Wewoka High School

Wewoka High School is in Wewoka, Oklahoma. It is categorized as Distant Rural and has a student body with mixed heritage. In 2025 it had 125 students in grades 9 to 12. Scores on state tests are lower than average.[1]

History

Wewoka Mission School, also known as Ramsey Mission School, was established near Wewoka for the Seminole Nation in Indian Territory. Emahaka School for Girls, Emahaka Academy, Emahaka Mission, and Melasukey Academy also served the area.[2]

W.W. Isle was schools superintendent and Clay Riggins was principal in 1920.[3]

In 1924 a three-story reinforced concrete school building was planned.[4]

During segregation, Frederick Douglass High School was established for African American students in Wewoka and surrounding areas in Seminole County. Frederick Douglass Moon was its principal before he moved on to Frederick Douglass High School in Oklahoma City.[5] Oklahoma State's first black football player, running back Chester Pittman, attended the school.[6][7] Other alumni include Juanita Kidd Stout, a state supreme court justice,[8] civil rights leader and Oklahoma's first black ophthalmologist John Brown, and physician Thurml Banks.[9][10]

The school's journalism classes compiled Barking Water, The Story of Wewoka published in 1960.[11]

Sports

Tigers are the school mascot.

Red Robertson was a basketball coach at the school. Cliff Speegle was a football coach at the school.

In 2022, two girls played for the football team.[12][13][14]

In 2022 its basketball team played on the state 2A title game.[15]

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/oklahoma/districts/wewoka/wewoka-high-school-16340
  2. ^ "Seminole Schools | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Oklahoma Historical Society.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma Teacher". Oklahoma Education Association. January 2, 1920 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Engineering News-record". McGraw-Hill. January 2, 1924 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Moon, Frederick Douglass | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Oklahoma Historical Society.
  6. ^ "Chester Pittman - The Right Man for the Right Time". Oklahoma State University Athletics.
  7. ^ Carlson, Jenni. "Chester Pittman, Oklahoma State's first Black football player, dies at 83". The Oklahoman.
  8. ^ "Stout, Juanita Louise Kidd | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Oklahoma Historical Society.
  9. ^ https://thurmlbanks.remembered.com/
  10. ^ "Wewoka's Douglass High School". August 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ Classes, Wewoka High School, Wewoka, Okla Journalism (January 2, 1960). "Barking Water; the Story of Wewoka: A Compilation of the Journalism Classes of Wewoka High School Under the Auspices of the Wewoka Rotary Club". Wewoka Chapter, American Association of University Women – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Severin, Kevin (September 24, 2022). "2 girls suit up for Wewoka High School football team facing forfeit". KOKH.
  13. ^ Worley, Debra (October 5, 2022). "Senior girls step in to save high school football game from forfeiting". www.13abc.com.
  14. ^ Jackson, James D. "How two Wewoka Tigers softball players helped save school's football season by suiting up". The Oklahoman.
  15. ^ Kersey, Jason. "Class 2A boys basketball: Wewoka returning to state title game after semifinal rout of Talihina". The Oklahoman.
  16. ^ Commission, United States Warren (January 2, 1964). "Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  17. ^ "Vance Trimble (1913–2021)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

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