WHS Journey

Dream.
Think.
Do.

Dream.
Think.
Do.

Students have multiple opportunities and pathways to personalize their educational experience and to demonstrate success. Students design and create a high school experience to fulfill their dreams and passions.

Home
Fire
Winnacunnet High School
Farm
Business
Garage
American Dream Unit
Freshman Seminar
Goals
Project Based Learning
Advisory
Teachers as Coaches
Personal Learning Plan
Library
Electives
Evening Program
College & Career Fair
Distance Learning
Google Apps for Education
ELO
WHTV & Winnachronicle
Co-Curricular Activities
Capstone Experiences
College & Career
Literacy

The Possibilities are Endless

By creating their high school experience, students leave Winnacunnet with the skills and academic competencies to be successful. Students demonstrate creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills, and are prepared to be active, contributing citizens of their own communities.

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Fire

Relevance, engagement, and whole community involvement are essential elements of the culture at WHS. Student experiences include internships, real-world career explorations, advanced studies and project-based learning.

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Winnacunnet High School

WHS makes it’s home in Hampton, NH. It serves the communities of Hampton, Hampton Falls, North Hampton, and Seabrook. Boston, MA. Portland, ME, and Manchester, NH, are all within commuting distance.

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Farm

Our small vegetable garden at WHS provides fresh produce for our cafeteria and helps students and teachers learn both the art and science of gardening.

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Business

Relevance, engagement, and whole community involvement are essential elements of the culture at WHS. Student experiences include internships, real-world career explorations, advanced studies and project-based learning.

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Garage

Curriculum options include college and career pathways through Running Start, the Seacoast School of Technology and the WHS Evening program.

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American Dream Unit

Students explore their interests as related to college and career options.

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Freshman Seminar

Freshman Seminar is designed to prepare all students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to make a successful transition from middle school to high school.

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Goals

Every student at WHS develops a personal learning plan through the use of interest and ability explorers in order to inform academic, personal, and professional goals.

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Engagement

Project-based learning opportunities such as the WHS Dory Project, Project Lead the Way and VEX Robotics increase student engagement in content areas.

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Project Based Learning

Project-based learning opportunities such as the WHS Dory Project, Project Lead the Way and VEX Robotics increase student engagement in content areas.

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Advisory

Warrior Block, otherwise known as Advisory, offers an opportunity for every student at WHS to connect with an adult in the building other than their guidance counselor.

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Teachers as Coaches

Embedded professional development utilizes teachers as coaches to share and improve teaching and learning at the classroom level.

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Personal Learning Plan

Every student at WHS develops a personal learning plan through the use of interest and ability explorers in order to inform academic, personal, and professional goals.

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Library

Our library has a collection of more than 18,000 titles available. A unique learning space has been created to give teachers and students a maker space full of resources and technologies. Digital equipment, computers, and peripherals can be reserved by students and staff.

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Electives

WHS offers over 400 independent courses, including 155 electives in 13 different departments.

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Winnacunnet Evening Program

The mission of the Winnacunnet Evening Program is to provide meaningful and relevant educational opportunities to empower all students to become independent lifelong learners, to assist individuals in reaching their academic potentials, and to guide students to become active participants in their communities.

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The Possibilities are Endless – College & Career Fair

The annual College and Career Fair gives students a chance to interact with local, regional, and national employers.

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Distance Learning

Distance learning opportunities for WHS students are available online through the Virtual Learning Academy.

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GSuite for Education

G Suite for Education is Google’s suite of free productivity tools provided without ads to K–12 and higher education institutions around the world.

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ELO

Extended Learning Opportunities allow students to break free from the traditional school structure and participate in authentic learning through school and community contexts. Student experiences include internships, real-world career explorations, advanced studies and project-based learning.

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WHTV & Winnachronicle

Programs like WHTV (student-run television station), Winnachronicle (student-run newspaper), Totem (literary magazine) are not only a testament to the variety of courses available to students, but the ownership that they have in school messaging.

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Co-Curricular Activities

Winnacunnet has a long and rich history co-curricular activities and award-winning teams. As a school community over 44% of students participate in athletics. There are over 40 clubs and organizations. Over 70% of WHS students are involved in co-curricular activities.

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Capstone Experiences

Capstone experiences provide the foundation for a successful transition to college and career.

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College & Career

Upwards of a third of the student body at WHS is enrolled in Advanced Placement and Honors level courses, grades 9-12. Students participating in the annual Advanced Placement (AP) exam outpaced both the National and State scores.

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Literacy

WHS literacy indicators, by grade, outpace the 75th percentile as measured by the Lexile reading inventory.

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Dream. Think. Do.

These three words greet the students and staff of Winnacunnet High School as they pull into the parking lot every morning. Taken together, they summarize what Winnacunnet is about: providing opportunities for students to explore their interests and abilities, creating supported pathways to pursue them, and ensuring that our students leave Winnacunnet college and career ready. It is in this spirit that Winnacunnet operates every day.