Washington Irving High School (West Virginia)

Washington Irving High School is a public secondary school located in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

[1] Better known as WI, the school's mascot is the Hilltopper.

The school's colors are blue and gold.

The school is named after Washington Irving, a 19th-century American author and historian.

[2] When WI first opened in 1914, it was an all White school; it continued to be segregated until the 1956, when the end of segregation resulted in the permanent closure of Kelly Miller High School, which was Clarksburg's black school for the duration.