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