Education
The first school house in the school district of Wausa was built in 1887 along Highway 121, north of town. The second school house was built in 1890 and was moved three times while functioning as the main school building. The current brick structure school house was built in 1913, and still houses the art room, lockers, Math, English, Spanish, and Social Studies classrooms. They added on to the south of the building in 1960. This section is the current elementary and multipurpose room. It also houses the elementary computer lab, as well as the distance learning facility. The district added on to the high school, building a north wing in 1964. The football field was added across the street in 1970. The gym, stage, and locker rooms were added on in 1975. The new press box and scoreboard were added to the field in 2005.
Boys’ basketball started in 1913. They played in the 1965 Class C state tournament. They received the state runner-up trophy in 1999. Girls’ basketball began in 1914 but was dropped sometime after 1932. It came back in 1975. They also won state runner-up in 1986 and 1988. They had an orchestra that started in 1918. It ended in 1930. Football started in 1923. Track started in 1927. Volleyball began in 1968. Golf started in 1977. In 1982 they were runner-up in golf. It ended in 1983. Speech has been an important part of Wausa activities. They won a state runner-up in 1999. The Wausa One-Act Play is a five time defending champion. They won a state championship in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Wausa currently holds the D-2 record for One-Act Play state champions in a row.
In 1975, they had seven school bus routes. Now there are two bus routes. In the 1970s the average class size was fifty students. Today Wausa High school is home to 54 students in grades 9-12. Wausa’s mascot is the Vikings and Lady Vikings and their colors are Purple and Gold.
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