Wheeling Park High School - Campus

Campus

The high school building houses physical education, special education, technical education, and regular education. The building is 860 feet long and 550 feet wide for a total of 473,000 square feet. There are three floors of masonry block insulation with brick veneer. Additional education wings added in 1984 on both ends of the building comprise 7750 square feet. Three gymnasiums, a fitness center, wrestling room, and indoor Olympic-sized pool make up the Physical Education department. "The Palace", located in the main building, is one of the largest gymnasiums in the Wheeling area. Inside the school building, the Phyllis A. Beneke Theatre, The Media Center and the Food Court areas are the main common spaces. The Technology Center complex on the second floor consists of two computer labs, and a large lecture hall. The music department is home to private recording studios, a piano lab, and two large practice halls. The Career and Technical Department consists of multiple computer, electronics, graphic design, and engineering laboratories. The school also houses the only Mac Computer Lab in the Ohio Valley. The basement of the school is home to the auto mechanics shop, collision repair, welding, machine tool technology, building construction, and power equipment systems classes. There are four lighted tennis courts, and eight-lane track and adjoining baseball, softball, football and soccer fields which complete the entire 52 acre complex. The JB Chambers Performing Arts Center on the campus opened in March 2012.