Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School
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| Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School | |
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| Address | |
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301 4th St 56484 United States | |
| Coordinates | 47°5′53″N 94°34′46″W / 47.09806°N 94.57944°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Independent School District #113 |
| Principal | Ryan Jensen |
| Staff | 46 |
| Grades | 7 to 12 |
| Number of students | 327 (2016–17)[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and Silver |
| Mascot | Wolf |
| Nickname | WHA |
| Website | http://www.wha.k12.mn.us |
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School (WHA) is a public high school located in Walker, Minnesota, United States. It is part of Independent School District #113. Students come from Walker, Hackensack, Akeley, Onigum, and Laporte, Minnesota.
The school offers honors classes as well as Post Secondary Enrollment Options. PSEO is a Minnesota Department of Education program that allows qualifying high school juniors and seniors to take college classes for high school credit at no cost to the student.[2][3] Foreign languages at WHA include Spanish for grades 9 through 12 and German, although being phased out, for eleventh and twelfth grades.
Athletics[edit]
The school has football, volleyball, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, hockey, baseball, softball, boys and girls golf, boys and girls track, and cheerleading teams.
Speech[edit]
The WHA speech team has competed for 44 years. In those 44 years, participants have earned 209 state speech medals, 39 state championships,[4] and speakers have competed 32 times on the national level.[citation needed]
WHA has a number[5] of National Forensic League Academic All-Americans.
At the 2007 state tournament, the WHA speech team had a record five state champions. The WHA team also had a record number of state medals with 17 total medals in 2007.[citation needed] In 2008, the WHA speech team won the section tournament for the 17th consecutive year.
At the 2008 NFL National Qualifying tournament, a record six speakers qualified for the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada in June 2008.
In the 2010 speech season, WHA won sections for the 20th year in a row.
Theater[edit]
WHA has a theater department, which as performed plays including:
- Fiddler on the Roof (2003)
- Annie (2005)
- Seussical (2006)
- Peter Pan (2007)
- The Sound of Music (2008)
Music[edit]
WHA's music department consists of a concert band, stage band, and concert choir who each perform a winter and spring concert every year. They also compete in a fall solo contest and spring ensemble contest.
References[edit]
- ^ "WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SEC". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO)-Concurrent Enrollment". Minnesota Department of Education.
- ^ "Post-Secondary Enrollment Options". Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
- ^ "2010 Wells Fargo Spotlight on the Arts Award of Excellence" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
- ^ "Rostrum Archive". National Forensic League Rostrum Magazine Archive.
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