Woodsville High School History

Before -1847. Woodsville youth were educated at the Bath District 10 school. This school was located across the Ammonoosuc river near the junction of present day Abbott Avenue & Mt Gardner road.

1847. District 13 (Woodsville) erected its first school below the current village library on School street.

1872. After a "strong fight", a two story school was built beside the library.

1895. Elementary school principal A. B. Libby re-organizes his school into nine grades in an effort to divide the grades from High School.

1897. Spring term marked the graduation of the first WHS graduate Eugene Madison Dow.

1900. New brick school replaces the 1872 structure which was moved to new site. High School is taught on the upper story of the new school.

1914. WHS moves to Kings Plain. Certification is obtained by headmaster Elbert E. Orcutt. This modern brick structure contains 5 classrooms, a science lab, a 250 seat auditorium & dining facilities.

1937. Community Building was completed to better support athletic and music programs.

1952. Bennett Building constructed to support home economics & industrial arts programs.

1953. Clara Dickinson Weeks authors the history of Woodsville Schools.

1968. Haverhill Cooperative School District is formed joining WHS and Haverhill Academy. The North Wing was completed in 1969. Science lab & media center was added in 1991.