Waterloo High School is a high school in Waterloo, Illinois, and is the only public high school in the Waterloo area.
| Waterloo High School | |
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505 East Bulldog Boulevard , 62298 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°19′09″N 90°08′21″W / 38.3192°N 90.1392°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1895 |
| School district | Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 |
| Principal | Timothy McDermott |
| Staff | 51.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 895 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.00[1] |
| Color(s) | orange black |
| Mascot | Bulldogs |
| Team name | Bulldogs |
| Yearbook | Wahischo |
| Website | www |
Campus
editIn 2007, ground was broken on a new building. The school's cost is roughly $38 million. The school is built on 62 acres (250,000 m2)[2] of land and holds 1,400 students. The school has a total of 57 classrooms.
Waterloo High School has an auditorium that can hold 462 people. The school also has a fitness center and weight room used for PE students and athletes, four computer labs, a library, a cafeteria, band room, chorus room, and an engineering lab. The school has an interior courtyard area for agricultural classes.[3]
Academics
editWaterloo High School has four Advanced Placement classes; AP Lang and Comp, AP Chem, AP Lit., and AP Calc. The school also offers 24 honors classes, three of which offer college credit. The school offers Running Start to sophomores who have a minimum GPA of 3.2 and are enrolled in Algebra II Honors which allows them to get a high school diploma and an associate's degree.[4]
Sports
editThe school has a 20,040-square-foot (1,862 m2) gym that holds a total of 2,000 people. The school has six tennis courts, one softball field, one baseball field, and a football/soccer field as well as the marching field and a track.
Notable alumni
edit- Olga Hartman (1900–1974), zoologist specializing in polychaete worms[5]
- David Meckler (born 1987), ice hockey player[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Waterloo High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Guarantee Electrical Completes $38 Million, 227,000SF High School in Waterloo, Ill". Guarantee Electrical. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Guarantee's Innovative Electrical Design Advances Technology & Energy Savings at Two Illinois High Schools". Guarantee Electrical. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ *[1]*Waterloo High School Guidance Department. Retrieved 8 July 2024
- ^ "First WHS Legacy Wall reflects and inspires". Republic Times. 24 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.