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Ridgeley High School - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 39°38′28.5″N 78°46′10.6″W / 39.641250°N 78.769611°W

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Ridgeley High School
Photograph of Ridgeley High School Complex as it stood in 1941
Address

Potomac Street Ridgeley , West Virginia 26753 United States
Information
School type	High School
Established	1934
Status	Demolished 2018
Closed	1976
School district	Mineral County Schools
Grades	7-12
Color(s)	Black and white
Mascot	Hawk
Team name	Blackhawks
Yearbook	Ridgeleyette

Ridgeley High School, built in 1934, was a middle and a high school in Mineral County, West Virginia. The high school closed in 1976 because of consolidation of the Mineral County Schools district. ^{[citation needed]} At one time the school contained kindergarten though 12th grade.

History

Ridgeley students received their high school education at Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland until 1934, when a high school program was established in the town. The first graduating class in 1935^[1] had 13 students.^[2]

The school closed as a result of consolidation in 1976 and was succeeded by Frankfort High School.

Campus

Ridgeley High School sat on a plot of land in the center of the town by the levee which separates the property from the Potomac River. The building was a two-story school with L-shaped hallways on both levels. On the lower level (essentially the basement) classrooms lined the front of the school and the side facing the football field. The cafeteria was at the center of the L in the basement. Aside from lunches, the space was used for weekly sock hops on Friday nights providing entertainment to students. On the upper floor, classrooms lined the outer walls facing the street. On the football field side, classrooms lined both sides of the hallway. The other side of the hall was mostly occupied by the gym where basketball games were played. Outside, the football field took up a large portion of the property. The football stadium had no lights, so games were played on Friday afternoons with students released early to attend. The property behind the school was also used by gym classes for calisthenics. The football field was also used for years by other local sports teams including the Ridgeley Rams football team.

The building was demolished over two weeks beginning on October 22, 2018.^[3]

Extracurricular activities

The Ridgeley Blackhawks football team won the West Virginia Class A championship in 1975.^[4]

Notable alumni

William E. Shuck, Jr., Congressional Medal of Honor recipient^[5]

Former principals

Festus W Smith (1934–38)
Melvin M Heiskell (1938–68)
Golden Adkins (1968–76)

Gallery

Photograph of Ridgeley High School Complex as it stood in 1941
Photograph of Ridgeley High School Complex as it stood on June 26, 2013.
Photograph of the land on which Ridgeley High School stood after the school's demolition on November 3, 2018.

References

^ "Ridgeley School Hold Commencement Night". Washington Post. 1935-05-25. p. 6. The first annual commencement of Ridgeley High School was hold tonight at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church South.
^ "Ridgeley High School To Graduate 13 May 23". The Washington Post. 1935-04-15. p. 9.
^ Blaisdell, Elaine (October 5, 2018). "Demolition on old Ridgeley school to begin Monday". Cumberland Times-News.
^ "Board of County Commissioners Minutes" (PDF). Allegany County Government. 1975-11-21. The Commissioners requested that letters of congratulation be sent to the Fort Hill and the Ridgeley High School Football Teams on winning state championship games... the Ridgeley Blackhawks team won the West Virginia Class A championship.
^ "Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient USMC Staff Sgt. William E. Shuck Jr".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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