Wilde Lake High School
| Wilde Lake High School | |
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| Address | |
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5460 Trumpeter Road , | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1971 |
| School district | Howard County Public Schools |
| Principal | James "Zesty" LeMon |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,438 [1] |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Wildecats |
| Website | http://www.wildelake.com |
Wilde Lake High School is a secondary school located in Columbia, Maryland's Village of Wilde Lake, one of 12 public high schools in Howard County. Bids were requested by January 1970 for an 1,350 seat school to be built for an estimated $2.6 million.[1] Opened in 1971 as a model school for the nation, it was Columbia's first high school. It had a unique open doughnut-shaped design with "open classrooms" and was a model school for new teaching settings.[2] In 1994, the original 910-student building which did not meet current safety standards was demolished. A new $20 million 1,200-seat building was reconstructed on the same site with a more traditional style by Cochran, Stephenson and Donkevoet.[3] The new building, opened in 1996, replicates the open idea, with a central main street, and halls surrounding it and a bridge across the second floor.
The school is centrally located in Howard County and its district borders that of River Hill High School, Marriotts Ridge High School, Centennial High School, Howard High School, Oakland Mills High School, and Atholton High School.
Wilde Lake's official mascot is the "Wildecat". The school's main sports rivals are Oakland Mills High School, River Hill High School and Atholton High School.
Jim Rouse Theatre
Wilde Lake has a modern 750-seat theater named for Columbia founder James Rouse, who went by "Jim".[4] The theatre has its own separate entrance and is used by both school and community groups. The 12,500-square-foot performance space is also ideal for community meetings, sales rallies, exhibitions, and business training sessions. The theatre has a total of 739 seats and 8 handicapped accessible locations.[5]
Wilde Lake High School prides itself with this state-of-the-art theater with advanced acoustics and the school's internationally recognized Fine Arts program. The concert, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Band, led by director Lewis Dutrow, take full advantage of the Jim Rouse Theatre.[6]
Athletics
Wilde Lake High School has a number of exceptional sports teams for each season of the academic year, including (but not limited to): Football, Soccer, Golf, Volleyball and Cross Country (boys and girls teams)[7] The school has won the following state championships:
Cross country
- 2007 – Boys' Cross Country
- 2006 – Boys' Cross Country[8]
- 2005 – Boys' Cross Country
- 1996 – Boys' Cross Country
- 1996 – Girls' Cross Country[9]
- 1971 – Boys' Cross Country
Football
- 2010 – Football
- 1997 – Football[10]
- 1992 – Football
- 1991 – Football
- 1990 – Football
- 1985 – Football
Soccer
- 1997 – Boys' Soccer[11]
- 1991 – Boys' Soccer
- 1984 – Boys' Soccer
- 1983 – Boys' Soccer
- 1982 – Boys' Soccer
- 1981 – Boys' Soccer
- 1976 – Boys' Soccer
Basketball
Ice hockey
- 2008 State Finalist
Tennis
- 2006 – Boys' Tennis Singles[14]
- 2001 – Mixed Doubles[15]
- 1986 – Mixed Doubles
- 1985 – Boys' Tennis Doubles
Track and field
- 1975 – Boys' Track & Field[16]
The Paw Print
The Paw Print is an independent publication of Wilde Lake High School.[17]
Notable alumni
- Laura Lippman (class of 1977)—author and award-winning journalist
- Edward Norton (class of 1987)—actor
- Mark D. Levine (class of 1987)—New York City council member
- Curtis Yarvin (class of 1988)—computer scientist, political philospher, neoreactionary thinker
- Lo-Fang (class of 2002)—musician
- Zach Brown (class of 2007)—Tennessee Titans linebacker
See also
References
- ^ Louise Vest (13 January 2015). "Bid deadline for Wilde Lake High School builder History Matters". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ "Five Open Plan High Schools: A Report from Educational Facilities Laboratories" (1973) (archived at Texas A&M University).
- ^ "Renovation at Wilde Lake is to be more extensive". The Washington Post. September 23, 1993.
- ^ James Rouse Theater, Wilde Lake High School Website.
- ^ "Technical Specifications". Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ http://www.hcpss.org/schools/profiles/profile_hs_WildeLake.pdf
- ^ Parnell, Vincent "Fall 2012 Athletic Information" Howard County Public School System, 2012.
- ^ MPSSAA Boys' Cross Country
- ^ MPSSAA Girls' Cross Country
- ^ MPSSAA Football
- ^ MPSSAA Boys' Soccer
- ^ MPSSAA Girls' Basketball
- ^ MPSSAA Boys' Basketball
- ^ MPSSAA Boys' Tennis Doubles
- ^ MPSSAA Tennis Mixed Doubles
- ^ MPSSAA Boys' Track & Field
- ^ http://wildelake.com/pawprint/