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. In 2006, it had an enrollment of 514 in grades 9–12. Every June, it hosts the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival. the school takes students who live in Annex, Oregon.

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 of land. According to The Idaho Statesman, this meant that it was the sole high school in the state with a large property. In 1958, there were 46 students at Weiser High who lived in the Annex and Jefferson school districts. 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.

Operations

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. 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.

Athletics and clubs

The following sports are offered at Weiser High School: State championships include: 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."

Notable alumni