Weiser High School
{{for|the Pennsylvania school|Conrad Weiser High School}}
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{{Infobox school
|name=Weiser High School
|principal=Drew Dickerson
|type=Public
|streetaddress=690 West Indianhead Road
|city = Weiser
|state = Idaho
|zipcode = 83672
|country=United States
| image = File:Weiser High School oblique view.jpg
| caption = Weiser High School
|coordinates = {{Coord|44.261|N|116.979|W|display=title,inline|format=}}
|superintendent=Patrick Wilson
|enrollment=529 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1603330&ID=160333000568|title=WEISER HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 27, 2025}}
|faculty=30
|grades=9–12
|mascot=Wolverine
|colors=Red & White {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}
|website=[http://www.weiserschools.org/high-school-home-page.html Weiser High School]
|free_label = IHSAA Division
|free_text = 3A
|footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/22968|title=Weiser High School|publisher=Public School Review|accessdate=2009-04-28}}{{cite web |url=http://www.weiserschools.org/schools/high/|title=Weiser High School|publisher=Weiser Schools|accessdate=2013-12-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf|title=Idaho High School Activities Association|publisher=IHSAA|accessdate=2009-04-28|archive-date=2011-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034723/http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16087_washington/DC20SD_C16087.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, ID|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-03-10}} In 2006, it had an enrollment of 514 in grades 9–12.{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&County=Washington&State=16&ID=160333000568 |title=NCES CCD - School Details for Weiser High School |accessdate= 2008-10-17 }} Every June, it hosts the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival.[http://www.fiddlecontest.org/event/national-oldtime-fiddlers-contest-festival/ National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest & Festival » National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest & Festival]
{{As of|1998}} the school takes students who live in Annex, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.malesd.k12.or.us/districts/an-indx.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990224015152/http://www.malesd.k12.or.us/districts/an-indx.htm |archive-date=1999-02-24 |title=Home|publisher=Annex School District|date=1999-02-24|accessdate=2022-07-17}}
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 {{convert|750|acre|ha|adj=on}} of land. According to The Idaho Statesman, this meant that it was the sole high school in the state with a large property.{{cite news|title=Weiser High School Nears Centennial; Records Yield Colorful Campus Story|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|place=Boise, Idaho|date=1963-08-31|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143122441/ 7]}}
In 1958, there were 46 students at Weiser High who lived in the Annex and Jefferson school districts.{{cite news|title=School Districts' Reorganization To Be Outlined|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|place=Boise, Idaho|date=1958-08-09|page=9 (of second section)}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105766525/ See clipping] from Newspapers.com.
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.{{cite news|title=New School's Fate Rests With Voters|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|place=Boise, Idaho|date=1965-03-23|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143120563/ Section 2, p. 13]|via=Newspapers.com}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143120593/ Image of the design]
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.{{cite news|last=Richert|first=Kevin|title=Idaho's rural students look to move on|newspaper=Times-News|place=Twin Falls, Idaho|agency=IdahoEdNews.org|date=2018-12-07|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143118777/ A1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143118796/ A8]|via=Newspapers.com}}
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:[http://www.weiserschools.org/schools/high/sports/ WHS Sports]
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- 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)
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State championships include:
- Baseball (2021){{cite web|url=https://signalamerican.com/content/weiser-baseball-team-wins-first-state-championship|title=Weiser baseball team wins first state championship |newspaper=Weiser Signal American|place=Weiser, Idaho|date=2021-05-28|access-date=2024-03-12}}
- 3A, American football (2021){{cite web|url=https://highschool.si.com/idaho/2021/11/20/weiser-snaps-sugar-salems-three-year-3a-state-title-run-in-2ot-for-tom-harrisons-11th-championship|title=Weiser snaps Sugar-Salem's three-year 3A state title run in 2OT as Tom Harrison wins championship No. 11|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=2021-11-20|access-date=2024-03-12}}{{cite web|last=Lycklama|first=Michael|url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/high-school/article255983912.html|title=Weiser football wins 3A state title over Sugar-Salem|newspaper=Idaho Statesman|date=2021-11-20|access-date=2024-03-12}}
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."{{cite news|last=Schramm|first=Walt|title=Weiser High School Band Tops Seafair Parades|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|place=Boise, Idaho|date=1961-08-21|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143125763/ Section 2, Page 13] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143125975/ Page 15]|via=Newspapers.com}}
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.
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.weiserschools.org/high-school-home-page.html}}
- [http://www.weiserschools.org/ Weiser School District]
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Category:Public high schools in Idaho