Preston High School (West Virginia)
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Preston High School is a four-year public high school in Kingwood, West Virginia
that houses over 1,600 students from all of Preston County
, West Virginia
, United States
and operates under the direction of the Principal Karen Finamore. The school colors are black and silver and the mascot is the Knight. Preston High School was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program
, the highest award an American school can receive.
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
.
Extra Curricular Activities
The school is home to a wide variety of Extra Curricular Activities including the Fine Arts as well as sports and athletics. The school's athletics compete in Baseball, Basketball, Football, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball and Wrestling. The Preston Knights football team ended a 21 game losing streak dating back to the playoffs of 2008 by defeating the Hampshire Trojans 20-19 on 8/26/11. Preston's records for the last 4 years is 3-7 in 07, 6-5 in 08 with playoff, 0-10 09, 0-10 10 all under Ralph Wilson. The current head coach is Glen Mcnew.
Student Kaylyn Christopher won 2006 state championships in three events, the 800m, 1600m (5:00.18) and 3200m, with state records set in the two longer distance events. Christopher became the first female in West Virginia to the 1600m in under five minutes (4:58.18). With Christopher's record-breaking performance leading the way, the Preston High School track team won the 2007 West Virginia Class AAA State Track Championship. Christopher won the 1,600 state championship for her third straight year and won the 800 in a state record time of 2:13.67. Preston's Cross Country team, coached by Paul Martin, placed 3rd at States in 2011 overall, with Peter Schwarzenberg taking 3rd and Kaitlyn Workman taking 5th.
The school's JROTC Rifle Team won the West Virginia high school rifle championship in 2007, the sixth consecutive year that the team has earned the title. The team will compete in the 2007 JROTC Eastern Championships to be held in Fort Benning, Georgia.
The Preston High School Theatre Department, under the direction of Lynn Broderick, has produced an enormous array of musicals and straight plays including Big River, 42nd Street, Oliver!, The Odd Couple, Harvey, Brigadoon, and most recently, Wiley and the Hairy Man. Another musical written by Lynn Broderick and produced by the department, Mabel's Story, depicted the life struggle of Mabel Brenneman, a former student of Preston High School, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Several former students of the program went on to pursue careers in the Theatre Arts after graduating Preston High School. The Theatre Department is home to an illustrious group of actor/singer/dancers, the members of Preston High School's Musical Theatre Ensemble.
The "Marching Knights" participates in the Tournament of Bands. They are in Category 4 in Chapter 13, which basically means they have over 100 members marching and they live in a certain region according to the maps of the TOB Commissioners. In the 2004 Marching Season, the percussion was awarded with the Grand Champion drum, and the band placed 2nd overall in the Chapter 8 Championships at Baldwin High School, Baldwin PA.
Justin Lewis won the 2008 Ford/AAA Auto Skills competition.
Kingwood, West Virginia
Kingwood is a town in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA. Kingwood was founded in 1815...
that houses over 1,600 students from all of Preston County
Preston County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,334 people, 11,544 households, and 8,357 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 13,444 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...
, West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, United States
United States
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and operates under the direction of the Principal Karen Finamore. The school colors are black and silver and the mascot is the Knight. Preston High School was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
, the highest award an American school can receive.
School history
Preston High School came into being with the consolidation of Bruceton High, Central Preston High, East Preston High, Rowlesburg High School, West Preston High, Preston County Educational Center, and Preston County Academic Center. The school was built in Kingwood on the same campus as the existing vocational and academic center. Originally, Preston High only enrolled students from grades 10-12 but in the fall of 1998, the middle school concept was established in Preston County and ninth graders joined the student body. The school enrollment has been approximately 1,400 since then.Blue Ribbon school
For the 1994-96 school years, Preston High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
.
Extra Curricular Activities
The school is home to a wide variety of Extra Curricular Activities including the Fine Arts as well as sports and athletics. The school's athletics compete in Baseball, Basketball, Football, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball and Wrestling. The Preston Knights football team ended a 21 game losing streak dating back to the playoffs of 2008 by defeating the Hampshire Trojans 20-19 on 8/26/11. Preston's records for the last 4 years is 3-7 in 07, 6-5 in 08 with playoff, 0-10 09, 0-10 10 all under Ralph Wilson. The current head coach is Glen Mcnew.
Student Kaylyn Christopher won 2006 state championships in three events, the 800m, 1600m (5:00.18) and 3200m, with state records set in the two longer distance events. Christopher became the first female in West Virginia to the 1600m in under five minutes (4:58.18). With Christopher's record-breaking performance leading the way, the Preston High School track team won the 2007 West Virginia Class AAA State Track Championship. Christopher won the 1,600 state championship for her third straight year and won the 800 in a state record time of 2:13.67. Preston's Cross Country team, coached by Paul Martin, placed 3rd at States in 2011 overall, with Peter Schwarzenberg taking 3rd and Kaitlyn Workman taking 5th.
The school's JROTC Rifle Team won the West Virginia high school rifle championship in 2007, the sixth consecutive year that the team has earned the title. The team will compete in the 2007 JROTC Eastern Championships to be held in Fort Benning, Georgia.
The Preston High School Theatre Department, under the direction of Lynn Broderick, has produced an enormous array of musicals and straight plays including Big River, 42nd Street, Oliver!, The Odd Couple, Harvey, Brigadoon, and most recently, Wiley and the Hairy Man. Another musical written by Lynn Broderick and produced by the department, Mabel's Story, depicted the life struggle of Mabel Brenneman, a former student of Preston High School, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Several former students of the program went on to pursue careers in the Theatre Arts after graduating Preston High School. The Theatre Department is home to an illustrious group of actor/singer/dancers, the members of Preston High School's Musical Theatre Ensemble.
The "Marching Knights" participates in the Tournament of Bands. They are in Category 4 in Chapter 13, which basically means they have over 100 members marching and they live in a certain region according to the maps of the TOB Commissioners. In the 2004 Marching Season, the percussion was awarded with the Grand Champion drum, and the band placed 2nd overall in the Chapter 8 Championships at Baldwin High School, Baldwin PA.
Justin Lewis won the 2008 Ford/AAA Auto Skills competition.