J.F. Webb High School
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J.F. Webb High School is a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Oxford, North Carolina
Oxford, North Carolina
Oxford is a city in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,461 at the 2010 census It is the county seat of Granville County.-History:...

, USA. It contains one subsidiary school, the J.F. Webb School of Health & Life Sciences. It was named after J. F. Webb a superintendent of Granville County Schools during the first half of the 1900's. He was also a Tobacco researcher who discovered the cure to the Granville Tobacco Wilt Disease which ruined 85% of the crop during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

.

Sports

The Sports Program includes
  • Golf
  • Football (JV and Varsity)
  • Basketball (Men & Women) (JV and Varsity)
  • Cheerleading (JV and Varsity)
  • Baseball (JV and Varsity)
  • Soccer (Men & Women) (JV and Varsity)
  • Wrestling
  • Softball (JV and Varsity)
  • Tennis (Men & Women)
  • Cross Country
  • Track & Field
  • Lacrosse (JV and Varsity)
  • Volleyball (JV and Varsity)
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Lacrosse (JV and Varsity)

Clubs & Academics

J.F. Webb High School has many clubs and organizations and are very proud of them. The school has charters in various organization which include:
  • Virtual Enterprise
  • FFA
    National FFA Organization
    The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

  • Relay for Life
    Relay For Life
    Relay For Life is the main volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Originating in the United States, the Relay For Life event has spread to 21 countries. Relay events are held in local communities, campus universities, military bases, and in cyberspace...

  • The Future Farmers of America (FFA)
  • Relay for Life
  • Future Business Leaders of America
    FBLA-PBL
    The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...

    (FBLA)
  • SkillsUSA
    SkillsUSA
    SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...

  • Future Teachers of America (FTA)
  • Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
    Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
    The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...

     (JROTC)
  • National Honor Society
    National Honor Society
    The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

     along with its subsidiaries
  • Band
  • Choral Arts
  • Theatre Arts
  • Vocational Education
  • Auto Mechanics
  • Home Economics
  • Visual Arts
  • Student Government Association
  • Japanese Culture Club
  • Spanish Club
  • Latin Club
  • Shooting Team
  • Art Club
  • FCCLA
  • National Honor Society
    National Honor Society
    The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

  • National Technical Honor Society
    National Technical Honor Society
    The National Technical Honor Society is an honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States....

  • Tri-M Music Honor Society
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
    Fellowship of Christian Athletes
    The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...


Notable alumni

  • Richard H. Moore
    Richard H. Moore
    Richard Hancock Moore was the North Carolina State Treasurer from 2001–2009. He first elected to that post in 2000 and re-elected in 2004.-Career:...

    - North Carolina State Treasurer
  • CJ Wilkerson - Basketball Player
  • Taron Downey - Wake Forest Basketball Guard
  • Shawn Carroll - Music Producer

External links

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