Winchester High School (Illinois)

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Winchester High School
Address
200 West Cross Street

Winchester
,
Scott County
,
Illinois
62694

United States
Coordinates 39°37′40″N90°27′35″W / 39.62764°N 90.45961°W / 39.62764; -90.45961 Coordinates: 39°37′40″N90°27′35″W / 39.62764°N 90.45961°W / 39.62764; -90.45961
Information
Type Public, Coeducational
School district Winchester Community Unit School District 1
SuperintendentDave Roberts
PrincipalDennis Vortman
Grades9–12
Gender coed
Enrollment185 (2016-17) [1]
Color(s)         Black, Silver
Athletics conference Western Illinois Valley
MascotCougars
Website Winchester High School Website

Winchester High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located at 200 West Cross Street in Winchester, Illinois, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. WHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Winchester, Alsey, and Manchester. [2] [3] The campus is located 19 miles southwest of Jacksonville, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community.

Winchester, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2000 census. Winchester is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Scott County, Illinois County in the United States

Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 5,355, making it the fourth-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Winchester.

Midwestern United States region that includes parts of Canada and the United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It was officially named the North Central Region by the Census Bureau until 1984. It is located between the Northeastern United States and the Western United States, with Canada to its north and the Southern United States to its south.

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Academics

Winchester High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 53% of students meeting or exceeding standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Exam, an Illinois state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The average high school graduation rate in the period 1999-2010 was 95.6%. [4]

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests. As defined by National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), AYP is "the amount of annual achievement growth to be expected by students in a particular school, district, or state in the U.S. federal accountability system, No Child Left Behind (NCLB)." AYP has been identified as one of the sources of controversy surrounding George W. Bush administration's Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Private schools are not required to make AYP.

No Child Left Behind Act former United States Law

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. It supported standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals could improve individual outcomes in education. The Act required states to develop assessments in basic skills. To receive federal school funding, states had to give these assessments to all students at select grade levels.

Athletics and activities

Winchester High School competes in the Western Illinois Valley Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Cougars, with school colors of black and silver. The school has 1 state championships on record in team athletics and activities, Girls Basketball in 2011 (1A). [2] [5] [6]

The Western Illinois Valley Conference is a conference of the IHSA located in the west-central part of Illinois.

Illinois High School Association School and sports organization that represents the high schools from the State of Illinois.

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is a state high school association in the United States that regulates competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The IHSA regulates 14 sports for boys, 15 sports for girls, and eight co-educational non-athletic activities. More than 760 public and private high schools in the state of Illinois are members of the IHSA. The Association's offices are in Bloomington, Illinois.

Due to relatively small student enrollments, WHS combines in a co-op with neighboring Bluffs High School for all athletics. Their combined enrollment is 288. [7] The co-op is called the West Central Co-op, not to be confused with West Central High School, or the West Central Conference. The co-op selected a new mascot and colors when it formed. Prior to the co-op, Winchester High School was the Wildcats with purple and gold, while Bluffs were the Blue Jays with blue and white school colors.

West Central High School

West Central High School, or WCHS, is a public four-year high school located near Biggsville, Illinois, a village in Henderson County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. WCHS is part of West Central Community Unit School District 235, which serves the communities of Oquawka, Gladstone, Biggsville, Gulf Port, Stronghurst, Media, Raritan, Smithshire, and Carman, and also includes West Central Middle School, West Central Elementary School, and West Central Early Childhood Education Center The campus is two miles west of Biggsville at the intersection of State Route 94 and US 34, 15 miles northeast of Burlington, Iowa, as well as 15 miles south west of Monmouth, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. The school lies within the Burlington micropolitan statistical area. West Central High School was formed by the consolidation of Union High School and Southern High School in 2005.

The West Central Conference is a high school conference in western central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference comprises 10 small public high schools and 1 private high school with enrollments between 120-590 students in Adams, Hancock, McDonough, Pike, and Warren counties.

History

Winchester High School incorporated neighboring Alsey High School in approximately 1949. [8] They also incorporated neighboring Manchester High School sometime around that period. [9]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "IHSA Winchester High School". IHSA. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Winchester High School". Winchester CUSD. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Illinois Interactive Report Card: Winchester High School". Northern Illinois University with support from Illinois State Board of Education. 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "IHSA Winchester High School Season Summaries". IHSA. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Martinez, Marcia (26 February 2011). "West Central girls win 1A basketball crown". State Journal-Register. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Co-op Teams". IHSA. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Alsey High School". Illinois High School Glory Days. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Manchester High School Blackhawks". Illinois High School Glory Days. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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