Woodbridge Senior High School is a

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located in Lake Ridge (northwest of

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History and administration

The school opened in 1964 in the Marumsco Hills Subdivision due to extensive development of the Woodbridge community by Cecil D. Hylton. Classes were originally held at 2201 York Drive (now

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). Classes moved to the current building (3001 Old Bridge Road) in 1974. The first class to graduate having attended the full four years at the current building was the class of 1978.

Overcrowding

Parents have become concerned with overcrowding in the school. There are several teachers that are "rovers", teachers that take over another teacher's classroom during a free period. At over 2800 students, the school is over capacity. Prince William County Schools is planning on building a 14th high school to relieve overcrowding at Woodbridge, however the project, which has been discussed since 2017 and was originally slated to be completed in 2026, has been pushed back to 2029.

Administration

The principal of Woodbridge Senior High School is Heather Abney. She has been the school's principal since 2016.

Geography

Woodbridge Senior High School is located at (34.683826, -105.386308). Woodbridge High School is of similar design as nearby Gar-Field High School, which was also built in the mid-1970s.

Academics

Accreditation

Woodbridge Senior High School is fully accredited.

Programs

AP Scholars Woodbridge High School is one of the two high schools in Prince William County to host the AP Scholars Program (the other school is Patriot High School). Launched at the school in 2017, the program is aligned with

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from

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. Students in the program are responsible for completing a research project during their senior year. Students must also complete at least five AP courses before graduation and 60 hours of community service. CTE Programs Woodbridge houses an Army JROTC Program, an Aviation Maintenance Program, and a Cosmetology Program. Fine and Performing Arts The school also used to be home to the Center for Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) until 2016, when the program was officially moved to the newly constructed Colgan High School. Because of this, the class of 2017 was the last graduating class to contain students who had been a part of the CFPA at Woodbridge. Woodbridge still has an established performing arts program; the school recently earned the VMEA Blue Ribbon Award. Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Woodbridge is one of four high schools in Prince William County to host Project Lead the Way (PLTW) (the others being Patriot High School, Gar-Field High School, and

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). The school offers some of PLTW's engineering courses, including: * Introduction to Engineering Design * Principles of Engineering * Digital Electronics, and * Civil Engineering and Architecture

Demographics

In 2013 it had 2,830 students, one of the largest such figures in the schools in Prince William County. In 2013 the student body became plurality white as ethnic diversity increased. In the 2017-2018 school year, Woodbridge's student body was: *22.3% Black/African American *33.6% Hispanic *29.3% White *7.7% Asian *6.8% Two or More Races *.3% American Indian/Alaskan *.2% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Athletics

Woodbridge Senior High School is in the 6A Cardinal District of the Virginia High School League. The school offers Cheer, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, golf, basketball, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, softball, and tennis.

State Championships

In 2019, the school's girls' basketball team won the 6A state championship, and in 2023 the school's boys cross country team won the 6A state championship.

Notable alumni

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References

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