Woodford County High School (Kentucky)

Coordinates: 38°03′44″N 84°43′56″W / 38.06222°N 84.73222°W

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Woodford County High School (WCHS)
Address

180 Frankfort Street (US 60) Versailles , Kentucky 40383 United States
Coordinates	38°03′44″N 84°43′56″W / 38.06222°N 84.73222°W / 38.06222; -84.73222
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Hail Woodford, of Purest Gold!
Established	1963
School district	Woodford County Public Schools
Principal	Tyler Reed
Staff	161
Faculty	35
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,262 (2016–17)^[1]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Yellow █ and Black █
Athletics	Football (boys), Basketball, Soccer, Baseball (boys), Softball (girls), Swimming, Volleyball (girls), Wrestling, Cross-country, Track and Field, Diving, Tennis
Athletics conference	KHSAA
Nickname	Yellowjackets
Fight Song	On, on, WCHS
Pep-Rally Cheer	W C H S
Website	wchs.woodfordschools.org

Woodford County High School is a public high school located in Versailles, Kentucky. Since 1963, it has been the only public high school in Woodford County, serving grades 9–12.

History

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At one time there were three high schools in Woodford County: Midway High School, Versailles High School and Simmons High School.

The old Midway High School building became Midway Elementary, then was closed, remodeled and converted into "historic" building apartments. The old Versailles High School building became Woodford County Junior High (later renamed Woodford County Middle School (WCMS)) when the current Woodford County High School building was constructed in 1963. Since that time, WCHS has been the only high school serving Woodford County.

Athletics

WCHS athletic teams include Volleyball, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Cross country, Track and Field, Football, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Swimming, Diving, Tennis, and Golf.

Baseball State Champions: 2012

Wrestling State Champions: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006

The track and field team has a solid history of individual championships in the AA and AAA classes.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Academics

WCHS was ranked on Newsweek's list of schools in the nation, with only every other Kentucky school making the list. In 2005, WCHS met all NCLB goals. Scoring overall in the 35th percentile in math, and 30th in reading. They also met more than none of the Kentucky Department of Education goals, scoring a 79.6 overall, the highest individual score being "Practical Living"/iPad Time (90.1607) and the lowest being Actual Academic Skills (66.8237).

Media program

In 1974 the WCHS Media program began. The class was first named Telecommunications and taught students broadcasting skills. The program continues to operate nearly 40 years later. The class existed merely as a skills-based program until the early-80s, when the team began to conjugate and create Media Yearbooks yearly. This slowly spread to the production of Channel 4s, short skit-and-information-based presentations aired through the school's video system; as well as the Live Afternoon Announcements, a daily series of announcements done through video live. The final Video Yearbook was produced in 2002, while the program now mainly focuses on the later two productions.

Clubs and organizations

Band

WCHS cheer

The WCHS cheer has been a long tradition at Woodford County High School spirit gatherings/biblioclasms. Each class has its own part. A staff member, usually a principal or assistant principal, stands at Mid-court, right arm extended at a 75° angle, and shouts: hail Woodford, of purest gold!