Winfield High School (WHS), previously Winfield Junior-Senior High School,[1] is a senior high school in Winfield, Kansas. It is a part of Winfield Unified School District 465.

The school first opened prior to the start of the 20th Century in the former Central School, which received an addition in 1880. A new building, with three stories,[2] and having an auditorium and gymnasium,[1] opened in 1910; this facility, made of brick, was colored red.[2] The new building began hosting assemblies of area schools and allowed for increased programming.[1]

In 1911 the school newspaper, The Oracle, debuted.[1] A bond proposal for an addition known as a "manual high school" building passed in 1916. In 1951 an industrial arts building opened to the west of the 1910 facility. In 1971 a new facility opened.[1]

Extracurricular activities

The Winfield High School band appeared around 1910 and the first recording of its activities appeared in 1916; previously teenagers wanting to do band activities joined practice sessions from the junior league of the city band.[3]

Beverley Olson Buller, who wrote the book Winfield, stated that the 1910s physical education classes "likely" resulted in the May Fete celebrations held in the mid-1910s.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Buller, Beverly Olson. Winfield. Arcadia Publishing, March 16, 2015. ISBN 1439650411, 9781439650417. p. 53.
  2. 1 2 Buller, Beverly Olson. Winfield. Arcadia Publishing, March 16, 2015. ISBN 1439650411, 9781439650417. p. 52.
  3. ↑ Buller, Beverly Olson. Winfield. Arcadia Publishing, March 16, 2015. ISBN 1439650411, 9781439650417. p. 54.
  4. ↑ Buller, Beverly Olson. Winfield. Arcadia Publishing, March 16, 2015. ISBN 1439650411, 9781439650417. p. 56.

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