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Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School (WHA) is a public high school located in Walker, Minnesota, United States. It is part of Independent School District #113. Students come from Walker, Hackensack, Akeley, Onigum, and Laporte, Minnesota.

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School
Address
301 4th St


56484

United States
Coordinates47°5′53″N 94°34′46″W / 47.09806°N 94.57944°W / 47.09806; -94.57944Coordinates: 47°5′53″N 94°34′46″W / 47.09806°N 94.57944°W / 47.09806; -94.57944
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtIndependent School District #113
PrincipalRyan Jensen
Staff46
Grades7 to 12
Number of students327 (2016–17)[1]
Color(s)Blue and Silver
  
MascotWolf
NicknameWHA
Websitehttp://www.wha.k12.mn.us

The school offers honors classes as well as Post Secondary Enrollment Options. PSEO is a Minnesota Department of Education program that allows qualifying high school juniors and seniors to take college classes for high school credit at no cost to the student.[2][3] Foreign languages at WHA include Spanish for grades 9 through 12 and German, although being phased out, for eleventh and twelfth grades.

Athletics

 
The school's 2008 football team

The school has football, volleyball, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, hockey, baseball, softball, boys and girls golf, boys and girls track, and cheerleading teams.

Speech

 
9 of the 17 2007 National Forensic League State Medalists

The WHA speech team has competed for 44 years. In those 44 years, participants have earned 209 state speech medals, 39 state championships,[4] and speakers have competed 32 times on the national level.[citation needed]

WHA has a number[5] of National Forensic League Academic All-Americans.

At the 2007 state tournament, the WHA speech team had a record five state champions. The WHA team also had a record number of state medals with 17 total medals in 2007.[citation needed] In 2008, the WHA speech team won the section tournament for the 17th consecutive year.

At the 2008 NFL National Qualifying tournament, a record six speakers qualified for the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada in June 2008.

In the 2010 speech season, WHA won sections for the 20th year in a row.

Theater

 
Fiddler on the Roof Cast

WHA has a theater department, which as performed plays including:

Music

WHA's music department consists of a concert band, stage band, and concert choir who each perform a winter and spring concert every year. They also compete in a fall solo contest and spring ensemble contest.

References

  1. ^ "WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SEC". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO)-Concurrent Enrollment". Minnesota Department of Education.
  3. ^ "Post-Secondary Enrollment Options". Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
  4. ^ "2010 Wells Fargo Spotlight on the Arts Award of Excellence" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  5. ^ "Rostrum Archive". National Forensic League Rostrum Magazine Archive.

External links

  • Official website

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