and professional football players among his students.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colgate Raiders</span> Colgate University athletic teams

The Colgate Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Colgate University. The teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming & diving, track and field and tennis. Men's sports include golf and football. Women's sports include field hockey, softball, and volleyball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alpharetta High School</span> High school in Georgia, United States

Alpharetta High School is a public high school located in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States within the Fulton County School System. Atlanta Magazine named Alpharetta High School one of the metro Atlanta area's best all-around high schools. In 2020, the U.S. News & World Report ranked the school #7 in Georgia and #281 nationally.

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. As of the 2010 school year, Wooster was ranked 177th on Newsweek magazine's list of the 1500 best U.S. high schools. It is currently part of the International Baccalaureate program.

References

  1. 1 2 "Warwick High". Virginia School Quality Profiles. 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Warwick High School". International Baccalaureate. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  3. ↑ "School Namesakes and History". Newport News Public Schools. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  4. ↑ Hammond, Jane (2017-02-25). "Resistance and repercussions: Over time, changes a part of Newport News busing order". Daily Press. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  5. ↑ "WHADDAYAKNOW: When did Warwick High School in Newport News change its nickname from Farmers to Raiders?". Daily Press. 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  6. ↑ Williams, Jennifer (2011-03-26). "Archery grows, expands in Newport News schools". Daily Press. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  7. ↑ "Warwick High School". NAQT. 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  8. ↑ "Warwick student earns state debate title". Newport News Public Schools. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  9. ↑ John Campbell, Review, "A Father and Son Recital in Newport News", Artsong Update, September (?) 2003, http://www.artsongupdate.org/Reviews/Artists/Crutchfields.htm. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.