Weiser High School

For the Pennsylvania school, see Conrad Weiser High School.

Weiser High School is the only high school in Weiser, Idaho. It is in the Weiser School District, which includes Weiser and some unincorporated areas.^[5] In 2006, it had an enrollment of 514 in grades 9–12.^[6] Every June, it hosts the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival.^[7]

Weiser High School
Weiser High School
Location
690 West Indianhead Road Weiser , Idaho 83672 United States
Coordinates	44.261°N 116.979°W / 44.261; -116.979
Information
Type	Public
Superintendent	Patrick Wilson
Principal	Drew Dickerson
Faculty	30
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	529 (2023-2024)[1]
Color(s)	Red & White
Mascot	Wolverine
IHSAA Division	3A
Website	Weiser High School
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Weiser HS

Location in the United States

Weiser HS

Location in Idaho

As of 1998^[update] the school takes students who live in Annex, Oregon.^[8]

History

The Idaho Statesman counted the start of the school as 1867, when the first school in Weiser was established. In 1904, a dedicated building for the high school was built for $40,000. Renovation and expansion worth $90,000 began to be built in 1919. In 1948 it took over the former Weiser Academy/Intermountain Institute, a boarding school with 750-acre (300 ha) of land. According to The Idaho Statesman, this meant that it was the sole high school in the state with a large property.^[9]

In 1958, there were 46 students at Weiser High who lived in the Annex and Jefferson school districts.^[10]

In 1965 there was a proposal for a bond to spend $1,147,000 to build a new high school, using a hexagon-style design. That year, the state was considering pulling the accreditation of the school.^[11]

Operations

As of 2017^[update] all students register for classes in person instead of electronically. Dave Davies, the former principal, stated that this is done to give a "personal touch" to the school.^[12]

The school has various dual high school-tertiary credit courses. In 2017, 121 students graduated. 40% of them went to a tertiary institution straight out of high school.^[12]

Athletics and clubs

The following sports are offered at Weiser High School:^[13]

• Baseball (boys)
• Basketball (boys and girls)
• Cross Country (coed)
• American football (boys)
• Golf (coed)
• Soccer (boys and girls)
• Softball (girls)
• Tennis (coed)
• Track (coed)
• Volleyball (girls)
• Wrestling (boys and girls)

State championships include:

• Baseball (2021)^[14]
• 3A, American football (2021)^[15][16]

There is also a band. At first the girl students did baton twirling while the boys played instruments. In 1961, all gender students were playing instruments. That year, the band won third place in a contest in the Seafair Parade in Seattle, and then in another competition in the same event, the band won first place. The Idaho Statesman described the group as "one of the top-rate organizations of its kind in the area."^[17]

Notable alumni

• Donald Anderson - Idaho Supreme Court justice (1955–56)
• Herman Welker - U.S. Senator from Idaho (1951–57). Class of 1924
• Roger Batzel - Director (1971–88) of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Class of 1940
• Harold Ryan - U.S. District Judge - District of Idaho (1981–95). Class of 1941.