Wayland High School

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Wayland High School is a secondary school located at 264 Old Connecticut Path, in Wayland, MA; its principal is Charles P. Ruopp. The style of the high school was inspired by college campuses: there are 8 separate buildings, each dedicated to one or more general areas of study. Construction of the school was finished in 1960. As of 2005 there were 828 students, far more than the campus was originally designed for. This has prompted the town to initiate plans of expanding the school over the course of several years.

Academically, Wayland High School is an excellent school: the New England Association for Schools and Colleges Accreditation (NEASC) wrote a report about the learning atmosphere at Wayland High and said, among other things:

Wayland High School is an excellent high school that has set a high standard for the learning of its students, collectively and individually. Of particular note is the deeply rooted commitment to exceptionally high academic expectations at Wayland High School and the commitment to making high achievement accessible to all students. The school is a positive and safe learning environment where safety measures are appropriately balanced with the need to have students assume increasingly expanded responsibility for their own decisions and behavior, contingent on their maturity and individual records of positive choices. The friendliness and openness of students in communicating with teachers, administrators, staff, other students, and with the visiting team, speaks eloquently to their appreciation for the opportunities they have at Wayland High School to grow as contributing citizens who are developing not only in intellect but also in character.

This academic environment is one of the main reasons the student body of Wayland High School is growing so rapidly: parents in the area want their children to have the opportunity to be taught in one of the best public schools in the state.

The athletics of the school are defined by the "Wayland Warriors," whose symbol is a flint spear with a feather tassel. This supposed racist emblem has received a fair amount of controversy.

Amongst the various sports are also collaborations with former rival Weston High School. The Wayland-Weston Crew team finished in third at states in 2004-2005, and in first place at both the fall and spring state championships in the 2005-2006 season. Led by coaches Tom Bohrer and Will Stevens (boys and girls respectively) the team has become a serious competitor in both the Massachusetts Public School league and the Northeast region of the country. One boys ltw 4+, one girls ltw 8+ and one girls 4+ will travel to U.S. Rowing Junior Nationals in the coming weeks.

Robert Anastas, a Wayland High School hockey coach, founded SADD at Wayland High School in 1981. Anastas founded the organization with his students after two Wayland High School hockey players were killed in separate car crashes.

Almost all WHS graduates attend a 2 or 4-year college; the percentage of college-bound graduates is upwards of 95%. Among the most popular colleges attended by graduates in recent years are University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Boston College, George Washington University, and University of New Hampshire.

In November 1973, Aerosmith played a concert at Wayland High School. Todd Hamilton, the band's bass player, is a graduate of the school.

Notable Alumni

Alberto Salazar - Winner of the Boston Marathon and three time winner of the New York Marathon

Tom Hamilton - Bass Player for Aerosmith

External links

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