Woodinville High School is a public

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located in

Woodinville, Washington Woodinville is a city in King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. It is a part of the Seattle metropolitan area. There is also a much larger population with Woodinville mailing addresses in adjacent uni ...

, a suburb northeast of

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. A senior high school serving grades 9 through 12, it educates the eastern portion of the

Northshore School District Northshore School District is a public school district covering portions of King County and Snohomish County, Washington. The district's service area covers the cities of Bothell, Brier, Woodinville, and Kenmore as well as portions of unincor ...

and is a member of the KingCo 4A athletic conference.

Basic information

Woodinville High School was built in 1983 on a site. A special education and administration addition in 1990 expanded the facility. From 2009 to 2012, the school underwent demolition and reconstruction for a new school building, to which a new addition includes a theater. The school theater, gym, and fields are used in the evenings and on weekends for special events. Leota Middle School and Timbercrest Middle School feed into Woodinville High School. WHS is one of four general high schools in the Northshore School District as of summer of 2020. The four schools are Woodinville High School, Bothell High School, North Creek High School, and Inglemoor High School. The school offers a large selection of AP classes. Woodinville High supports athletic teams, including

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(boys'/girls'),

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(boys'/girls'),

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, cross country,

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(boys'/girls'), girls'

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, and

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Academics

WHS offers AP Classes, NEVAC classes, and WANIC (Washington Network for Innovative Careers) classes, such as nursing. Languages offered are Spanish, French, American Sign Language (ASL), Japanese, and German. Art classes offered include metal design (jewelry), photography, stained glass, and ceramics. Computer classes include CAD, AP Computer Science, advanced programming topics, and computer animation. AP classes offered are: English language and composition, English literature, biology, chemistry, computer science, physics 1, physics 2, environmental science, world history, modern European history, art history, U.S. history, U.S. government and politics, psychology, economics (micro and macro), calculus AB, calculus BC, statistics, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and studio art.

Extracurricular activities

Drama program

The drama program has been invited twice to perform at the

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as part of the

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Music program

The WHS music courses include wind ensemble, symphonic band, percussion ensemble,

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band,

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, and piano lab. Together the wind ensemble, symphonic and

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ensemble combine to become the

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or pep band. The music department's largest concert is "An Evening at the Pops," held in May. Performances in this concert include those by the orchestra, band, choir, and jazz band. The WHS choir program includes baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano parts. There is also an advanced women's choir for a full class period throughout the day, and an advanced mixed choir at the end of the day. The high school also offers an EWI choir. The Woodinville High School music programs were one of four high school music programs in the country to be accepted to play at the WorldStrides National Instrumental Music Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY in February 2019.

Athletics

The WHS athletic department consists of 19 women's team sports across 3 sports seasons and 16 men's team sports across 3 sports seasons.

Notable alumni

Ryan Couture Ryan Duane Couture (born August 27, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2009, he has formerly competed for the UFC and S ...

, MMA fighter, class of 2000 *

Christian Niccum Christian Elza Niccum (born January 27, 1978) is a retired American luger who has competed since 1996 on the World Cup tour. He was the alternate in 1998, coached for Canada in 2002, finished 23rd in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Oly ...

, former Olympic athlete who competed in the luge. *

Jake Snider Jake Snider (born March 22, 1976) is the former lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Minus the Bear. He also plays guitar in Onalaska. He has previously been a part of the bands Sharks Keep Moving and State Route 522. He also plays guitar i ...

, lead vocalist and guitarist of

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, class of 1994 *

Matt Tuiasosopo Matthew Petelu Tuiasosopo (born May 10, 1986) is an American former professional baseball utility player and the current manager of the Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. He played in Major Leagu ...

, MLB, class of 2004 *

Marques Tuiasosopo Marques Tavita Tuiasosopo (born March 22, 1979) is an American football coach and former player. He played professionally as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. Tu ...

, NFL quarterback, Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year (2000 season) & 2001 Rose Bowl MVP for the University of Washington Huskies football team, class of 1997 * Leslie Gabriel (Tuiasosopo), University of Washington Volleyball Coach, class of 1995 * Duke Welker, MLB, class of 2004 *

Andre Dillard Andre Dillard (born October 3, 1995) is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington State, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles 22nd over ...

, Offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles.

References

External links

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Greatschools.net: Woodinville High School
{{authority control High schools in King County, Washington Educational institutions established in 1983 Public high schools in Washington (state) 1983 establishments in Washington (state) Schools in Woodinville, Washington