Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School Explained

Ida B. Wells High School
Motto:"Lifting as we climb"
Streetaddress:1151 SW Vermont Street
County:(Multnomah County)
Zipcode:97219
Country:United States
Coordinates:45.4768°N -122.6898°W
Opened:1956
Former Name:Woodrow Wilson High School
Principal:Ayesha Coning[1]
Grades:9–12[2]
Conference:OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 6A-1[3]
Team Name:Wells Guardians
Pushpin Map:Portland
Students:1,540 (2021–2022 enrollment)[4]
Colors:Forest green and white
Feeder Schools:Jackson Middle School
Robert Gray Middle School

Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School (IBWHS; colloquially Wells High School) is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. The school is located in the center Hillsdale neighborhood next to Rieke Elementary. The boundary includes most of Southwest Portland.

History

Wells High School (originally Wilson High School) was built in 1956, after a ballot measure was passed in 1945 providing $5 million to improve Portland's school system. Population was growing explosively, so emphasis was put on economy and ease of building, instead of on architectural style as was the norm in the earlier school buildings. Wilson High School, which was designed by the firm Edmundson and Kochendoerfer, used the technique of lift-slab construction to speed up construction. Wilson was the first building in the Northwest to use that technique.[5]

In July 2020, Portland Public Schools pledged to rename the school in response to pressure from the community in light of the racial justice movement that followed the murder of George Floyd.[6] In January 2021, the name was changed to Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, in honor of Ida B. Wells.[7] The mascot was also changed from the Trojans to the Guardians (represented by an owl).

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayesha Coning . Portland Public Schools . November 6, 2023.
  2. Web site: Oregon School Directory 2018–19 . Oregon Department of Education . 69 . February 1, 2019 . January 17, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190117033416/https://www.oregon.gov/ode/about-us/Documents/CombinedDirectory_20190103_044637.pdf#page=69 . dead .
  3. Web site: New Principal for Wilson High School Named . 19 March 2019 . Pamplin Media . June 18, 2019.
  4. Web site: Portland Public Schools Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the year ended June 30, 2021. Portland Public Schools . July 27, 2022 . 128.
  5. Web site: Wilson High School (Portland, oregon). Oregon Digital. University of Oregon Libraries, Oregon State University Libraries. February 1, 2019.
  6. Web site: Campuzano. Eder. July 15, 2020. Portland Public Schools will rename Wilson High by spring 2021, more buildings to come. 2021-01-12. The Oregonian.
  7. News: PPS changes Wilson HS name to honor Ida B. Wells-Barnett . Young . Jenny . . January 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210203211318/https://www.koin.com/news/education/pps-changes-wilson-hs-name-to-honor-ida-b-wells-barnett/ . February 3, 2021 . live . January 11, 2022.
  8. News: Homecoming for composer Kenji Bunch at the Portland Youth Philharmonic . David . Stabler . . March 9, 2010 . November 29, 2017.
  9. News: He's Got a Future Full of Drama . Janet Christ . The Oregonian . June 1, 2000 . D02.
  10. Web site: Rob Owen, Special to The Oregonian . Ex-Portlander Alicia Lagano shows her grit in 'Client List' . 7 April 2012 . OregonLive.com . April 17, 2012.
  11. News: . Commissioner names aides. The Oregonian. January 4, 1973. Section 2, p. 13.
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murphda05.shtml "Dale Murphy Stats"
  13. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stoudda01.html "Damon Stoudamire Stats"
  14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/twitcwa01.shtml "Wayne Twitchell Stats"

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