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Wenonah High School

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The school includes a football stadium with a six-lane track, concession stands, restrooms and irrigation system. The stadium, which seats 4,500, was completed in December 2007. In 2012, a Field House Training Facility was opened. In 2014, the stadium was named the Bell-Cullpepper Stadium, in honor
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The high school was built at a cost of $ 500,000 and included 15 classrooms, administrative office, lunchroom, athletic room, shoe repair, upholstery and radio repair shop, cosmetology, foods and clothing labs. It was opened in January 1948 with an enrollment of 415 students. Its first graduating
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The school includes a gymnasium for practice and physical education classes. The "new gym" that was part of the old school, a free-standing building, has been renovated and expanded to be a 1,400 seat-competition gym. In 2014, the gym was named the Willie High Basketball Arena in honor of Willie
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A career-technical wing contains an electronics classroom and lab, a fully equipped commercial kitchen and a family and consumer science classroom. There are also classrooms and labs for welding and cosmetology. The wing also includes classrooms for the band and choir, as well as the cafeteria.
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was destroyed by fire in 1946, the Tennessee Coal & Iron (TCI) Company donated a parcel of land consisting of approximately 16 acres (6.5 ha) to be used for a new elementary and high school. Construction began in late 1946, and in the fall of 1947, students in grades 8-12 from Riley
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The current Wenonah campus is a 183,000-square-foot (17,000 m) facility that accommodates up to 1,200 students. It includes a 750-seat auditorium with theatrical lighting and sound systems. The main academic building features a media center, computer laboratories, and classrooms.
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In 1981, a new gym was constructed and equipped at a cost of more than $ 1 million. By 2000, the Wenonah physical plant had grown to include an elementary school, a state technical school and a junior college.
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Elementary School and Galilee, Mt. Olive and Bryant Chapel AME Churches began classes in Wenonah Elementary School's first floor while construction on the second floor and high school was being completed.
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In 1956, seven classrooms, a library and gym were added to the school plant, and in 1968, a vocational program was started. In the spring of 1970, a new $ 300,000 facility was erected by the
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Construction started on the current Wenonah campus in 2005 and was completed in 2007 at a cost of $ 41 million. The site of the new school is located northeast of the previous facility.
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Wenonah has a graduation rate of 82%. Approximately 82% of its students meet or exceed proficiency standards in mathematics, and 77% meet or exceed standards in reading. The average
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Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 782 students. 94% of students are African-American and roughly 85% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.
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to house the Wenonah Area Vocational School. The building was located on the southwest side of the Wenonah High School campus.
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Wenonah's football team won regional championships in 1985, 1989, 1995, 1997,2015, and State 5A Runner-up in 2016.
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In 1973, Wenonah grew to a record enrollment of 1,400 students and in 1974 was annexed into the city of
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Arthur D. Beard III, PhD (1998), Music Educator, Choir Master, National Music Leader
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Girls' basketball (1949, 1986, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
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Wenonah has won state championships in the following sports:
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Class 5A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:
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Boys' basketball (1977, 1990, 1993, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019)
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Public school in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Birmingham, Alabama
Public
Birmingham City Schools
CEEB code
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12
AHSAA
Nickname
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public
high school
Birmingham
Alabama
Birmingham City School System
Dragon
Alabama High School Athletic Association
ACT
Wenonah School
Jefferson County Board of Education
Birmingham
Birmingham Board of Education
AHSAA
Judge Ralph D Cook
Alabama Supreme Court
Alonzo Ephraim
offensive lineman
University of Alabama
Philadelphia Eagles
Miami Dolphins
Cleveland Browns

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