Wayne High School (Ohio)

Wayne High School is a secondary public school with an enrollment just under 2,000 [2] located in Huber Heights, Ohio, north of Dayton, Ohio. With the high school being established in 1956, the school district was formerly known as Wayne Township Local School District. In 1981, the name changed to Huber Heights City School District when the majority of Wayne Township was turned into Huber Heghts City.

Wayne High School
Location
5400 Chambersburg Road, Huber Heights, OH 45424
Information
TypePublic
Established1956
School districtHuber Heights City Schools
PrincipalWendy Bridges
Faculty85.74 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,665 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.42[1]
Color(s)     
MascotWarrior
InformationLocated Northeast of Dayton, Ohio
Websitewww.huberheightscityschools.org/schools/wayne/

Facilities

The construction of new buildings for five elementary schools, a new junior high, and a new high school was completed in 2012. Usage of the new high school building began in January 2013. Before then, there was a second junior high school which is now an independent preschool/ central district office.

The five elementary schools and single junior high that feed Wayne High School are as follows:

  • Charles Huber Elementary
  • Monticello Elementary
  • Rushmore Elementary
  • Valley Forge Elementary
  • Wright Brothers Elementary
  • Weisenborn Junior High

The old high school comprised seven separate single-story buildings connected by covered walkways: Filbrun Hall (including the cafeteria, library, music rehearsal hall, and woodworking and metalworking shops), Hawke Hall, Storck Hall, Douglass Hall, Shank Hall, Alumni Hall, and the Gymnasium and Auditorium.

The Gymnasium and Auditorium were retained for continued usage.

The new building covers approximately 292,000 square feet. The building includes a new and larger gymnasium. It also includes a new and larger cafeteria.

Athletics

Wayne High School competes interscholastically in boys and girls sports as a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC). Wayne's current athletic director is Nate Baker. He was given the job in 2019 after the long time athletic director and football coach Jay Minton resigned after many successful years in the Huber Heights community.

Boys Sports

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

Girls Sports

  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country
  • Track & Field
  • Wrestling
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track & Field
  • Volleyball

Wayne also has a cheer team and a non-competitive marching band.

In its 50+ year history, Wayne's varsity football team has won several conference championships and has played in the OHSAA playoff tournament eighteen times. In 1999, 2010, 2014, and 2015, the team made it to the Division I state championship game, losing all four times. They are one of only two Division I schools in the Dayton area to play for a state championship. The other being Wayne's principal rival Centerville High School, who have advanced to the state title game only once.

Wayne High School Men's basketball won the 2015 Div 1 State Title under coach Travis Trice.

The football and soccer teams play home games at Good Samaritan Athletic Field at Heidkamp Stadium. Within the last five years renovations have been made to the stadium, which now boasts a synthetic turf surface and new seating. Plans were also made to add a permanent stadium entrance. The stadium seats up to 6,800 fans.

AFJROTC

The school also has an Air Force Junior ROTC program that was created in 1975. It is the OH-091 (Ohio 91st) unit. Earning distinguished unit with merit in 2018 and community service with excellence in 2019, the unit does a lot to help out their community. The cadets of the program take part in many extracurricular activities, ceremonies, and are very active in community volunteering. Activities they have include CyberPatriot, drill team, raider fitness team, drone team, Orienteering, Colour guard, and academic bowl team.[3] They wear the issued uniforms once a week wearing their ABU's once every 3 weeks. The JROTC program stresses military discipline, with a curriculum that emphasizes study of military science and military history. Successful completion of 2 years grants a P.E. waiver and 3 years grants a $3,000 scholarship to the community college Sinclair. Previous squadron commanders include Kevin Kent (1979-1980), Scott Weston (1980-1981), Shaun Knapp (1981-1982), Lukas Yaney, Kelsey Fitzpatrick, Kristan Buchan, Madison Perry, and Muryssa Baldwin.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Further information: List of Ohio High School Athletic Association championships

Notable alumni

Notes and references
  1. "Wayne High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. "Enrollment Data". Ohio Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
    • Most recent data for FY 2015 (2014-2015 school year): 797 female students + 868 male students = 1,665 students
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2019-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Archived from the original on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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