Webster Schroeder High School is a public high school located in

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, U.S.A., a suburb of

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, and is one of two high schools operated by the Webster Central School District.

History

In Fall 1972, the school was split from the existing high school in the

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. Originally named Herbert W. Schroeder High School, after Webster Schools Superintendent, 1959–1969. The first graduating class was in 1973. At that time the school mascot was the Schroeder Lion. In Fall 1984, the two high schools were reorganized as a junior and senior high school. In Fall 2002, they were again reorganized into two high schools, the other being Webster Thomas High School.

Extracurricular activities

Webster Schroeder participates in many extracurricular activities. These activities include: Chess Club, College & Career Center Club, Drama Program, Explorer Post, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Educators of America, International Language Club,

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, Library Club, Link Crew, Marching Band, MasterMinds, Monroe County Math League,

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, Photography Club,

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, Ski Club, SparX Robotics, Speech and Debate, Student Council,

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, and Yearbook Club. The school's Science Olympiad team has existed since 2002 when it split from a joint team between Schroeder and

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. Since then the team has participated in the state tournament multiple times, the highest award achieved was 6th place overall in

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state in 2004, 2014 and 2015. The school's

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team was founded as a joint team with

, known a
Team 1126 - SparX
The team qualified for participation in the

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in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016.

Notable alumni

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, Class of 1979, television and motion picture

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, Class of 2000, television

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, Class of 2005, 2x State Champion wrestler; professional

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in the

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, Class of 2007, actor, notably in '' Crossbones'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' * Kate Lee Gurnow, Class of 2010, fiddler and singer, member of Grammy Award-winning group O'Connor Family Band *

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, Former footballer for the US National Team * Grant Catalino, Professional

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player for the

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Footnotes

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