Williamstown High School

Williamstown High School is a public high school in Williamstown, West Virginia, United States. Description Williamstown High School accommodates grades 6-12 and has an enrollment of approximately 667 students. Williamstown High School has one feeder school, Williamstown-Waverly Elementary school, following the consolidation of Williamstown and Waverly elementary school. History Williams District High School opened in the fall of 1905. The school consolidated Stapleton, Greenmont, Sand Hill, Pleasant Valley, Vienna, Williamstown, Oak Grove, Summit, Kinnaird, Plum Run, and Oak Lane Schools. It opened in two separate rooms on the second floor of the Henderson Building on Ferry St. A new building was constructed in 1908 that housed grades 1-12. In 1926, a contest was held to determine the school's seal. Kathleen Bee's design of a log cabin with a rising sun was declared the winner. in 1933, Williams District was dissolved and incorporated into Wood County School District. On December 1st, 1951, a new gymnasium-auditorium ("gymatorium") was built at the corner of West 5th St. and Williams Ave., declared in honor of Williamstown alumni that fought in World War I and World War II. Eventually, classrooms were added on to the building, resulting in the high school being relocated there in 1957. In 1974, several new classrooms as well as a library and cafeteria were added to the school. The school remained largely unchanged aside from maintenance until 2019, when a new track was added. Following this, in 2020, a new wing was added to the east side of the school. This wing housed new classrooms and science labs, a new auditorium, and a new room for the school's strings program. In 2022, work began on the construction of new stands for the football field, with the addition of an artificial turf field planned for 2023. Williamstown (Williamstown-Waverly) Elementary School The building that previously housed Williamstown High School was converted to a new Williamstown Elementary School, serving grades 1-6. The bell tower and 3rd floor, which was a gymnasium, were removed in 1975. The bell from said bell tower was mounted on wheels and is used at football games and at homecoming parades. Williamstown Elementary School was ;closed for the 2020-2021 school year, when a new Williamstown-Waverly Elementary School was built to consolidate students from Williamstown and Waverly Elementary students.