West Orange High School (WOHS) is a comprehensive four-year community public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from West Orange in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
West Orange High School has a comprehensive program with a wide variety of course offerings.
Students must satisfy the state and local requirements for graduation and take additional courses to total a minimum of 135 credits.
Now, West Orange High School offers block scheduling, which uses a rotation that switches out two courses per day.
The Cooperative Education Program provides students with the opportunity to study academics as well as receive on-the-job training.
[9] West Orange High School applied for, and was awarded, a Dodge Grant for the 2004–05 academic year through Montclair State University.
The focus of the grant is to explore how to develop a Conflict Resolution program responsive to the needs of West Orange High School.
The Dodge Grant Team spent a year researching and developing a potential Conflict Resolution Model for West Orange High School.
The West Orange High School Mountaineers[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Essex County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
[12] The football team competes in the Liberty White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.
[16] The 1935 team defeated Millville by a score of 35-24 to win the Group III state finals in the title game played at Rutgers University.