Window Rock High School
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Window Rock High School is a public high school in Fort Defiance, Arizona
. WRHS is the only high school in the Window Rock Unified School District
.
A devastating fire burned the school to the ground early in April 1981, causing $5 million in damage. A new school was built later in the decade.
ancestry. The school serves students throughout the surrounding area including Fort Defiance, St. Michaels
, Sawmill
, Hunters Point
, Oak Springs, and several others.
's 3A Conference.
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Fort Defiance, Arizona
Fort Defiance is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,061 at the 2000 census.- History :...
. WRHS is the only high school in the Window Rock Unified School District
Window Rock Unified School District
Window Rock Unified School District is a school district within Apache County, Arizona, USA. WRUSD comprises seven schools within a 65-mile radius.WRUSD serves several unincorporated areas, including Fort Defiance, Sawmill, St...
.
History
The school district opened by the mid-1950s, with high school students two years later. The first students graduated in 1958 and 1959, and the school was completed in 1960.A devastating fire burned the school to the ground early in April 1981, causing $5 million in damage. A new school was built later in the decade.
Demographics
Window Rock High School had an enrollment of 728 students on October 1, 2010. 99% of the students are of NavajoNavajo people
The Navajo of the Southwestern United States are the largest single federally recognized tribe of the United States of America. The Navajo Nation has 300,048 enrolled tribal members. The Navajo Nation constitutes an independent governmental body which manages the Navajo Indian reservation in the...
ancestry. The school serves students throughout the surrounding area including Fort Defiance, St. Michaels
St. Michaels, Arizona
St. Michaels is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,295 at the 2000 census.-Geography:St...
, Sawmill
Sawmill, Arizona
Sawmill is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 612 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sawmill is located at ....
, Hunters Point
Hunters Point, Arizona
Hunters Point is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Hunters Point is south-southwest of Window Rock....
, Oak Springs, and several others.
Athletics
The school's athletic programs are known as the "Fighting Scouts". It is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic AssociationArizona Interscholastic Association
The Arizona Interscholastic Association is the major high school sports association in the state of Arizona. It comprises most of the state's public district high schools, various charter and private schools, plus one high school in California San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, California,...
's 3A Conference.
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