Wilde Lake High School

Bids were requested by January 1970 for a 1,350-seat school to be built for an estimated US$2.6 million.{{cite news |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |title=Bid deadline for Wilde Lake High School builder History Matters |author=Louise Vest |date=January 13, 2015}} Opened in 1971 as a model school for the nation, it was Columbia's first high school. It had an open doughnut-shaped design with "open classrooms," and was a model school for new teaching settings.[http://archone.tamu.edu/CRS/engine/archive_files/efl/6000.0504.pdf "Five Open Plan High Schools: A Report from Educational Facilities Laboratories"] (1973) (archived at Texas A&M University).

In 1994, the original 910-student building, which did not meet current safety standards, was demolished. A new $20 million 1,200-seat building with a more traditional style was reconstructed on the same site by Cochran, Stephenson and Donkevoet.{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 23, 1993 |title=Renovation at Wilde Lake is to be more extensive}} The new building, which opened in 1996, replicates the open design, with a central "main street", and halls surrounding it and a bridge across the second floor.

The racial makeup of the population during the 2017–2018 school year was 26.7% White, 43.8% Black or African American, 7.2% Asian, 14.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0% Native American, 0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 7.4% two or more races.

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Wilde Lake has a modern 750-seat theater named for Columbia founder James Rouse, who went by "Jim".{{Cite web |url=http://www.rousetheatre.org/ |title=Jim Rouse Theatre |website=Jim Rouse Theatre |access-date=April 19, 2018}} The theatre has its own separate entrance and is used by both school and community groups. The 12,500-square-foot performance space is also used for community meetings, sales rallies, exhibitions, and business training sessions. The theatre has a total of 739 seats and eight handicapped accessible locations.{{cite web |url=http://www.rousetheatre.org/technical-specs |title=Technical Specifications |publisher=Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts |access-date=April 19, 2018}} Coincidentally, Rouse’s grandson Edward graduated from Wilde Lake in 1987.

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Wilde Lake High School has a number of sports teams for each season of the academic year, including football, soccer, golf, volleyball, basketball, and cross country.Parnell, Vincent [http://www.wildelake.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1033:fall-2012-athletic-information&catid=175:sports-instructions&Itemid=232 "Fall 2012 Athletic Information"], Howard County Public School System, 2012. The school has won the following state championships:

• 1971 – Boys' cross country
• 1996 – Girls' cross country{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/girlsxcountry/State%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Girls' Cross Country |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}
• 1996 – Boys' cross country
• 2005 – Boys' cross country
• 2006 – Boys' cross country{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/boysxcountry/State%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Boys' Cross Country |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}
• 2007 – Boys' cross country

• 1985 – Football{{Cite news |last=Levine |first=David |date=November 28, 1985 |title=Wilde Lake 1 Victory Away |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1985/11/29/wilde-lake-1-victory-away/4f6d7919-3fbe-4957-bac6-1922bfb579e7/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
• 1990 – Football
• 1991 – Football
• 1992 – Football
• 1997 – Football{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/football/Football%20State%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Football |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}
• 2010 – Football{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2010 |title=Wilde Lake holds off Franklin to win 3A state title, 21-14 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/12/03/wilde-lake-holds-off-franklin-to-win-3a-state-title-21-14/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=The Baltimore Sun |language=en-US}}

• 1976 – Boys' soccer
• 1981 – Boys' soccer
• 1982 – Boys' soccer
• 1983 – Boys' soccer
• 1984 – Boys' soccer
• 1991 – Boys' soccer
• 1997 – Boys' soccer{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/boyssoccer/boys%20soccer%20champs%202007.pdf |title=MPSSAA Boys' Soccer |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}
• 2019 – Boys' soccer{{Cite news |last=Melnick |first=Kyle |date=November 16, 2019 |title=Md. 3A boys' soccer final: Wilde Lake wins with golden goal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/md-3a-boys-soccer-final-wilde-lake-wins-with-golden-goal/2019/11/16/9921963e-080e-11ea-924a-28d87132c7ec_story.html |access-date=October 23, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

• 1985 – Boys' basketball{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/wintersports/boysbasketball/Boys%20Basketball%20State%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Boys' Basketball |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}
• 1994 – Boys' basketball State Finalist{{cite web |last1=Seidel |first1=Jeff |title=Milford Mill balancing act too much for Wilde Lake |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/03/13/milford-mill-balancing-act-too-much-for-wilde-lake/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025071404/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-03-13/sports/1994072232_1_milford-mill-hurd-wilde |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |language=en |url-status=live |date=March 13, 1994}}
• 1995 – Girls' basketball{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/wintersports/girlsbasketball/Girls%20State%20Basketball%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Girls' Basketball |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

• 2008 – State Finalist

Wilde lake no longer fields an independent ice hockey team. From 2011{{ndash}}2018, a co-op team with players from Oakland Mills and Hammond High Schools was formed, known as the “WHO”. In 2018, Centennial and Long Reach High Schools joined the WHO to form the Wolves.

• 1985 – Boys' tennis doubles
• 1986 – Mixed doubles
• 2001 – Mixed doubles{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/girlstennis/Mixed%20Doubles%20State%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Tennis Mixed Doubles |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}
• 2006 – Boys' tennis singles{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/boystennis/Boys%20Tennis%20State%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Boys' Tennis Doubles |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

• 1975 – Boys' track and field{{cite web |url=http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/boystrackandfield/Boys%20Track%20and%20Field%20Champions.pdf |title=MPSSAA Boys' Track & Field |website=MPSSAA.org |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

In 2015, Carol Satterwhite, a physical education teacher at the Wilde Lake High School was selected for the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Hall of Fame.{{cite press release |url=http://www.lhsaa.org/news/press-releases/james-simmons-to-be-inducted-in-niaaa-hall-of-fame |title=James Simmons to be Inducted in NIAAA Hall of Fame |publisher=LHSAA |date=December 1, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

The school has a band program consisting of groups including the marching band and wind ensemble.{{Cite web |title=Band {{!}} Wilde Lake High School Band {{!}} United States|url=https://www.wlhsband.com/|access-date=May 8, 2021|website=wlhsband|language=en}}

The Paw Print is an independent publication of Wilde Lake High School.{{cite web |url=http://wlhspawprint.com/ |title=The Paw Print : The Student News Site of Wilde Lake High School |website=WLHSPawPrint.com |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

Wilde Lake has a special education program.{{Cite web |title=Wilde Lake High School Profile |url=https://www.hcpss.org/f/schools/profiles/prof_hs_wildelake.pdf |website=HCPSS}} In addition to its programs for the disabled, Wilde Lake accommodates teen mothers through their in school daycare center.{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Sarah |title=Wilde Lake's Teen Parenting Program Serves Students Countywide |url=https://wlhspawprint.com/2868/features/wilde-lakes-teen-parenting-program-serves-students-countywide/ |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=The Paw Print}}

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Notable alumni include actors Edward Norton (1987),{{cite news |title=Edward Norton, Laura Lippman, and more Columbia notables reflect on a changing city |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2017/06/06/edward-norton-laura-lippman-and-more-columbia-notables-reflect-on-a-changing-city/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 6, 2017}} Carly Hughes (2000), Sara Lindsey (2007), and Adria Tennor (1988). Alumni also include the authors and journalists Laura Lippman (1977), Robert Kolker (1987),{{cite web |last=McCauley |first=Mary Carole |title=Columbia native Robert Kolker is having a moment, with an Oprah's Book Club selection and HBO, Netflix movies based on his work |website=The Baltimore Sun |date=October 12, 2020 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2020/10/12/columbia-native-robert-kolker-is-having-a-moment-with-an-oprahs-book-club-selection-and-hbo-netflix-movies-based-on-his-work/ |access-date=October 27, 2024}} and National Public Radio diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen (1985). David Bentley Hart (1982) is another writer, theologian, and cultural critic.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/09/29/national-merit-scholarship-honored/a1707099-bebd-4eeb-ba51-92343f6dacd2/ |title=National Merit Scholarship Honored |date=September 29, 1982 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 19, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

Wilde Lake alumni lawyers of note include national security and human rights attorney Jesselyn Radack (1988),{{cite web |last=Langfitt |first=Frank |title=Late bloomer flowers brilliantly at Yale Law School Student overcomes rocky youth, MS |website=The Baltimore Sun |date=October 25, 1992 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/10/25/late-bloomer-flowers-brilliantly-at-yale-law-school-student-overcomes-rocky-youth-ms/ |access-date=October 27, 2024}} who has represented constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein and whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Thomas Drake, John Kiriakou, and Daniel Hale. Maria L. Oesterreicher (1986) became the first female Circuit Court Judge in Carroll County Maryland{{Cite web |title=Maria Oesterreicher becomes Carroll County's first female Circuit Court judge |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-carroll-judiciary-elections-20181106-story.html |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=The Baltimore Sun |language=en}} and Donna Hill Staton (1976) became the first African-American judge in Howard County.https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/012300/012376/html/12376extbio.html

Wilde Lake also produced a number of prominent athletes, including Olympic gymnast Elise Ray (2000),{{cite news |last=Shapira |first=Ian |title=Flipping For the Olympics |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 21, 2000 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/09/21/flipping-for-the-olympics/9e2d0c3e-9a04-49be-af81-3934e86ab139/ |access-date=October 27, 2024}} Major League Baseball player Jim Traber (1979), and football players Zach Brown and Isaiah Coulter, who attended freshman through junior year.{{cite book |last1=Brugler |first1=Dane |title=The Athletic's 2020 NFL Draft Guide |date=April 7, 2020 |publisher=The Athletic |page=52 |url=https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2020/04/07094728/Dane-2020-NFL-DRAFT-FINAL.pdf |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 29, 2020}}

Politicians of note include Manhattan borough president Mark D. Levine (1987) and Dr. Terri L. Hill (1977), Maryland State Delegate, District 12 {{cite news |url=https://marylandreporter.com/2017/06/14/conclusion-a-50-year-old-town-faces-its-future/ |title=A 50-Year-Old-Town-Faces-Its-Future |work=The Maryland Reporter |author=Len Lazarick}}

Notable musicians include Lo-Fang (2002) and Greg Saunier (1987).

Former child prodigies who graduated from Wilde Lake High include John Overdeck (1986), a billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/07/16/a-normal-math-whiz/6312d944-c7f9-4eab-8098-ac524e8f476a/ |title=A 'Normal' Math Whiz |author=Tom Vesey |date=July 16, 1986 |access-date=April 19, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Another is Curtis Yarvin (1988), a computer scientist, political philosopher, and neoreactionary thinker{{cite web |author=Mencius Moldbug |title=The Holocaust: a Nazi perspective |url=http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2011/10/holocaust-nazi-perspective.html |website=Unqualified Reservations |date=October 26, 2011 |quote=The point was driven home for me at Wilde Lake High School in 1988, where I found myself in an auditorium listening to a long, bathetic string of student awards. |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

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