Winnetonka High School
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Winnetonka High School
Winnetonka High School is a high school in the North Kansas City School District.
The school is located at 5815 NE 48 Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Winnetonka opened in 1971. Originally built to hold 2,000 students, it now has approximately 1,350. In Fall 2008, some of Winnetonka's students were transferred to the district's new high school, Staley High School, as well as North Kansas City High School due to boundary changes.
Its boundary includes the communities of Birmingham, Claycomo, Pleasant Valley, and Randolph.[3][4]
Academic programs
Winnetonka currently offers 3 diploma programs: a basic diploma, a "College Preparation" diploma, and a "Gold Medallion" honors diploma. Winnetonka also participates in the A+ Program.
Athletics
Competitive Teams Include:
- Men's and Women's teams
- Soccer
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis
- Golf
- Track and Field
- Cross Country
- Cheerleading
- Volleyball
- Men's only
- Women's only
Extracurricular activities
- International Thespian Society Troupe 422
- 48th Street Players Improv Team
- Anime & Gamers Club
- Creative Writing Club
- FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5141
- Math Club
- Ace Mentor
- AFS/International Club
- DECA
- FCCLA
- FBLA
- GSA
- Forensics/Debate
- French Club
- German Club
- Spanish Club
- PLM
- Symphonic band- The Winnetonka band played at the famous Carnegie Hall in 2011 and 2008.
- Chamber Orchestra
- Symphonic Orchestra 1st place sight reading districts 2023 State Solos
- Science Olympiad- 4th place 2023 William Jewell College
- Key Club
- National Honor Society
- Yearbook- Invited to National High School Journalism Convention Boston 2023
Notable alumni
- Scott Speicher, US Navy Captain, first combat casualty of the Persian Gulf War
- Tom Funk, Former MLB player (Houston Astros)
- Matt Larson, First Team All Team.
References
- ^ a b c "WINNETONKA HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Winnetonka High School". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Clay County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-09. - Compare with the boundary map
- ^ "District Attendance Areas" (PDF). North Kansas City School District. Retrieved 2022-09-09. - Compare with the census map.
External links
- Winnetonka High School official website
- Symphonic/Marching Band official website
- Winnetonka Griffin Football official website
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