Winfield High School (WHS), previously Winfield Junior-Senior High School,
[Buller, Beverly Olson. ''Winfield''. ]Arcadia Publishing
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is a senior high school in
Winfield, Kansas
Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,777. It is home to Southwestern College.
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. It is a part of
Winfield Unified School District 465.
The school first opened prior to the start of the 20th Century in the former Central School, which received an addition in 1880. A new building, with three stories,
[Buller, Beverly Olson. ''Winfield''. ]Arcadia Publishing
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and having an auditorium and gymnasium,
[ opened in 1910; this facility, made of brick, was colored red.][ The new building began hosting assemblies of area schools and allowed for increased programming.][
In 1911 the school newspaper, ''The Oracle'', debuted.][ A bond proposal for an addition known as a "manual high school" building passed in 1916. In 1951 an industrial arts building opened to the west of the 1910 facility. In 1971 a new facility opened.][
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Extracurricular activities
The Winfield High School band appeared around 1910 and the first recording of its activities appeared in 1916; previously teenagers wanting to do band activities joined practice sessions from the junior league of the city band.[Buller, Beverly Olson. ''Winfield''. ]Arcadia Publishing
Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.(analysis of the successful ''Images of America'' series). Arcadia Publishing also runs the History Press, which publi ...
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Beverley Olson Buller, who wrote the book ''Winfield'', stated that the 1910s physical education classes "likely" resulted in the May Fete celebrations held in the mid-1910s.[Buller, Beverly Olson. ''Winfield''. ]Arcadia Publishing
Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.(analysis of the successful ''Images of America'' series). Arcadia Publishing also runs the History Press, which publi ...
, March 16, 2015. , 9781439650417. p
56
References
External links
Winfield High School
Public high schools in Kansas
Education in Cowley County, Kansas
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