Wrangell High School is a
public high school located in
Wrangell,
Alaska, United States. It is operated by
Wrangell Public Schools.
The school has a cooperative agreement with the
University of Alaska Southeast
The University of Alaska Southeast (UA Southeast, Alaska Southeast, or UAS) is a public university with its main campus in Juneau, Alaska and extended campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan. It is part of the University of Alaska System and was estab ...
to help high school students acquire technical skills and college credits. The program began with construction techniques and woodworking, but has expanded.
Its
basketball teams
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compete with other high school teams in the state. In March 2015, the "Wrangell Wolves" basketball team won fourth place in a statewide tournament, along with awards for the highest
grade point average
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s (GPA) in the state as well as good
sportsmanship. In December 2014, the Wrangell High School
wrestling team won a southeast regional tournament for the first time in more than 20 years.
Behind the high school, a hiking trail named for
John Muir begins. A 15-minute climb up that John Muir Trail goes through
second-growth forest to an observation platform atop Mt. Dewey.
Fodor's Alaska 2014
', p. 196 (Fodor's Travel Publications 2013).
Footnotes
External links
Official website
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Public high schools in Alaska
Schools in Wrangell, Alaska