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Coordinates: 38°7′16.5″N 78°59′6.3″W / 38.121250°N 78.985083°W / 38.121250; -78.985083
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Wilson Memorial High School
Address
Map
189 Hornet Rd

Fishersville
,
Virginia
22939

United States
Coordinates38°7′16.5″N 78°59′6.3″W / 38.121250°N 78.985083°W / 38.121250; -78.985083
Information
Funding typePublic school
EstablishedSeptember 11, 1947
School boardAugusta County Public Schools
SuperintendentEric W. Bond
PrincipalCrystal Hanger
Teaching staff53.66 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment762 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.20[1]
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)    Green, Vegas Gold
Athletics conferenceVirginia High School League
Region 2B
Shenandoah District
MascotThe Green Hornets
Rivals
Feeder schoolsWilson Elementary School, Hugh K. Cassell Elementary School, Wilson Middle School
WebsiteWilson Memorial High School

Wilson Memorial High School is a public school located in Fishersville, Virginia. The school is named after the 28th President of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, who was born in nearby Staunton, Virginia. WMHS, home of the Green Hornets, is located in the Woodrow Wilson Complex, which consists of the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center, Augusta County Public Schools Board offices, Valley Vocational Technical Center, Shenandoah Valley Governor's School, Wilson Elementary School, and Wilson Middle School.

History

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The school's first class began on 11 September 1947 after Augusta County acquired a portion of the land used by the United States Army's former Woodrow Wilson General Hospital during World War II. Fifteen buildings were converted into classrooms and offices for the school after the hospital's last patient departed on March 31, 1946.[2]

By 2007 a $20 million renovation had been completed at the current Wilson Memorial.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wilson Memorial High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Sorrells, Nancy (July 15, 2016). "How Wilson Memorial High School Came to Be". The News Leader. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  3. ^ Stuart, Bob (News Virginian). "Learning from the past." The Daily Progress. Tuesday August 14, 2007. Updated Thursday January 24, 2013. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
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38°7′16.5″N 78°59′6.3″W / 38.121250°N 78.985083°W / 38.121250; -78.985083


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