Academics
In 2008, Wheeling had an average composite ACT score of 22.1 and graduated 93.7% of its senior class. Wheeling has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the combined Prairie State Achievement Examination and ACT, which in Illinois are used to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, because the entire school (and its three subgroups) did not meet minimum level on the Reading portion of the tests. As of 2009, Wheeling is on the Academic Watch Status because it is on its third year of not making AYP. WHS offers over 215 different classes, ranging from art, photography, and sculpture to band, choir, and orchestra to debate, acting, journalism, English, grammar, yearbook, and different types of reading and writing to preparatory math, algebra, geometry, functions, trigonometry, calculus, pre-calculus, and statistics to biology, physical science, chemistry, physics, ecology, space science, zoology, oceanography, environmental science, and human physiology to e-consumerism, information/word processing, fashion, foods, entrepreneurship, human growth and child development, early childhood education practicums, automotive repair, woodworking, and project lead the way's (PTLW) engineering design and computerized integrated manufacturing to French, Italian, Spanish for native speakers, and Spanish to world history, U.S. history, integrated social science, economics, psychology, sociology, government and politics, American law, and American problems to ELL/ESL courses to health, PE (physical education), adaptive PE, strength and conditioning, dance, junior and senior PE leaders, and sports medicine to web page design, web site programming, computer applications, computer science, and computer programming to drivers' education, special education, and NJROTC to everything else in between. Classes and subjects are divided by departments. The departments and subjects are grouped as follows: math/science, career and technology education, English/fine arts, PE/health/dance/drivers' education, foreign language/social studies/ESL/ELL, NJROTC, and special education.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
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