Walter Hines Page Senior High School

Walter Hines Page Senior High School
Address
201 Alma Pinnix Drive Greensboro, NC 27405 Greensboro , Guilford , North Carolina United States
Information
Established	1958
Principal	Marilyn Foley
Grades	9th to 12th
Number of students	1822
Color(s)	Red and White
Athletics conference	Metro 4A
Nickname	Pirates
Newspaper	Pages By Page
Yearbook	Buccaneer
Website	Page High

Before we tell you about this school's history lets discuss its current problems. Minorities have infected the school like a virus. They have more than tripled the crime, drop out, and failure rates. Blacks have now become the majority with a 61% hold over the 20% white population. The rest being Latino and Asian. I don't understand why or how these animals or social misfits can turn an amazing school into another ghetto gangbanger hot spot. There are over 12 different gangs currently infecting what was once a prosperous and perdominently white school. It seems that what is considered to be stereotypical and politically incorrect has become the truth. its a shame that we as decent white citizens have let our country become what it is today. Please dont get me wrong. It's not just the fault of the Blacks. The immigrants help tremendously as well. ESOL has now become one of the most popular classes. i ask you why? Why are these people whose parents don't even pay taxes allowed to attend a school that we hard working white Americans pay for? Now I've said my calm piece of text. This next part is not for the weak hearted.

The niggers, spics, gooks, chinks, and faggots are a virus. They are the reason for most if not all the problems we are having in our society. The fucking immigrants take our jobs while the niggers sit back and collect the welfare and foodstamps OUR taxes pay for. What the fuck is wrong with you America?! We need a revolution. Communism and socialism in the White House????? What the fuck people?! Why are we letting our great and prosperous country be taken over and ran by these animals? Why do we let them come in and rape our fruitfal land?

Walter Hines Page Senior High School is a public secondary school in Greensboro, North Carolina commonly referred to as Page High School or simply Page.  Marilyn Foley is the current principal of the school.   

History

Walter Hines Page Senior High School opened its doors in September, 1958, under the leadership of Principal Luther R. Medlin. The school was named for Walter Hines Page, a North Carolina journalist, diplomat, supporter of education, and ambassador to Great Britain.

Page Senior High School began with a small student body of approximately five hundred and a staff of thirty. It was the first school in North Carolina to earn accreditation in the first year of its existence. As the school population grew, the existing facility became inadequate. The auditorium and G-wings were added in 1962-63. Other additions throughout the years included an extension to A-wing, a second gymnasium, lighted tennis courts, a football stadium, and a cafeteria extension. When Page began including ninth grade in 1986, mobile classroom units were added around the campus.

In 1967, Medlin, who had led the school through its developmental years, left Page to become President of Guilford Technical Institute (now Guilford Technical Community College). He was succeeded by Robert A. Newton, who was principal from 1967-70. Robert A. Clendenin, formerly the principal of Aycock Junior High School, became the third principal in 1970 and remained through 1991. Paul J. Puryear became the fourth principal of Page in the August of 1991. Puryear attended Page as a student, served as an assistant principal for nine years, and returned to Page from a two-year term as principal of Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Between 1959 and 1965, Page produced two Morehead Scholars each year. A chapter of the National Honor Society was chartered during the 1958-59 school year. From 1981 to 1982, Page's Cultural Arts Department was a national finalist for the coveted $10,000 Rockefeller Foundation Grant.

Athletics

Page teams, whose mascot is the pirate, have been State 4-A champions in football, boys' and girls' soccer, basketball, and boys' and girls' tennis. In 1982-83 Page was the recipient of the Wachovia Cup, and the News and Record Cup for the best overall winning percentage in varsity competition in the city and county. A rivalry exists between the athletic teams of Page and Grimsley High School. The girls' tennis team held an undefeated streak of over 40 matches until they were defeated by their rival Grimsley, 5-4. Page is now 4-AA with 1822 students.

Academics

Page Senior High School continues to win new academic honors regionally, statewide and nationally in such areas as Mock Trial, Science Olympiad, High IQ, and Computer High IQ. Page participates in the International Baccalaureate program and also offers Advanced Placement courses.

The following are some of the courses offered at Page Senior High School:

• AP Art
• AP Art History
• AP Psychology
• AP Music Theory
• AP Spanish, AP Latin, and AP French
• Percussion Ensemble
• Drama I, II, III, Honors Advanced Theater
• IB Theatre Studies
• Honors Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band
• Honors Orchestra, Orchestra
• Honors Vocal Ensemble, Mixed Chorus
• Journalism (Yearbook, Newspaper)
• Scientific Visualization (Sci Vis)

Graduation Project

Starting with the class of 2010, students must complete a graduation project. They must pick a topic that interests them, write an eight to ten page paper on it, and do a project. Though the project is not required of Guilford County schools, Principal Foley was aware of the $8,000 of bonds for any school who makes their students do the project.

Theater

Page Senior High School's performers are known as the Page Playmakers. Page Senior High is Troupe #7253 of the International Thespian Society. The Page Playmakers are currently under the direction of Michael Parrish. The Page Playmakers usually follow a show schedule similar to this:

• Cabaret of Life, a collection of short scenes, songs, and dances based around a central theme;
• Two Winter Repertory Shows, for which the Playmakers find a local director; and
• the Spring Musical

Some shows that have been performed by the Page Playmakers:

• Grease
• I Never Saw Another Butterfly
• Bye Bye Birdie
• The Night of January 16th
• Li'l Abner
• Flowers for Algernon
• The Mouse that Roared
• The Importance of Being Earnest
• The Children's Hour
• Of Mice and Men
• Pippin
• The Miracle Worker
• You Can't Take it With You
• Beauty and the Beast
• Noises Off
• The House of Bernarda Alba
• Seussical

Notable Graduates

• A 1970 graduate, John Sanderford has played dozens of minor roles in movies and television shows such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Days of Our Lives. He starred in The Alchemist (1984).