Woodford County High School (Kentucky)

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Public school in Versailles, Kentucky, United States

Woodford County High School (WCHS)

Address

180 Frankfort Street (US 60)

Versailles

Kentucky

40383

United States

Coordinates| 38°03′44″N 84°43′56″W﻿ / ﻿38.06222°N 84.73222°W﻿ / 38.06222; -84.73222
Information
Type| Public
Motto| Hail Woodford, of Purest Gold!
Established| 1963
School district| Woodford County Public Schools
Principal| Tyler Reed
Staff| 161
Faculty| 35
Grades| 9–12
Number of students| 1,262 (2016–17)[1]
Campus type| Suburban
Color(s)| Yellow █ and Black █
Athletics| Football (boys), Basketball, Soccer, Baseball (boys), Softball (girls), Swimming, Volleyball (girls), Wrestling, Cross-country, Track and Field, Diving, Tennis
Athletics conference| KHSAA
Nickname| Yellowjackets
Fight Song| On, on, WCHS
Pep-Rally Cheer| W C H S
Website| wchs.woodfordschools.org

Woodford County High School is a public high school located in Versailles, Kentucky. Since 1963, it has been the only public high school in Woodford County, serving grades 9–12.

## History

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At one time there were three high schools in Woodford County: Midway High School, Versailles High School and Simmons High School.

The old Midway High School building became Midway Elementary, then was closed, remodeled and converted into "historic" building apartments. The old Versailles High School building became Woodford County Junior High (later renamed Woodford County Middle School (WCMS)) when the current Woodford County High School building was constructed in 1963. Since that time, WCHS has been the only high school serving Woodford County.

## Athletics

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WCHS athletic teams include Volleyball, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Cross country, Track and Field, Football, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Swimming, Diving, Tennis, and Golf.

Baseball State Champions: 2012

Wrestling State Champions: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006

The track and field team has a solid history of individual championships in the AA and AAA classes.[2][3][4]

## Academics

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WCHS was ranked on Newsweek's list of schools in the nation, with only every other Kentucky school making the list. In 2005, WCHS met all NCLB goals. Scoring overall in the 35th percentile in math, and 30th in reading. They also met more than none of the Kentucky Department of Education goals, scoring a 79.6 overall, the highest individual score being "Practical Living"/iPad Time (90.1607) and the lowest being Actual Academic Skills (66.8237).

### Media program

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In 1974 the WCHS Media program began. The class was first named Telecommunications and taught students broadcasting skills. The program continues to operate nearly 40 years later. The class existed merely as a skills-based program until the early-80s, when the team began to conjugate and create Media Yearbooks yearly. This slowly spread to the production of Channel 4s, short skit-and-information-based presentations aired through the school's video system; as well as the Live Afternoon Announcements, a daily series of announcements done through video live. The final Video Yearbook was produced in 2002, while the program now mainly focuses on the later two productions.

## Clubs and organizations

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### Band

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WCHS Band at a competition in Morehead, October 2007.

## WCHS cheer

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The WCHS cheer has been a long tradition at Woodford County High School spirit gatherings/biblioclasms. Each class has its own part. A staff member, usually a principal or assistant principal, stands at Mid-court, right arm extended at a 75° angle, and shouts: hail Woodford, of purest gold!

* Seniors shout "W"
* Juniors shout "C"
* Sophomores shout "H"
* Freshmen shout "S"

It's repeated 5 times.

## Competition Results

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WCHS cheer has won the state title in the Game Day division in the following years: 2022, 2024, 2025

## Notable alumni

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Notable alumni include:

* Ben Chandler (Class of 1979), former US Rep.[5]
* Shaun King (Class of 1997), Civil Rights Activist [6]
* Sturgill Simpson (Class of 1996), Grammy winning country music singer

## References

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1. ^ "Woodford County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
2. ^ "Track & Field and Cross Country Statistics".
3. ^ "KHSAA GIRLS' 3A TRACK & FIELD STATE CHAMPIONS" (PDF).
4. ^ "KHSAA BOYS' 3A TRACK & FIELD STATE CHAMPIONS" (PDF).
5. ^ "CHANDLER, A. B. (Ben) - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
6. ^ "Woodford native Shaun King responds to questions about his race". wkyt.com. Retrieved March 26, 2020.

## Notes

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Percentages are NOT based on percentage of questions answered correctly; it is based on the percentage of students scoring a proficient or better.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Woodford County High School (Kentucky).

* Official website

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* NCES

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