Vision

To incorporate curriculum and instructional practices that will provide a variety of learning activities to accommodate diverse learning styles.

Beliefs

Student learning needs should be the primary focus of all decisions impacting the work of the school. Curriculum and instructional practices should incorporate a variety of learning activities to accommodate differences in learning styles. The student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.

History

Woodlawn High School is a large magnet high school serving students in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama (USA) and is part of the Birmingham City Schools system. The mascot is the Colonels, and the school colors are green and gold. The school newspaper is "The Tattler". Woodlawn High School was established in 1916 after Woodlawn was annexed into Birmingham. The present building on 1st Avenue North, designed by architect Harry B. Wheelock, was completed in January 30, 1922. A large mural in the high school's auditorium was painted between 1934 and 1939 by Sidney van Sheck and Richard Blauvelt Coe for the Works Progress Administration. A campaign is underway to raise $190,000 for restoration of the mural. The "Warblers" are a men's chorus that started as a singing club at Woodlawn, active from 1929 to 1977. Most current Warblers members are alumni of the Woodlawn club. In 1956 the Woodlawn debate team, coached by Rose B. Johnson, won the inaugural Barkley Forum, a prestigious debate tournament at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Woodlawn's Junior R.O.T.C. program has been active since 1922 and has started the military careers of numerous officers in the U.S. Military. Under legendary multi-sport coach John Blane, Woodlawn's basketball team won state championships in 1927, 1937, 1943, and 1957 while the track team won state titles in 1932, 1944, 1945 and 1946. He coached Woodlawn against Phillips High School in the first game ever held at Legion Field in 1927. Notable alumni: Bobby Bowden (1948), football coach. Mike Hale (1969), Jefferson County sheriff. Oliver Robinson (1957), basketball player, state legislator. Bobby Humphrey, former Birmingham Steeldogs coach. Betsy Rogers, 2003 National Teacher of the Year. Paul Hemphill, author. Jim Carns, Alabama Legislature. Karlos Dansby, football player. Ricky Smiley, comedian.