York High School (Virginia)

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York High School is located in Yorktown, Virginia in unincorporated York County. The school was opened in 1954 and currently has approximately a thousand students. The school is part of the York County School Division.

The school is located near Surrender Field of the Yorktown Battlefields where the last, decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War was fought.

Contents 1 History 2 Feeder patterns 3 Athletics 4 External links

[edit] History

York High School was constructed in 1954 as the public school for the white children of the area, with the York Middle School for the black children of the area during segregation. The school has been under renovation since the summer of 2005, and has recently returned to the school building. The trailers on the school's front lawn that housed classes during the renovation period are now used to house the classes of York Middle School while the Middle school building is being renovated.

The renovation of York High School was not very popular amongst the student body and the faculty, and still isn't. Although the time frame should have allowed more interesting changes to be made to the school's lay out, all that was altered was the paint on the walls (which is still being finished as of this writing), two new bathrooms, and integrated projector's into each classroom. Although the ceiling mounted projector's are useful, many teacher's continue to use the white board's regardless due to the mild difficulty of using the system and various faults in its implication.

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into YHS [2]:

• Seaford Elementary School
• Yorktown Elementary School

(partial)

• Dare Elementary School
• Grafton-Bethel Elementary School

All residents zoned to Yorktown Middle School are zoned to York High School.

[edit] Athletics

York High has almost 20 Varsity sports. These teams compete under the name, "The Falcons," and their colors are silver and blue. The football team has had various successes over the past few years. York's athletic teams include:

Baseball - AA State Champions 1989
Basketball-Boys
Basketball-Girls - AA State Champions 1986 and 1987
Cheerleading
Cross Country - AA State Champions 1996 and 1997
Diving
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Soccer-Boys
Soccer-Girls
Softball
Swimming
Tennis-Boys - AA State Champions 1995, 1996, and 1997
Tennis-Girls
Track-Boys
Track-Girls
Volleyball
Wrestling

[edit] External links

• York High School