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The Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at Winter Park High School is the largest campus organization, with over 300 members actively participating. The unit has been honored as an Area Seven distinguished unit for all but one of its thirteen years in existence. The unit's competition teams consistently are state finalists.They have also been to nationals April 2009 they are ranked 7th in the nation. And again to go back the following year to navy nationals and finish 6th in the nation. It also has one of the first cadets to earn the Meritorious Achievement award in Winter Park High School and the first sophomore to earn it under Commander Herbert is Alexander Paugh, who received the award on November 9, 2009, for saving a fellow student's life. |
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==Clubs 2011-2012== |
==Clubs 2011-2012== |
Revision as of 17:52, 21 October 2011
Winter Park High School | |
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Location | |
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Information | |
Type | Public magnet school/ Public High School |
Motto | Home of the Wildcats |
Established | 1927 |
School district | Orange County |
Superintendent | Ronald Blocker |
Principal | Timothy A. Smith |
Faculty | 169 |
Enrollment | 3177 |
Color(s) | Orange and black |
Mascot | Willie the Wildcat |
Website | http://www.wphs.ocps.net/ |
Winter Park High School (often simply abbreviated as WPHS) located in Winter Park, Florida is one of seventeen public high schools in Orange County. Winter Park High School is a magnet school for the International Baccalaureate program.
History
Winter Park High School was constructed at 528 Huntington Avenue in 1923. It was one of the first high schools in Orange County. The school remained in this location until construction began in 1969 at the present location (2100 Summerfield Rd).[1] Renovations at the main campus began in 2004 and are now complete. The original campus remains in use to this day as the Winter Park High School Ninth Grade Center, a campus exclusively used by ninth-grade students. Renovations to this campus began in the 2008-09 school year and have been completed.
Sports
Athletic teams[2]
- Athletic Training
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cheerleading
- Crew
- Cross Country Running
- Flag Football
- Football
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Special Olympics
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Clubs[2]
The Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at Winter Park High School is the largest campus organization, with over 300 members actively participating. The unit has been honored as an Area Seven distinguished unit for all but one of its thirteen years in existence. The unit's competition teams consistently are state finalists.They have also been to nationals April 2009 they are ranked 7th in the nation. And again to go back the following year to navy nationals and finish 6th in the nation. It also has one of the first cadets to earn the Meritorious Achievement award in Winter Park High School and the first sophomore to earn it under Commander Herbert is Alexander Paugh, who received the award on November 9, 2009, for saving a fellow student's life.
Clubs 2011-2012
Main Campus:
- ACTS Club
- American Sign Language Club
- Asian American Club
- Athletic Training Program
- Art History Club
- Astronomy Club
- Ballroom Dancing Club
- Beta Club
- Cat's Eye Video Production
- Chess Team
- Engineering/Drafting Club
- English Speaking Union
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- French Club
- French Honors Society
- Gay Straight Alliance
- Global Civis
- Horticulture Club
- IB Newspaper
- Interact Club
- Junior Class
- Literacy Club
- Marine Biology Club
- Mathematics Honors
- Model United Nations
- National Honors Society
- One World, One Life Club
- Park Pals
- Psychology Club
- Physics Club
- Quill and Scroll Club
- Quiz Bowl
- SAVE Club
- Science Honors Society
- Senior Class
- Social Studies Honors Society
- Sophomore Class
- Spanish Honors Society
- Student Government Association
- Tri-M Music Honors Society
- Thespian Honors Society
- Young Democrats
- Young Republicans
Freshman Campus:
- Beta Club
- Freshman Student Government Association
- World Languages Club
Performing arts
Winter Park High School has a notable Performing Arts program. It was named a 2004-2007 Music Demonstration School by the Florida Department of Education. The Band, Orchestra, and Choral programs consistently receive "Superior" ratings at State Performance Assessments[citation needed] and all three are recognized nationally as top rated public high school performing arts programs.[citation needed]
Drama
Director: Robert Dutton
The Winter Park High School Drama department is directed by Robert Dutton. The school is home to International Thespian Honor Society Troupe 850. This honor society works together inside and out of the department for competitions and the community. They are part of District V Thespians and attend the District and State level competitions yearly. The department does a completely student-run night of one acts at the end of every year. In 2007 the department performed M*A*S*H in the spring and It's A Wonderful Life in the fall. In 2008 the department put on the spring show of Pillow Talk and the fall show of Steel Magnolias." The department originally selected the show The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman but the play was forced into cancellation due to issues with the suicide depicted onstage at the end and Steel Magnolias was chosen as its replacement. In 2009 the show Arsenic and Old Lace was performed in the spring and Twelve Angry Jurors was performed in the fall. In 2010 The Importance of Being Earnest was performed as both the District-level one act and expanded as the full stage play for the spring. For the fall of 2010, the show J.B. (the final show under the direction of Christopher Haskett) was presented. Haskett had previously mounted a production during his early years as drama director at WPHS. In 2011, Dutton took over and selected A Midsummer Night's Dream as his first show.
Ann Derflinger headed the drama department from the time the school moved to its Summerfield Rd. location in the early 1970s until her death in 1983. (She had previously taught drama at Glenridge Middle School.) Christopher Haskett took over as Derflinger's temporary replacement during her illness and was named the permanent head of the drama department after her passing. He directed the department for nearly three decades until his retirement in January 2011.
In May of 2011, Orlando Home and Leisure Magazine named Mr. Dutton as the Best Teacher in Central Florida.[3]
Orchestra
Director: Laurie Bitters
The various ensembles in the orchestra program have a long history of superior ratings at both State and District Music Performance Assessments (MPAs) sponsored by the Florida Orchestra Association.[citation needed] The program consists of four orchestras: Concert Orchestra, which is a ninth grade orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, which is open to all 10-12 grade students, Winter Park Philharmonic (often referred to as "Park Phil"), which is available to 9-12 grade students by audition, and Lyric Strings, which is available to 10-12 grade students by audition. Under the previous direction of Charles Laux, the Winter Park Philharmonic was selected to perform at the 60th Annual Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in December 2006. In 2010, the Winter Park Philharmonic was awarded all 'Superior' ratings at District MPA.
Chorus
Director: Matthew Swope
Associate Director: Joseph Kemper
The choral department at Winter Park High School comprises six choirs and various ensembles. The non-auditioned choirs are the Freshman Women’s Chorus, the Wildcat Men’s Ensemble, Men's Glee Club (formerly Men's Chorale), and Cantabile. There are four advanced level choirs in the Choral Department: Park Singers, Belle Chanson, Concert Choir, and Women's Chorale. Two additional groups, Naughty Scotty and the Octapella and the ICHSA award winning[citation needed] Take 7 are the acapella groups. The Winter Park Chorus Department has performed at Disney Epcot's Candlelight Processional, Carnegie Hall in New York City, and many community and school events. Its students have participated in the American Choral Director Association's Honor Choir, the Florida All-State SSAA, SATB, and Sight-reading choirs, and Orange County Public Schools honor choirs. The choral department also does Night on Broadway, a fully staged musical performance in memory of a student who died in a car accident in 1998. Previous directors include: Trey Jacobs, Andrew Minear (now at Dr. Phillips High School), Trent Patterson, and Sherlee Glomb.
Band
Director: Francis Franqui
Associate Director: Jeff Willis
The band program services over 200 students and consists of seven performing ensembles: The Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Color Guard, Indoor Percussion,"Winter Guard" and the Sound of the Wildcats Marching Band. The Marching Band has had performances across the country including the 2009 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Fiesta Bowl Marching Band Championship and Parade in Phoenix, Arizona; 2005 Autozone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee; the 2002 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Fiesta Bowl Marching Band Championship and Parade in Phoenix, Arizona; and the 2000 Sylvania Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. The Band competes in Class 5A in the Florida Marching Band Championships by participating in regional and state events. From 2004-2010, the Band was a State Finalist five times - placing 3rd overall and 1st in the music caption in 2004, 3rd place overall in 2005, 5th place in 2008,and 5th place in 2010. They were the Class 5A State Champions in 2009. In addition, the Sound of the Wildcats holds the distinction of being one of the few high school bands in the country[citation needed] to have an original school fight song, written by former longtime WPHS Band Director Edgar W. "Jack" Williams. The Wind Ensemble performed at the 2002 Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana; was the feature ensemble at the "President's Concert" of the Florida Music Educator's Association Conference in Tampa in 2007 and 2010; and performed at the prestigious 60th Annual Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to ensemble activities, individual musical achievement is stressed within the membership of the band program.[citation needed] Students also participate in the All-State and All-County bands as well as various Honor Bands throughout the year.
Ninth Grade Center (The Original WPHS)
Built in 1923 in Mediterranean Revival style at a cost of $137,000, the Winter Park High School Ninth Grade Center originally measured only 10 acres (40,000 m2). Over time, the school's population began to grow, and before long, it became overcrowded. In 1969, a second campus was constructed less than three miles (5 km) away, and the Ninth Grade Center became a secondary campus, used only for ninth grade students. Now the freshman campus, with about 1,020 students, is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Freshman students wishing to participate in extracurricular activities (band, orchestra, sports, etc.) or classes not offered at the Ninth Grade Center can take a bus after their 6th period from the Ninth Grade Center to the main campus. The Ninth Grade Center's schedule is offset eighteen minutes later[4][5] to accommodate the bus ride. The campus offers a wide array of courses and prepares students for an excellent Winter Park High experience. Currently, what's left of this campus still stands today. Some of the older buildings have been partially demolished in the 2008-09 school year, and new buildings are currently complete.
References in the national media
In 2008, Winter Park High School was listed at 160 in Newsweek's 1,200 Top U.S. Schools, with the criteria being which schools have the largest percentage of students taking Honors AP or IB exams.[6]
In 2011, The Washington Post's annual ranking of American high schools identified WPHS as #156 in the country. [7]
Notable alumni
- Hank Green - Singer songwriter
- Torrey DeVitto - Actress
- Arielle Kebbel - Actress
- Beth Littleford - comedian and television personality[citation needed]
- Whitney Laney - birth name:Whitney Melton radio personality on WXXL. Class of 2002
- Bret Munsey - Arena Football League coach[8]
- Paul McGowan - Florida State Seminoles football [9] - 1987 Butkus Award Winner
- Jo Ann Pflug - Actress. Class of 1958
- Davey Johnson - MLB player and manager
- John Hart - Minor League manager and Major League executive
- Jack Billingham - 1970s, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers
- Stan Pietkiewicz - 1978-81 NBA San Diego Clippers and Dallas Mavericks
- Billy Gardell - Class of 1987, Comedian and television personality (star of CBS-TV's "Mike and Molly")
- Austin Rivers - #2 2011 ESPNU high school player in the country, committed to Duke University.
- Michael "Dax" McCarty - MLS D.C. United - attended Winter Park from 2001-2003.
- Amanda Bearse - Actress
2010-2011 changes
New band directors
Both Joel Moody and Francis Franqui left as WPHS band directors in 2010. Franqui left to become the lead band director at Lake Howell High School, and was replaced by Jeff Willis. Moody, on the other hand, resigned just a few months later, as he was involved in a sexting scandal with a student. He was put under an internal investigation and school officials suspended Moody with pay. After his inappropriate text messages were discovered, Moody announced his resignation on Thursday, March 18, 2010.[10] John Dupuis later took over as WPHS band director for the 2010-2011 school year until November 8, 2010, when he resigned. Jeff Willis maintained his title as Associate Director of Bands and was not promoted to full Director. Former associate director Francis Franqui returned on January 28, 2011 as full director, replacing Dupuis..[11]
A new principal for the 2010-2011 school year
On July 8, 2010, it was announced via phone call to students that William Gordon has officially stepped down as the WPHS principal to pursue a higher position with Orange County Public Schools. Timothy Smith took over as principal in August 2010.
Christopher Haskett's retirement and new drama teacher
On January 24, 2011, Robert Dutton (a former English teacher at Glenridge Middle School) took over as director of the WPHS drama department.
Paper Towns reference
In the novel Paper Towns, written by John Green, Winter Park High School was attended by the main characters of the story. While Green himself did not attend school there; his brother Hank Green (see notable alumni) did.
References
- ^ https://www.ocps.net/lc/east/hwp/Pages/default.aspx
- ^ a b WPHS Planner 2008. Winter Park High School.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Main Campus Bell Schedule" (PDF). OCPS.
- ^ "Freshman Bell Schedule" (PDF). OCPS.
- ^ http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=newsweeks%20top%20schools&sa=N&tab=wf&um=1
- ^ http://apps.washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge/schools/2011/list/national/winter-park-winter-park-fl/
- ^ Philadelphia Soul game notes, OurSportsCentral.com
- ^ Paul McGowan (American football)
- ^ Winter Park High School Band Director In Text Scandal Resigns. Local 6 News (WKMG). Retrieved 2010-9-29.
- ^ http://winterparkband.com/
External links
- Winter Park High School official website
- Winter Park High School IB Program
- FCAT scores for Winter Park High School by Grade
- Demographic breakdown of Winter Park High School
- Official WPHS Chorus Website
- Official WPHS Band Website
- Official WPHS Orchestra Website
- - Official WPHS Cross Country Website
- - Official Class of 1961 Website
- - Playboy Magazine's #1 Party School 2006