Waterloo High School (Illinois)
| Waterloo High School | |
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| Address | |
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505 East Bulldog Boulevard , 62298 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°19′09″N 90°08′21″W / 38.3192°N 90.1392°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1895 |
| School district | Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 |
| Principal | Lori Costello |
| Staff | 51.29 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 804 (2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.68[1] |
| Color(s) | orange black |
| Mascot | Bulldogs |
| Team name | Bulldogs |
| Yearbook | Wahischo |
| Website | Waterloo High School Website |
Waterloo High School is a high school in Waterloo, Illinois, and is the only public high school in the Waterloo area.
Campus[edit]
In 2007, ground was broken on a new building. The school's cost is roughly $38 million. The school is built on 62 acres (250,000 m2)[2] of land and holds 1,400 students. The school has a total of 57 classrooms.
Waterloo High School has an auditorium that can hold 462 people. The school also has a fitness center and weight room used for PE students and athletes, four computer labs, a library, a cafeteria that can seat 600 students, band room, chorus room, and an engineering lab. The school has an interior courtyard area for agricultural classes.[3]
Sports[edit]
The school has a 20,040-square-foot (1,862 m2) gym that holds a total of 2,000 people. The school has six tennis courts, one softball field, one baseball field, and a football/soccer field as well as the marching field and a track.
Extracurricular activities[edit]
Waterloo High School offers a large number of extracurricular activities.[4]
- Art Club
- Auto Club
- Band
- Chess Club
- Chorus
- Diversity Club
- Drama Club
- FFA
- FCA
- Gaming Club
- German Club
- FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
- Friends for Friends
- Lifesavers
- Math Team
- NHS (National Honors Society)
- Orange Crush (Pep Club)
- Renaissance
- Saturday Scholars
- Science Club
- Spanish Club
- Speech Team
- Scholar Bowl
- SHOW (Students Helping Out Waterloo)
- Student Council
- Wahischo (Yearbook Committee)
- WYSE
Notable alumni[edit]
- Olga Hartman (1900–1974), zoologist specializing in polychaete worms
- David Meckler (born 1987), ice hockey player
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Waterloo High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Guarantee Electrical Completes $38 Million, 227,000SF High School in Waterloo, Ill". Guarantee Electrical. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Guarantee's Innovative Electrical Design Advances Technology & Energy Savings at Two Illinois High Schools". Guarantee Electrical. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Extracurricular Activities". Waterloo Community Unit School District 5. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
External links[edit]
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