Weddington High School

Weddington High School (WHS) is a public high school located east of Weddington, North Carolina , as part of Union County Public Schools. As of 2016, the school has been operating under the leadership of principal Kim Andrews.^[1] Weddington's main feeder schools, Weddington Elementary and Weddington Middle, are located on the same campus as the high school.

Academics

As of 2011, Weddington had the highest graduation rate of seniors in the state of North Carolina for the fifth year in a row, with the graduation rate going up from 91.7% to 95.7%.

Weddington is a Honors School of Excellence with high growth. To be recognized as an Honors School of Excellence, a school must have 90% or above of their composite End of Course Test scores above grade level. Weddington's test scores are the highest in Union County.

Weddington High School was on Newsweek magazine's "2013 America's Best High Schools" list.^[2] Weddington ranked 470th out of 2000 national schools. There are over 18,000 high schools in the United States, placing Weddington in the top three percent.

Programs

The Weddington High School marching band's 2013-2014 director, Jill Brooks, was selected as the recipient of the 2013-2014 American School Band Directors Association Outstanding Potential Award. The band was also highlighted in an issue of Appleseed Magazine for showing the power of music along with the levels of hard work and enthusiasm required to exist in a marching band.^[3]

As of 2013, Weddington provides its students with a Marine Corps JROTC program. Instructed by retired Marines Lieutenant Colonel David Morgan and Sergeant Major Matthew Brookshire, the program has won two over-all awards from Union County drill meets, along with a host of other drill awards in just its first two years. Weddington's MCJROTC program, as of 2015, consists of about 60 cadets.

Athletics

Weddington's Athletic Director since 2014 has been Mike Hart.

The Men's Cross Country team won the 3A State Championship in 2013 and 2015 under Coach Rick Spencer. The Men's Indoor Track Team also won the State Championship in 2015-16. The Women's Cross Country team won the State Title in 2003.

Weddington's Men's Soccer team under the tutelage of Coach Powell Williams won the 2015 3A State Championship against Lee County.

In 2012 and 2013, the varsity Baseball team won back to back State Championships. In 2012 over CB Aycock in two games (Alex Bostic named MVP) and in 2013 over DH Conley in three games (Daniel Calabretta named MVP).

Weddington's football team played in the state championship in the fall of 2014, falling short with a 7-14 loss against Northern Guilford

In 2015 Senior baseball player John Conte was second in the county in home runs

References

Coordinates: 35°00′03″N 80°43′32″W / 35.0007°N 80.7255°W / 35.0007; -80.7255