Ponca City High School is a public high school that serves approximately 1,500 students in grades 9–12, located in

Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 ...

.PCPS website
/ref> The current main principal is Thad Dilbeck. The school operates on a semester schedule. Students attend six, 55-minute periods daily and also attend a 40-minute MUST (Mandatory Uninterrupted Study Time) period daily. A minimum of 46 credits is required for graduation.PCPS website
/ref> Ponca City High School students are called "Wildcats," a title that means hard work, perseverance, and extreme loyalty to the school,PCPS website
/ref> embodied by the school mascot "Willie" the Wildcat.

Notable alumni

* Hub Andrews, professional baseball player *

Douglas Blubaugh Douglas Morlan Blubaugh (December 31, 1934 – May 16, 2011) was an American wrestling, wrestler and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he became the freestyle Olympic Gold Medalist at wel ...

, Olympic Wrestling Gold Medal winner, 1960 *

Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senat ...

, United States Senator from Oklahoma. * Jake McNiece, World War II paratrooper and leader of the

Filthy Thirteen The Filthy Thirteen was the name given to the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, of the United States Army, which fought in the European campaign in W ...

* Mike Thompson, baseball playerThe Baseball Cube
/ref> * Lara Teeter, Tony Award nominee * Anthony Taylor, Roman Catholic Bishop *

Shelby Wilson Shelby Autrie Wilson (born July 14, 1937) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion. A native of Ponca City, Oklahoma, he was a two-time Oklahoma state tournament runner-up while in high school, and was a two-time NCAA runner-up in college at ...

, Olympic Wrestling Gold Medal winner, 1960 * Richard E. Killblane, military historian and author *

Candy Loving Candy Loving (born Candis Loving; September 4, 1956) is an American model. She was '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for the January 1979 issue, which made her the magazine's 25th Anniversary Playmate. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight ...

, 25th Anniversary Playboy Playmate

References

Public high schools in Oklahoma Schools in Kay County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-school-stub