Woodridge High School
{{short description|Public high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States}}
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| name = Woodridge High School
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| motto = Community, Scholarship, Diversity
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| type = Public
| affiliation =
| district = Woodridge Local School District
| principal = Albert DiTommaso
| faculty =
| teaching_staff = 46.50 {{FTE}}
| enrollment = 630 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3904997&ID=390499703780|title=Woodridge High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 22, 2024}}
| conference = Metro Athletic Conference
| colors = Maroon, Gray, White
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| team_name = Bulldogs
| campus type = Suburban
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| streetaddress = 4440 Quick Road
| city = Peninsula
| state = Ohio
| zipcode = 44264
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{coord|41|11|31.19|N|81|30|39.85|W|type:edu|display=inline, title}}
| website = {{URL|whs.woodridge.k12.oh.us/}}
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Woodridge High School is a public high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Woodridge Local School District. The district serves Peninsula, northern Cuyahoga Falls, most of Boston Township, and a small portion of northwest Akron.
The high school is also part of the Six District Educational Compact, a joint program of six area school districts (Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Kent, Stow-Munroe Falls, Tallmadge and Woodridge) to share access to each of their vocational training facilities and career resources.{{cite web|title=The Six District Educational Compact Overview |url=http://www.sixdistrict.com/AboutUs/aaboutus.htm |work=SixDistrict.com |publisher=Six District Educational Compact |accessdate=17 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123161103/http://sixdistrict.com/AboutUs/aaboutus.htm |archivedate=January 23, 2009 }}
Activities
The school offers many extra- and co-curricular activities for students to participate in: marching and concert band; Latin and Spanish Club; Drama Club; Literary Club; Political Awareness Club; Interact of Rotary International; Diversity Club; etc.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
Administration
- Principal: Albert DiTommaso{{Cite web|url=http://whs.woodridge.k12.oh.us/apps/staff/|title=Faculty & Staff Directory -}}
State championships
{{further|Ohio High School Athletic Association}}
- Boys cross country – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 {{cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2019-12-06|author=OHSAA}}
- Girls cross country – 1995, 2016, 2023
- Boys Track - 2021
- Girls Track 2023, 2024
Notable alumni
- Kevin Coughlin, former Republican state senator
- Mark Mothersbaugh, of the band Devo; film score composer for The Lego Movie{{Cite web|title = IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Akron/ Ohio/ USA"|url = https://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Akron,%2520Ohio,%2520USA|website = IMDb|accessdate = 2015-10-09}}
- Hunter Niswander, NFL player
- Jeff Phelps, Cleveland TV & radio personality
Athletic facilities
- Lahoski Field - football and soccer
- Mercer Family Track - all-weather track
- Field house
- Includes Stammen Wrestling Room, weight room, training room, 1 classroom, 2 locker rooms, and a storage area.
- Baseball field
- Softball field
- Gymnasium
- Auxiliary gymnasium
External links
- {{Official website|http://whs.woodridge.k12.oh.us/}}
Notes and references
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{{Metro Athletic Conference (Ohio)}}
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Category:High schools in Summit County, Ohio
Category:Public high schools in Ohio
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