Wheeler High School (Fossil, Oregon)

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Wheeler High School
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Wheeler High School (Fossil, Oregon)
600 B Street

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97830

United States
Coordinates 45°00′05″N120°12′48″W / 45.00149°N 120.2134°W / 45.00149; -120.2134 Coordinates: 45°00′05″N120°12′48″W / 45.00149°N 120.2134°W / 45.00149; -120.2134
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Type Public
Opened1901
School district Fossil School District
PrincipalBrad Sperry [1]
Grades712 [2]
Number of students~50 [2]
Color(s)Black and gold    [1]
Athletics conference OSAA Big Sky League 1A-6 [1]
MascotKnights [1]
Website http://www.fossil.k12.or.us/wheeler_high_school

Wheeler High School is a public high school in Fossil, Oregon, United States. It is in the Fossil School District, and competes jointly with Condon High School in the Big Sky Conference of the Oregon School Activities Association as the Condon/Wheeler Knights. [1]

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Academics

In 2008, 100 percent of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of six students, six graduated and none dropped out. [3] [4]

In 2021, 100 percent of the school's seniors dropped out. The school's only student dropped out. [5]

Fossil Beds

Wheeler High School also contains fossil beds containing fossils of plants like sycamore, maples, oaks, roses, and alder from the Oligocene (33 million years ago) and they are open to the public including fossil collecting. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Score Center: Wheeler High School". Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Welcome to Fossil Charter School". Fossil School District. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  3. "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian . June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  4. "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian . June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  5. https://schools.oregonlive.com/school/Fossil/Wheeler-High-School/ . Retrieved May 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Wheeler High School Fossil Beds". Oregon Paleo Lands Center (OPLI). Oregon Paleo Lands Center. Retrieved 10 May 2018.