Wissahickon High School is the sole public

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of the Wissahickon School District, and is located in Ambler,

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. The school is recognized as a

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by the

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. In 2021, Wissahickon High School was ranked as the 12th best public high school in Pennsylvania and 384th in the nation by Niche. ''U.S. News & World Report 2021'' ranked WHS #12 best in the state and #517 in the nation.

Athletics

The Wissahickon athletic department is currently admitted under the

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(PIAA) and by school size is sanctioned under District I. The high school boasts 2 artificial turf fields, 1 stadium, and a natatorium which serves the Wissahickon football, men and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, men's and women's swimming, men’s and women’s water polo, and numerous community club teams. Wissahickon has an athletic rivalry with

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Baseball

The Wissahickon basketball team is ranked 10th in Philadelphia by CSN philly.com. The program changed coaches in 2008 and again in 2013 and has steadily worked their way back to conference champions and state contenders.

Tennis

The 2011 Wissahickon boys tennis team made states for the first time in school history.

Soccer

The

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team in 2010 was ranked up to 10th in the state and 7th in the area at the end of the season by the ''Philly Inquirer''.

Track and Field

The Boys track team has won the American Conference Championship 10 of the last 12 years and boasts 21 individual Pa. State Champions, 3 State Relay Champions, 80 State Medalists (2nd thru 8th) and has won 3 State Championship team titles (1967 'B', 1972 'A', 1982 'AAA').

Football

The Trojan football team were the 1973 & 1987 BuxMont Champions and 2007 PIAA Suburban One - American Champions.

Hockey

The Trojan hockey team placed second in the Delaware Valley Hockey League in the 2014–2015 season.

Extracurriculars

Computer Club

Teams "StackTrace" and "NullPointerException" both representing Wissahickon High School earned first and second place respectively in Pennsylvania for Lockheed Martin's 2021 CYBERQUEST competition.

Student Council

The Wissahickon High School Student Council strives to encourage school pride and provide a meaningful school experience for all students. The Wissahickon High School Student Council is overseen by two faculty advisors. Its student leadership consists of four elected student executives (president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary) and 16 student senators (four members from each grade level).

QuizBowl

The school's QuizBowl team competed in the 2016-2017 QuizNet National Championship and the 2012 and 2022 Pennsylvania Academic Championship. The team competed in the 2022 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in

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Ultimate

The Wissahickon Ultimate Frisbee club was ranked #5 among men's high school teams in 2022. Team captain Adam Grossberg was listed on the 2022 Philadelphia Phoenix roster.

Wissahickon Alumni Partnership

The Wissahickon Alumni Partnership (W.A.P.) club celebrates the accomplishments of current and past Wissahickon students.

Wissahickon Marching Unit

Third place bronze finalist and "Most Improved" award in 2019 for the Independence A Division Cavalcade of Bands State Championships.

Jazz At Wissahickon

Wissahickon has had a jazz band since 1926 and is currently under direction of Michael Hood. The focal points of the jazz department are One O’clock and Two O’clock. The names were acquired after Neil Slator, former director of the North Texas One O’clock Lab Band, was a guest director for PMEA all state jazz band, which was held at Wissahickon in the 1990s. Today Wissahickon’s jazz department consists of two big bands, two jazz combos, a Gypsy Jazz Ensemble, a Trad Jazz ensemble, a Brass Band, and a subway band.

Notable alumni

* Katie O'Donnell - U.S. national field hockey team/Sports Woman of the Year 2010 *

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from 2007 to 2011 *

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- Actress *

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* Mike Kennedy - drummer of rock band

* Casey Cavaliere - guitarist of rock band

* Stephen Hahn - 24th

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Gallery

File:Time Lapse of Wissahickon High School Inner Courtyard.webm, Lapse of inner courtyard taken from Mr. Ford's AP Physics 1 class File:Wissahickon High School Track.jpg, The school's track File:The Natatorium at Wissahickon High School.jpg, alt=The Natatorium at Wissahickon High School., The Natatorium at Wissahickon High School File:RemoteMediaFile 6553615 0 2021 06 10 19 24 50.jpg, Aerial view of Wissahickon High School during the class of 2021 graduation

References

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1929 Schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1929 establishments in Pennsylvania