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Woodbridge High School is a public high school located in Irvine, California,United States, serving grades 9-12. Founded in 1980, it has an approximate enrollment of 2,200 students. Woodbridge has many athletic teams (baseball, cross country, volleyball, basketball, tennis, swimming, etc.) which have participated in numerous (CIF ) competitions. The school also has a very competitive Marching band (which won many state championships and a national championship led by directors Joslyne Blasdel and Brad Harris) and an orchestra. Woodbridge High School was built with intentions of having it become a shopping center if student enrollment was low, as Principal Tom Nelson said in Fall 2003. In the past two years, new administration has been added that includes all of the current Vice Principals: Jason Viloria, Sheila Adams, and Belinda Averill. In March 2008, Tom Nelson announced retirement and Vice Principal, Jason Viloria, became the new principal. Woodbridge is currently undergoing many improvements and renovations. A recent example is the new Aquatic Center which contains a 50 meter by 25 yard swimming pool, portable bleachers, restroom facilities and locker rooms. Of note, the 1989 movie ''Gleaming the Cube'' starring Christian Slater was filmed partially at Woodbridge High School. ==Academic Teams== Woodbridge offers a strong array of extracurricular academic organizations and hosts an annual Academic Teams Banquet. Woodbridge has a notable Model United Nations team, which has won many significant awards (Best Delegate, Commendations, Research). The Woodbridge MUN team has competed in numerous local high school and college conferences as well. Woodbridge is currently in the planning stages for its own conference, which will be the first ever conference that Woodbridge has hosted. Woodbridge's Academic Decathlon team reached the state finals of the California Academic Decathlon in 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014. It was ranked as the first-place team in Division III in 2012 and the first-place team in Division II in 2014.〔(California Academic Decathlon Results )〕 The school's chapter of the National Junior Classical League is one of the top in the nation. Woodbridge hosts an annual Certamen invitational and regularly hosts Southern California Regional Amici Madness and the California Junior Classical League Convention.〔(California Junior Classical League )〕 Multiple Woodbridge students have served as officers at the state and national levels of JCL.〔(California Junior Classical League Officers )〕〔(National Junior Classical League Officers )〕 The Woodbridge High Entertainment Corps represented the state of California in 2010 in the Field Show International competition held in Washington D.C., taking first place in the Nation. The school's percussion ensemble is also considered one of the best in the nation. In 2012 the ensemble swept the World Championships in the concert division with a record setting score of 99.6 out of 100.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scholastic Concert World Percussion Champions - WGI )〕 Woodbridge also sponsors National History Day, Mock Trial, Science Bowl, Ocean Sciences Bowl, Science Olympiad, and FIRST Robotics Teams. In January 2012 the Science Bowl team won first place at the JPL regional competition and went on to compete nationally in Washington DC that April. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodbridge High School (Irvine, California)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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