E. E. Waddell High School is a high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It closes at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. The facility that houses a former secondary school is now used by E. E. Waddell Language Academy , the public K-8 language immersion language school
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History
In the mid-1990s, responding to phenomenal growth in the southern part of Mecklenburg County, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Council decided to build a new high school between Mecklenburg South and the Olympic high school. The new school will be open for the academic year 2001-2002. The selected site is located off I-77 on Nations Ford Road.
In the spring of 2001, the School Board named the new school after Dr. Elbert Edwin Waddell (1922-1988). The school was officially dedicated on Sunday, June 2, 2002.
In 2010, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools opted to close high school and use the facilities for the Smith Academy of International Languages ​​â € <â € In 2011, the last class of high school graduates E. E. Waddell graduated. John Ngyuen graduated from Valedictorian. Alanna Estevez graduated from Salutatorian. Maps E. E. Waddell High School
Mascot
The original school mascot, Raider, reflects the rich history of the Ford Nation (the convenient crossing over the Catawba River) and the surrounding area at the founding of the United States. This is reminiscent of "overmountain men" and other southern patriots who fought with unconventional methods - contributing to the southern piedmont described as "The Hornet's Nest" in the Revolutionary War (1775-1781).
When Smith Language Academy moved to the Waddell campus, Ram's mascot was brought. The school athletics team is known as the Waddell Language Academy Rams.
Stadium
E.E. The Waddell Academy Language Stadium is a 6,000-capacity stadium located on the grounds of E. E. Waddell Academy of Languages ​​in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The stadium is used for Waddell Soccer, track and field, and American Football. It also serves as home ground for the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Division II through the 2007 season.
2013 saw the Olympic high school and West Mecklenburg move several matches to the stadium while their own stadium underwent renovations.
Names
Dr. E. E. Waddell, educator and community leader, received his undergraduate and master's degree from North Carolina A & amp; T State University and a Doctorate of Education from Duke University.
He served as Principal of Kingville High School (Albemarle, N. C.) from 1943 to 1963, and in honor of his community involvement, the original school campus was renamed E. E. Waddell Community Center.
Dr. Waddell was Head of Secondary School of Ward Charlotte from 1963 to 1969 when he was appointed Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Assistant Assistant. From 1976 to 1979, he was the Superintendent Area in the Harding Area. In 1979, he was appointed Assistant to the Supervisor for auxiliary services, the position he held until his retirement in 1982.
Famous alumni
Alexander Michael Cecil won first place at the 2011 International Science and Engineering Fair for his project entitled The Assessment of Silver Nanoparticles in the Environment on Gene Expression in C. elegans. Asteroid 28453 Alexcecil is also named for him along with a $ 3000 prize.
References
External links
- Official school website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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