Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School Explained

Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School
Established:1967
Streetaddress:943 South Franklin Street
City:Oakland City
State:Indiana
Zipcode:47660
Country:United States
Coordinates:38.3303°N -87.3508°W
District:East Gibson School Corporation
Grades:9–12[1]
Principal:James Wilson
Enrollment:212 (2022-23)[2]
Ratio:10.47
Teaching Staff:20.25
Conference:Blue Chip Conference[3]
Southwest Seven Football Conference[4]
Nickname:Trojans
Colors:Green, gold, white

The Waldo J. Wood Memorial High School, formerly referred to as Oakland City Wood Memorial High School by the IHSAA, now simply as Wood Memorial High School is a public education institution located in Oakland City, Indiana, USA, serving the East Gibson School Corporation and drawing students from Barton, Center and Columbia Townships in the much more sparsely populated eastern third of Gibson County, Indiana. As such, Wood Memorial is the smallest high school in county, being roughly half the sizes of either Gibson Southern or Princeton Community.

Athletics

The school is in the Indiana High School Athletic Association class A with around 400 students in grades 9–12. The school colors are green, white and gold and the mascots are the Trojans and Lady Trojans. Since 2002, the school has been a member of the Blue Chip Conference, and more recently, the Southwest Seven Football Conference, although previously it was a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (Two of its predecessor schools, Oakland City High School and Francisco High School were early members of the conference) along with its county rival Gibson Southern (Two of GS's predecessors were also members).Sports offered at Wood Memorial include:[5] [6]

Boys

No football

Girls

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Waldo J Wood Memorial High. National Center for Education Statistics. 31 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Waldo J Wood Memorial High. National Center for Education Statistics. June 16, 2024.
  3. Web site: 2017-18 IHSAA School Directory. IHSAA.org. IHSAA. 25 July 2018. 127.
  4. Web site: 2017-18 IHSAA School Directory. IHSAA.org. IHSAA. 25 July 2018. 12.
  5. Web site: Boys Sports . 2014-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140312224438/http://www2.siec.k12.in.us/wmhs/Athletics/boyssports.html . 2014-03-12 . dead .
  6. Web site: Girls Sports . 2014-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140312224440/http://www2.siec.k12.in.us/wmhs/Athletics/girlssports.html . 2014-03-12 . dead .