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Weiser High School
Weiser High School
Address
690 West Indianhead Road Weiser, Idaho 83672 United States
Coordinates	44°15′40″N 116°58′44″W / 44.261°N 116.979°W / 44.261; -116.979
Information
Type	Public
Superintendent	Patrick Wilson
Principal	Rivers Cuomo
Faculty	30
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	557 (2022-23)
Color(s)	Red & White
Mascot	Wolverine
IHSAA Division	3A
Website	Weiser High School

Weiser High School is the only high school in Weiser, Idaho. It is in the Weiser School District, which includes Weiser and some unincorporated areas. In 2006, it had an enrollment of 514 in grades 9–12. Every June, it hosts the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival.

As of 1998 the school takes students who live in Annex, Oregon.

History

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The Idaho Statesman counted the start of the school as 1867, when the first school in Weiser was established. In 1904, a dedicated building for the high school was built for $40,000. Renovation and expansion worth $90,000 began to be built in 1919. In 1948 it took over the former Weiser Academy/Intermountain Institute, a boarding school with 750-acre (300 ha) of land. According to The Idaho Statesman, this meant that it was the sole high school in the state with a large property.

In 1958, there were 46 students at Weiser High who lived in the Annex and Jefferson school districts.

In 1965 there was a proposal for a bond to spend $1,147,000 to build a new high school, using a hexagon-style design. That year, the state was considering pulling the accreditation of the school.

Operations

As of 2017 all students register for classes in person instead of electronically. Dave Davies, the former principal, stated that this is done to give a "personal touch" to the school.

The school has various dual high school-tertiary credit courses. In 2017, 121 students graduated. 40% of them went to a tertiary institution straight out of high school.

Athletics and clubs

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The following sports are offered at Weiser High School:

• Baseball (boys)
• Basketball (boys and girls)
• Cross Country (coed)
• American football (boys)
• Golf (coed)
• Soccer (boys and girls)
• Softball (girls)
• Tennis (coed)
• Track (coed)
• Volleyball (girls)
• Wrestling (boys and girls)

State championships include:

• Baseball (2021)
• 3A, American football (2021)

There is also a band. At first the girl students did baton twirling while the boys played instruments. In 1961, all gender students were playing instruments. That year, the band won third place in a contest in the Seafair Parade in Seattle, and then in another competition in the same event, the band won first place. The Idaho Statesman described the group as "one of the top-rate organizations of its kind in the area."

Notable alumni

• Donald Anderson - Idaho Supreme Court justice (1955–56)
• Herman Welker - U.S. Senator from Idaho (1951–57). Class of 1924
• Roger Batzel - Director (1971–88) of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Class of 1940
• Harold Ryan - U.S. District Judge - District of Idaho (1981–95). Class of 1941.

References

1. "WEISER HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
2. "Weiser High School". Public School Review. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
3. "Weiser High School". Weiser Schools. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
4. "Idaho High School Activities Association" (PDF). IHSAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, ID" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
6. "NCES CCD - School Details for Weiser High School". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
7. National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest & Festival » National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest & Festival
8. "Home". Annex School District. 1999-02-24. Archived from the original on 1999-02-24. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
9. "Weiser High School Nears Centennial; Records Yield Colorful Campus Story". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. 1963-08-31. p. 7.
10. "School Districts' Reorganization To Be Outlined". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. 1958-08-09. p. 9 (of second section). - See clipping from Newspapers.com.
11. "New School's Fate Rests With Voters". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. 1965-03-23. p. Section 2, p. 13 – via Newspapers.com. - Image of the design
12. ^ Richert, Kevin (2018-12-07). "Idaho's rural students look to move on". Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. IdahoEdNews.org. pp. A1, A8 – via Newspapers.com.
13. WHS Sports
14. "Weiser baseball team wins first state championship". Weiser Signal American. Weiser, Idaho. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
15. "Weiser snaps Sugar-Salem's three-year 3A state title run in 2OT as Tom Harrison wins championship No. 11". Sports Illustrated. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
16. Lycklama, Michael (2021-11-20). "Weiser football wins 3A state title over Sugar-Salem". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
17. Schramm, Walt (1961-08-21). "Weiser High School Band Tops Seafair Parades". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. Section 2, Page 13 and Page 15 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website
• Weiser School District

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