Walter M. Williams High School
| Walter M. Williams High School | |
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| Address | |
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1307 South Church Street Burlington, North Carolina 27215 United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°05′19″N 79°27′14″W / 36.0887°N 79.4538°WCoordinates: 36°05′19″N 79°27′14″W / 36.0887°N 79.4538°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Learners today, Leaders tomorrow (Adopted 2010) |
| Established | 1951 |
| School district | Alamance Burlington School System, 1996-present (Burlington City Schools, 1951-1996) |
| Superintendent | Dr. William C. Harrison |
| Principal | Mrs. Stephanie Hunt |
| Grades | Ninth – Twelfth grade |
| Number of students | 1335 |
| Schedule type | block |
| Schedule | block |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Bulldogs (George and Georgette) |
| Website | Walter M. Williams High School |
| Williams Bulldogs | |
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| School | Walter M. Williams High School |
| Conference | Mid-State |
| North Carolina High School Athletic Association | 3A |
| Athletic director | Kyle Hayes |
| Location | Burlington, North Carolina |
| Varsity teams | 17 varsity teams |
| Football stadium | Kernodle Field at Burlington Memorial Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Spikes Gymnasium |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Fight song | Onward Bulldogs |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Website | Walter M |
Walter M. Williams High School, one of the flagship schools of the Alamance-Burlington School System, is a high school (grades 9–12) in Burlington, North Carolina. The school was named in honor of philanthropist, industrialist, and former Burlington City Schools chairman Walter M. Williams. The school will enter its seventh decade of operation on August 25, 2011.
In past years, the school has been recognized by the United States Department of Education as one of the top six high schools in North Carolina, and received the Blue Ribbon School designation in 1993.. This designation is considered the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[1][2] As of 2008, 30% of the staff held advanced degrees, and eleven staff members held national board teacher certification (2007-08 NC School Report Card).
The school itself has been recognized by the nearby Ramada Inn Convention Center, where a meeting room is named for the high school (the only high school in the district to be so honored) while all other meeting rooms are named for prominent North Carolina colleges and universities. In addition, the popular Mayberry restaurant across the street is a favorite student hangout and has several items on its menu named in honor of the school's mascot. Artwork by Williams students hangs in the McDonald's on Huffman Mill Road.
The campus is bordered on the north by Sunset Drive and Parkview Drive, to the east by Arlington Avenue, to the southeast by South Church Street (on which street the campus actually has its address), to the south by Country Club Drive (an homage to the property being the former site of a country club), and to the west by Tarleton Avenue. Bulldog Alley, a north–south private campus street, intersects the campus with athletic facilities to the west and academic facilities to the east.
Probably the most recognizable and most influential figures in the history of Williams High School is Jerome Evans, legendary former head football coach and the first African-American administrator, topic of the book Black Coach written by Pat Jordan and published by Dodd & Mead of New York. Evan's pioneering role as one of the first African-American football coaches at a predominantly white high school in the South led to him being featured in a 1971 articles in Sports Illustrated titled "The Man Who Was Cut Out For The Job" and later was featured in Pat Jordan's documentary account Black Coach. His work was also discussed in the book Learning To Win: Sports, Education, and Social Change in Twentieth Century North Carolina by Pamela Grundy. He served as assistant principal at Williams for a total of twenty-two years, 1970 to 1992, longer than any other school official.
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