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Winnetonka High School

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Winnetonka High School is a high school in the North Kansas City School District.

The school is located at 5815 NE 48 Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Winnetonka opened in 1971. Originally built to hold 2,000 students, it now has approximately 1,350. In Fall 2008, some of Winnetonka's students were transferred to the district's new high school, Staley High School, as well as North Kansas City High School due to boundary changes.

Its boundary includes the communities of Birmingham, Claycomo, Pleasant Valley, and Randolph.^[3]^[4]

Academic programs

Winnetonka currently offers 3 diploma programs: a basic diploma, a "College Preparation" diploma, and a "Gold Medallion" honors diploma. Winnetonka also participates in the A+ Program.

Athletics

Competitive Teams Include:

Men's and Women's teams
- Soccer
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis
- Golf
- Track and Field
- Cross Country
- Cheerleading
- Volleyball
Men's only
- Baseball
- Football
- Wrestling
Women's only
- Softball
- Pom/Dance Squad

Extracurricular activities

International Thespian Society Troupe 422
48th Street Players Improv Team
Anime & Gamers Club
Creative Writing Club
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5141
Math Club
Ace Mentor
AFS/International Club
DECA
FCCLA
FBLA
GSA
Forensics/Debate
French Club
German Club
Spanish Club
PLM
Symphonic band- The Winnetonka band played at the famous Carnegie Hall in 2011 and 2008.
Chamber Orchestra
Symphonic Orchestra 1st place sight reading districts 2023 State Solos
Science Olympiad- 4th place 2023 William Jewell College
Key Club
National Honors Society
Yearbook- Invited to National High School Journalism Convention Boston 2023

Notable alumni

Scott Speicher, US Navy Captain, first combat casualty of the Persian Gulf War
Tom Funk, Former MLB player (Houston Astros)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "WINNETONKA HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Winnetonka High School". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Clay County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-09. - Compare with the boundary map
^ "District Attendance Areas" (PDF). North Kansas City School District. Retrieved 2022-09-09. - Compare with the census map.

External links

Winnetonka High School official website
Symphonic/Marching Band official website
Winnetonka Griffin Football official website

High schools in Kansas City, Missouri

This list is incomplete and may not be fully accurate.
Italicized schools are not in KCMO proper but have the city in their attendance boundaries.

Kansas City Public Schools
Zoned schools	Central East Northeast Southeast
Magnet schools	Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Paseo Academy

Public schools not in KCPS
Center School District	Center
Hickman Mills C-1 School District	Ruskin
Independence Public School District	Van Horn (Independence)
North Kansas City School District	North Kansas City Oak Park Staley Winnetonka
Park Hill School District	Park Hill Park Hill South Lead Innovation Studio
Platte County School District Number 3	Platte County (Platte City)

Independently-operated high schools
Catholic	Archbishop O'Hara Notre Dame de Sion School, Kansas City Saint Pius X St. Teresa's Academy Rockhurst High School
Secular	The Barstow School The Pembroke Hill School