Waterville Senior High School


Waterville Senior High School, also known as Waterville High School or WSHS, is a public high school in Waterville, Maine, United States, serving students in grades 9–12. Waterville Senior High School replaced the Old Waterville High School in 1964, when the Waterville Junior High School moved into the old high school building.

History

Waterville High School has had three campuses since its founding in 1876. The first building served the community from 1876 until the completion of the Old Waterville High School in 1913. WSHS remained in the Gilman Street School until the completion of the current high school in 1964.

2007-2018 District Consolidation

Until 2007, Waterville Senior High School and the other Waterville Public Schools were part of their own, independent district. However, a bill signed into law by former Maine governor John Baldacci required communities to seek to consolidate their school districts or else face monetary penalties. Waterville Public Schools consolidated with the towns of Vassalboro and Winslow, Maine, to form Kennebec Valley Consolidated Schools to avoid the penalties laid out under the new law. In 2018, voters from all three towns within the consolidated district held town referendums to dissolve the district and return to the original independent districts.

Athletics

Classification

Waterville Senior High School participates in the following Maine classifications:
Waterville has won numerous Maine high school sports championships.
  • Baseball: 2010, 2011
  • Boys' Basketball: 1944, 1945, 1949, 1985
  • Girls' Basketball: 2007–2009
  • Field Hockey: 1979, 2007
  • Football: 1962, 1974
  • Boys' Golf: 1969, 1976, 1996, 2006
  • Girls' Golf: 1995–1998
  • Ice Hockey: 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1938–1941, 1969–1973, 1979–1981, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2009, 2016, 2017
  • Skiing: 1975
  • Boys' Soccer: 1983, 2000
  • Girls' Soccer: 1980–1984, 2008, 2014
  • Boys' Tennis: 1986, 1998
  • Girls' Tennis: 2021
  • Boys' Indoor Track: 2014
  • Girls' Indoor Track: 1980, 2000–2002, 2007, 2009, 2011–2015
  • Boys' Outdoor Track: 2006–2008
  • Girls' Outdoor Track: 1976, 2002, 2007-2015

    New England Championships

Waterville won one New England sports championship with boys' basketball in 1944.

Demographics

Race or ethnicity
  • American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.6%
  • Asian: 1.4%
  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.2%
  • Hispanic: 7.6%
  • Black, non-Hispanic: 1.2%
  • White, non-Hispanic: 83.4%
  • Two or More Races: 5.7%
Gender
  • Male: 265
  • Female: 247

    Notable alumni

  • George J. Mitchell - Former U.S. senator for Maine