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The school is most notably known for providing a comprehensive curriculum, creating a very strong student body and a heavily diverse community of volunteers and support staff. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Wyoming Park Theater Company In addition to the diverse amount of courses to choose from, Wyoming Park also offers various extra-curricular programs such as theater, which they teach as a "closed company" (known as the Wyoming Park Theater Company) led by director Jeremy Schnotala. The Wyoming Park Theater Company is often praised upon for delivering such professional performances in their plays, moreso than other local high school drama clubs in the area. Unlike most other plays in the area, almost all performances done by the WPTC are typically sold out. In October 2006, Schnotala announced that instead of the typical one-season theater year that happens every year, they would be dividing up the 2006-2007 year into two seasons - a play at the end of November into December and a musical in May. The play announced was Charles Dickens' '' A Christmas Carol '', which was staged from November 30 - December 2, 2006. It proved to be a success, with seats in the Dan Heintzleman Fine Arts Center on all three nights nearly filled. On December 12 , 2006 , Schnotala announced that the theater company will be staging Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous Musical '' CATS '' in early spring of 2007 , making Wyoming Park one of the few high schools in the nation (and the second in the state of Michigan ) to stage such a high profile musical. Because Wyoming Park is a public high school, there are various Financial issues that Schnotala had to deal with. The rights to the musical were well over $5,000, which also did not include the rental of Special Effects and other materials ( Costume s, Makeup accessories, etc.) needed to successfully produce the show. After gaining state-wide and national publicity, the production of ''CATS'' proved to be yet another huge success for the company. Three of the four performance nights were completely sold out. Wyoming Park Band Ensemble The school is also known for its award-winning band. On March 22, 2007, the jazz band and director Bill Bier received praise for their performances at the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association's District 10 Jazz Festival and Clinic. ATHLETICS Conference Wyoming Park competes within the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue Division (the "O.K. Blue" conference), which include Sparta High School, Forest Hills Eastern High School, Rogers High School, Comstock Park High School, Coopersville High School, and Cedar Springs High School. The school has won numerous amount of championships, ranging from track, football, and basketball championships. In the 2005-2006 school year, the varsity basketball team shared the O.K. Blue title championship with Cedar Springs High School. Girls Basketball Program The , who is also a top-ranked state basketball player, 2004 's "Mr. Basketball," and a Wyoming Park alumni who currently attends Michigan State University . MHSAA State Championships
MHSAA State Runners-up
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