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Wakefield Memorial High School is a
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located in
Wakefield, Massachusetts Wakefield is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, incorporated in 1812 and located about north-northwest of Downtown Boston. Wakefield's population was 27,090 at the 2020 census. Wakefield offers ...
, United States. As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,006 students and 83 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.1.http://wakefield.k12.ma.us/nclb/NCLBHighSchool.pdf ,
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. Accessed June 18, 2008.


Academics

The Superintendent of Wakefield Public Schools is Douglas Lyons. Amy McLeod is the principal of WHS. The 2008–2009 school year marked the first drastic scheduling change in over ten years as WHS switched to a rotating, six-block daily schedule. Periods condensed to 54 minutes in length. WHS began offering
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classes for the 2008–2009 school year as well. The school newspaper, advised by English teacher James Martin, is titled the ''Wakefield Express'' and is published exclusively online. The paper is available for viewing a
The Express Online
In 2008, WHS was featured in ''
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'' magazine for spending the least money per student of any public school in the state, landing it at number one in the "Most Bang for the Buck" category.


Advanced Placement Course offerings

Junior and Senior year:
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AP Macroeconomics Advanced Placement (AP) Macroeconomics (also known as AP Macro and AP Macroecon) is an Advanced Placement macroeconomics course for high school students that culminates in an exam offered by the College Board. Study begins with fundamental econ ...
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Senior year: AP Visual Art,
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, AP French, AP Television Production (conditional, i.e.
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Athletics

Fall Sports: Football, Soccer, Cross Country, Swimming (Girls), Golf (Boys), Field Hockey (Girls), Volleyball (Girls), Dance, Cheerleading, Marching Band Winter Sports: Indoor Track, Basketball, Hockey, Swimming (Northeast Vocational), Wrestling, Winter Percussion, Winterguard Spring Sports: Outdoor Track, Baseball, Lacrosse, Boys' and Girls' Tennis, Softball Under Head Coach Mike Boyages, the football team has achieved an overall record of 89–34–3 in his eleven years leading the team since 1997. The team has won the Middlesex League Championship seven times under Boyages, in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, making it to the Division II "Super Bowl" State Championships each of those years. In 1999, the team earned its first Super Bowl Championship, with a 13–7 win over
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. In 1997, both the boys' and girls' basketball teams from Wakefield High School won Division II state championships, and the boys' soccer team won the state title that same year, defeating
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1-0 to win the state championship. The 2007–2008 girls' ice hockey team advanced to the state championship game for the first time in Wakefield history. In the fall of 2008, the varsity dance team (under the direction of Candice Spencer and Stacey Gargano) took 3rd place in the MSSAA State Dance Tournament. In the fall of 2009, the varsity dance team (under the direction of Candice Spencer) took 3rd place in the division of High School Varsity Dance and took 3rd place overall in the entire Dance Division at the New England Cheer and Dance Tournament. In the fall of 2009, the varsity dance team was honored with the team academic excellence award from the MSSAA. The 2010–2011 boys' hockey team advanced to the Division One Championship at the
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and was the 2010–2011 Division One North Hockey Champions. Since 2015, the Director of Athletics for Wakefield Public Schools has been Mr. Brendan Kent. Recently, the Wakefield community has voted to get rid of the Wakefield Warriors logo, the logo that the high school uses, deeming it racist and offensive towards Native American people. The question of if the logo should be kept was on the 2021 ballot of the town's election.


Performing arts

The Performing Arts Director for Wakefield Public Schools is Mr. Thomas Bankert. The Warrior Marching Band competes in the MICCA and NESBA competitions circuits each year. Wakefield hosts its own MICCA competition every October at Landrigan Field with the Warrior Marching Band as the last band to perform. The band's 2008 show, "A Moonwalk Through Time," was a collection of
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music and featured the musicians dancing the Thriller in the midst of the performance. The band came in first place in their division at NESBA Finals and won a gold medal for the first time since 2003. Its 2011 show, based on the music of
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, came in first with a platinum medal at NESBA Finals. Since then, the marching band has performed shows such as a tribute to
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, the music of
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, Disney's '' Frozen'', Double Agent, Immortal, Mirror Mirror, Flight and Street Lights Big Dreams. In 2016, the Wakefield Warrior Marching band came in 2nd at NESBA finals earning a 96.0, A Platinum Medal, and the Best Drum Major Award. The Wakefield Warrior Marching band also had a two 5 star sweep at both there MICCA Competitions. At MICCA Finals the band earned a perfect score winning MICCA Finals. In 2018 their performance of their show Flight earned them 2nd place at the NESBA Finals. The Drama Club, which is headed by English and Theatre teacher William Karvouniaris, puts on three productions each year; a musical piece in the fall, a 40 minute piece in the winter (which they bring to the
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One-Act Festival), and a play in the spring (this order has since changed as of 2017-2018 school year) . The Spring 2017 Musical ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' earned a MET Musical Award for set design and props management. In 2018, The Drama Club's Fest Piece (Anatomy of Gray) moved into the Semi-finals of the METG festival. In 2018, the fall musical production of Fiddler on the Roof received seven MET award nominations, winning two. WMHS has an active choral program, including 3 curricular choruses and 3 extracurricular a cappella groups, Voices of Steel, In Big Treble, and She Major. Voices of Steel and She Major are both auditioned, competitive groups. In summer 2010, the Drama Club participated in the
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at the Fringe Festival in
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, one of the largest performing arts festivals in the world. The Drama Club was accepted after a representative for AHSTF saw their February 2008 performance of
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at the
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One-Act Festival. At The Fringe, the club performed an original play by Emily Holmes, ''Pandora's Book''. Both the Chamber Singers and Warrior Marching Band have performed the National Anthem at
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. In March 2016, the Wakefield High School Winter Guard team won first place in their division at the 2016 NESBA winter guard finals. The team had an undefeated regular season as well. On February 11, 2017, all-girls a cappella group She Major placed third in the International Championship of High School A Cappella quarterfinals, winning them a spot in the semi-finals.


Visual Arts

The Wakefield High School Visual Arts program consists of 2-D, 3-D, digital and film and video courses. WPS Visual Arts can be found o
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Demographics

The racial makeup of Wakefield High School is: 94% White, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic and 1% Asian/American Indian. Wakefield High School participates in the
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program, a grant program funded by the Commonwealth intended to reduce racial imbalance. Students from the inner city are given the opportunity to attend Wakefield High School.


Notable alumni

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(2007 Graduate), 2007 World Junior Champion in figure skating (men's singles) *
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, Radical pacifist and member of the
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, Playwright, Father of Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz * Mark Kumpel, Member of the 1984 US Olympic Ice Hockey Team and former NHL player with the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and the Detroit Red Wings *
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team the New Jersey Generals *
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, Member of the 1988 and 1996 Olympic field hockey team and former head coach of field hockey at the University of Michigan *
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, 2015 Harvard graduate and NFL center * Mark Plansky, notable college basketball player for
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in the 1980s


References


External links

* * http://www.wakefieldexpressonline.com/
Statistical data for Wakefield High School
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