Windsor High School or WHS is a public secondary school in Windsor, California

Windsor, California

Windsor is an incorporated town in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 26,801 as of the 2010 census.-Geography:Windsor is located on U.S. Route 101 in the Russian River valley, about southeast of Healdsburg, California....

. It is part of Windsor Unified School District

Windsor Unified School District

Windsor Unified School District or WUSD is the public school district in Windsor, California. The school district contains seven schools:* Windsor High School* Windsor Middle School* Cali Calmécac Charter School* Brooks Elementary School...

. This school has a unique "core" system for its students to make the large school seem not as large. It is also a closed campus but off-campus passes are issued to students who maintain good grades and have a gap in their schedule. It is unique because of its core system but also because of the atmosphere that the school provides for its students.

Awards

Windsor High School was named a California Distinguished School

California Distinguished School

A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs. Approximately five percent of California schools are awarded this honor each year following a selection...

 for 2005 on account of its achievement on the STAR tests

Standardized Testing and Reporting

The Standardized Testing and Reporting Program measures performance on the California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition Survey , the California Content Standards Test and the Spanish Assessment of Basic Education . The STAR Program is the cornerstone of the California Public Schools Accountability...

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History

For decades, high school students from Windsor were bussed to Healdsburg to attend high school. But in the early 1990s, community leaders from the newly formed Town of Windsor envisioned a progressive new high school which would become the pride of the community. The vision for Windsor High School is now a reality as a result of the efforts of these dynamic leaders and the many parents, teachers and support staff who helped to create the school.


On May 8, 1991, the Windsor Union School District (grades K-8) received a petition from Windsor residents requesting unification of the District to serve its students from kindergarten through 12th grade. In April 1992, Windsor voters overwhelmingly passed the ballot measure to unify the District at which time Windsor began the formal process of separating the high school students from Healdsburg Unified School District .


In August 1995, Windsor High School opened with 160 - 9 th grade students in 7 portable classrooms and a construction trailer serving as the administration building. Windsor High School students shared their original campus with 5th -8th grade students from Windsor Middle School on the current Windsor Creek Elementary School site. During the 1996-1997 school year, the elementary school facilities could no longer house the growing number of high school students so students were temporarily bussed between three locations including Luther Burbank Center and Windsor Business Park while construction efforts were underway to complete more appropriate housing for high school students.


In 1997, a new middle school was opened on Brooks Road and housed 350 students (Class of 1999 and 2000) while the District battled opponents to the selected site for the permanent high school campus who claimed that the campus was too close to the Sonoma County Airport. After several years of delay, the permanent campus for Windsor High School was ready for occupancy in the fall of 2000.


Amidst local television cameras, the first Windsor High School graduating class, 99 graduates of the Class of 1999, walked across the stage at Luther Burbank Center to receive their diplomas. Under the leadership of the District's Superintendent, Ian Kirkpatrick, and its first principal, Jeff Harding, the Windsor High School students were true pioneers in the tradition of the early Gold Rush community that originally formed the Windsor Township of the 1850's.

Core Structure

All students are enrolled in an academic core along with other non-core classes. The core structure incorporates teams of two or three teachers who work together to deliver instruction through interdisciplinary project-based strategies. Each core of three teachers meets with students on alternating days for 4 ½ hours of continuous instruction to deliver content in three subject areas.

9/10 Cores

Teachers from English, science, and social studies work together as a team with a common group of 9th and 10th grade students. ELD and Special Day cores are available for special needs students. An Honors Core option is available for students interested in greater academic rigor.

11/12 Focus Area Cores

At the 11th and 12th grade level, each core focuses on a particular area of study or major. Teachers with expertise in their specific Focus Area work together to deliver content in English, government, economics, and U.S. history, as well as in the specific focus of their core.

Focus Areas Include:

Digital Design

Humanities

Advanced Placement

Pre-Med

Nueva School of the Arts

WISE(Green)Academy

Vineyard Academy

Clubs

Windsor High offers a wide range of clubs for students to join and participate.

Clubs include:

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Anime Club

Asian Club

Books of Hope Club

Christian Club

CSF

Discovery Club

Eco Club

French Club

Gay/Straight Alliance(GSA)

Guitar

Interact Club

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International Club

Jaguar Dance/Crew Club

Jet Lag Jaggies

Key Club

M.E.Ch.A

Political Awareness Club

Redeeming Voices

Upward Bound

Wells of Windsor

Super Smash Club

Speech and Debate Team


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Athletics

Windsor High School has a variety of sports offered throughout the year, they include:

Fall Sports:

Varsity Cheerleading

JV Cheerleading

Varsity Football

JV Football

Freshman Football

Varsity Boys Soccer

JV Boys Soccer

Varsity Girls Soccer

JV Girls Soccer

Varsity Girls Volleyball

JV Girls Volleyball

Freshman Girls Volleyball

Girls Tennis

Girls Golf

Co-ed Cross Country

Winter Sports:

Varsity Boys Basketball

JV Boys Basketball

Freshman Boys Basketball

Varsity Girls Basketball

JV Girls Basketball

Freshman Girls Basketball

Varsity Wrestling

JV Wrestling

Varsity Cheerleading

JV Cheerleading


Spring Sports:

Varsity Baseball

JV Basaeball

Freshman Baseball

Varsity Softball

JV Softball

Varsity and JV Co-ed Badminton

Varsity and JV Swimming Boys/Girls

Boys/Girls track and field

Boys Tennis

Boys Golf