Wingate High School (New Mexico)

Coordinates: 35°28′36″N 108°32′49″W / 35.4766°N 108.5470°W / 35.4766; -108.5470
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Wingate High School is a Native American high school in unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).[1] It has grades 9-12.[2] It has a Fort Wingate postal address.

It includes boarding facilities.[3]

History

In 1973 the BIA closed Manuelito Hall, a dormitory in Gallup, New Mexico which housed Native American students attending public schools. It planned to send the 110 high school students to Wingate.[4]

Since a 1998

U.S. Supreme Court ruling, New Mexico state law enforcement authorities no longer have jurisdiction at the school.[5]
Any crimes committed there are investigated by federal authorities.

In 2003 the BIE selected Wingate as one of several schools to have replacement buildings. That year, the existing auditorium had a crack.[6]

Student body

The school's students are members of the

Navajo nation. In 2003 it had about 700 students.[6]

Campus

As of 1956[update] the dormitory is a former military barracks that also houses students at Wingate Elementary.[7]

Operations

From circa 1973 the school began allowing pregnant students to remain in school, and by 1993 it had family planning services.[8]

Athletics

In 2006 a tennis club was being established in the Fort Wingate community by David Dantzer, and school administrators made plans to use the club as an after-school activity and a mechanism to establish Wingate High's tennis club.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Wingate High School". Wingate High School. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ^ "Wingate High School". National Center for Education Statistics. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. ^ "Residential Handbook SCHOOL YEAR 2016-2017" (PDF). Wingate High School. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
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