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'{{Infobox school | name = Wilde Lake High School | native_name = Wilde Lake-Wilde Cats | logo = [[Image:Wilde Lake High School.jpg|250px]] | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption =Home of the Wilde Cats! | streetaddress = 420 Trump Road | city = [[Colombia, Maryland|Columbia]] | state = [[Maryland|MD]] | province = | country = [[United States|US]] | coordinates = | type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] [[High school#United States|high school]] | established = 2018 | founder =James "Jimmy" Neutron | status = | closed = | district = [[Howard County Public Schools]] | category = | oversight = | chairman = | dean = | administrator = | rector = | principal = Rick "Thicc Rick" Wilson | campus_director = | headmaster = | head = | chaplain = | faculty = | teaching_staff = several | grades = 9-12 | gender = All of them | houses = | colours =Dank and Lean | athletics = | mascot = Wildecats | nickname = Wilde ass nighas | rival =Oakie doke High, River Bill Nye, and Aquatic Try | accreditation = | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | newspaper = The Print Paw | yearbook = Guinness book of shit nobody cares about | affiliations = Alliance with Hammond | website = http://wlhs.hcpss.org/ | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | category_label = | gender_label = | affiliation = | assst_admin = | president = | chairman_label = | band_director = Lewis C. Dutrow | head_name = Second Master | head_name2 = Assistant Headmaster | head2 = | officer_in_charge = | enrollment = 1,488 [http://www.howard.k12.md.us/files/profile_hs_WildeLake.pdf] | grades_label = high schoolers | latitude = | longitude = | campus = | colors = Dank {{color box|#009900}} and gold {{color box|#FFD700}} | student_union = | free_label = [[Emblem]] | free_text = | free_label_1 = | free_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | picture_caption2 = | Band Director = Lewis C. Dutrow }} '''Wilde Lake High School''' is a [[secondary school]] located in [[Columbia, Maryland|Columbia]], [[Maryland]]'s Village of [[Wilde Lake]], one of 12 public high schools in [[Howard County, Maryland|Howard County]]. Bids were requested by January 1970 for a 1,350-seat school to be built for an estimated $2.6 million.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|title=Bid deadline for Wilde Lake High School builder History Matters|author=Louise Vest|date=13 January 2015}}</ref> Opened in 1971 as a model school for the nation, it was Columbia's first high school. It had an open [[doughnut]]-shaped design with "[[open classroom]]s" and was a model school for new teaching settings.<ref name=WLHSopm>[http://archone.tamu.edu/CRS/engine/archive_files/efl/6000.0504.pdf "Five Open Plan High Schools: A Report from Educational Facilities Laboratories"] (1973) (archived at Texas A&M University).</ref> In 1994, the original 910-student building which did not meet current safety standards was demolished. A new $20 million 1,200-seat building with a more traditional style was reconstructed on the same site by Cochran, Stephenson and Donkevoet.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 23, 1993|title=Renovation at Wilde Lake is to be more extensive}}</ref> 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 (Maryland)|Centennial High School]], [[Howard High School (Ellicott City, Maryland)|Howard High School]], [[Oakland Mills 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".<ref name="WLHSjrt">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rousetheatre.org/|title=Jim Rouse Theatre|website=Jim Rouse Theatre|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref> 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 used for community meetings, sales rallies, exhibitions, and business training sessions. The theatre has a total of 739 seats and eight handicapped accessible locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rousetheatre.org/technical-specs|title=Technical Specifications|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts|accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref> ==Athletics== Wilde Lake High School has a number of sports teams for each season of the academic year, including football, soccer, golf, volleyball, basketball and cross country.<ref>Parnell, Vincent [http://www.wildelake.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1033:fall-2012-athletic-information&catid=175:sports-instructions&Itemid=232 "Fall 2012 Athletic Information"] Howard County Public School System, 2012.</ref> The school has won the following state championships: ===Cross country=== * 2007 – Boys' cross country * 2006 – Boys' cross country<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/boysxcountry/State%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Boys' Cross Country]</ref> * 2005 – Boys' cross country * 1996 – Boys' cross country * 1996 – Girls' cross country<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/girlsxcountry/State%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Girls' Cross Country]</ref> * 1971 – Boys' cross country ===Football=== * 2010 – Football * 1997 – Football<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/football/Football%20State%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Football]</ref> * 1992 – Football * 1991 – Football * 1990 – Football * 1985 – Football ===Soccer=== * 1997 – Boys' soccer<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/boyssoccer/boys%20soccer%20champs%202007.pdf MPSSAA Boys' Soccer]</ref> * 1991 – Boys' soccer * 1984 – Boys' soccer * 1983 – Boys' soccer * 1982 – Boys' soccer * 1981 – Boys' soccer * 1976 – Boys' soccer ===Basketball=== * 1995 – Girls' basketball<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/wintersports/girlsbasketball/Girls%20State%20Basketball%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Girls' Basketball]</ref> * 1985 – Boys' basketball<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/wintersports/boysbasketball/Boys%20Basketball%20State%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Boys' Basketball]</ref> ===Ice hockey=== * 2008 – State Finalist ===Tennis=== * 2006 – Boys' tennis singles<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/boystennis/Boys%20Tennis%20State%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Boys' Tennis Doubles]</ref> * 2001 – Mixed doubles<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/girlstennis/Mixed%20Doubles%20State%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Tennis Mixed Doubles]</ref> * 1986 – Mixed doubles * 1985 – Boys' tennis doubles ===Track and field=== * 1975 – Boys' track and field<ref>[http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/boystrackandfield/Boys%20Track%20and%20Field%20Champions.pdf MPSSAA Boys' Track & Field]</ref> == Band program == The band program consists of groups including the marching band/wind ensemble, concert band, jazz band, and percussion ensemble. '''Band Groups''' The wind ensemble is the higher-level band group, while the lower-level group is the concert band. The two bands have two concerts throughout the year; the winter concert, and the spring concert. The winter concert is late November, while the spring concert is mid-April. The marching band, consisting of the members of wind ensemble, performs at all of the varsity football team's home games throughout the season. When the football team has an away game, the marching band creates a "pep-band" and travels to the opposing team's stadium to support the team. The marching band performs at other various school activities, such as leading the homecoming parade and playing at the pep-rallies. The jazz ensemble is showcased in multiple concerts and performances throughout the year. A few of the showcases include the jazz concert in mid-October, another jazz concert in early February, and the Jazz Cabaret in May. ==The Paw Print== ''The Paw Print'' is an independent [[publication]] of Wilde Lake High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wlhspawprint.com/|title=The Paw Print : The Student News Site of Wilde Lake High School|website=wlhspawprint.com|access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref> ==Notable alumni== * [[Zach Brown]] (class of 2007) – American football player for the Washington Redskins. * [[Mark D. Levine]] (class of 1987) – New York City council member * [[David Bentley Hart]] (class of 1982) – theologian and cultural critic<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/09/29/national-merit-scholarship-honored/a1707099-bebd-4eeb-ba51-92343f6dacd2/|title=National Merit Scholarship Honored|date=1982-09-29|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-23|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> * [[Sara Lindsey]] (class of 2007) – actress * [[Laura Lippman]] (class of 1977) – author and award-winning journalist * [[Lo-Fang]] (class of 2002) — musician * [[Edward Norton]] (class of 1987) – actor * [[Curtis Yarvin]] (class of 1988) — computer scientist, political philosopher, [[Dark Enlightenment|neoreactionary]] thinker<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mencius Moldbug|title=The Holocaust: a Nazi perspective|url=http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2011/10/holocaust-nazi-perspective.html|website=Unqualified Reservations|date=October 26, 2011|quote=The point was driven home for me at Wilde Lake High School in 1988, where I found myself in an auditorium listening to a long, bathetic string of student awards.}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Howard County Public Schools]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== * [http://wlhs.hcpss.org/ Wilde Lake High School website] {{Coord|39|13|3|N|76|52|21|W|type:landmark|display=title}} {{Howard_County_Public_High_Schools}} {{Columbia, Maryland}} [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1971]] [[Category:Public high schools in Maryland]] [[Category:Public schools in Howard County, Maryland]] [[Category:Columbia, Maryland]] [[Category:1971 establishments in Maryland]]'