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Structure
The key to writing a good school article is to explain why the school is unique. What makes it different from every other school? Does it have special programs? A history of championship sports teams? Famous alumni? Has there been a noteworthy event there?

The article should start with a good introduction/lead, giving the full complete official name of the School, detail about location (in suburb, downtown, where?), founder and founding name, and affiliation with any larger school system, if applicable. Also, add a few facts about the school that make it unique. Ideally a picture of the school should be included (if a free image is available).

The following section names are generally for US schools, and may be adjusted to suit local spelling, custom, and organization.

Sections of the article:
 * History &mdash; Describe the history of the school, including noteworthy milestones in its development.
 * Campus &mdash; Describe the overall shape and size of the campus. Mention any famous buildings or stadia and their architects.
 * Students &mdash; Statistics on students, size of student body (always state the date when the information is current and be cautious about having too many statistics that will need to be updated frequently). Mention of individual current students or individual student's achievement while at the high school is not suggested, unless they are well recognized (noted) outside of the school.
 * Faculty &mdash; State the number of faculty members, statistics on faculty, student-to-teacher ratio, etc. Distinguish between tenure/nontenured, full- and part-time (if possible). Names of noteworthy (e.g. award-winning, published) faculty of the past can be mentioned. Generally timeless information (such as published teachers) is preferred over transitory information (like the exact number of math teachers at a point in time).
 * Extracurricular activities &mdash; Mention the sports team(s) of the school and what is notable about them. Here is also a good place to mention specific traditions of school, like students' union/student council activities, a student newspaper, clubs, regular activities, etc. The heading may be changed accordingly in regard to the importance of sports, clubs, traditions, students' unions etc. For example, alternative headings could be Students' Union, Sports and Traditions or Students' Union Activities. Mention significant championships for the sports teams.
 * Curriculum &mdash; If the curriculum of the school is especially unique or notable, mention why here. For instance, if the high school is called a culinary academy, elaborate on this here.
 * Notable alumni &mdash; Bulleted list of alumni that are notable (outside the school). Mention the graduation year and give a short description why they are famous. Also, include an annotation to show that they did indeed attend the school.
 * References &mdash; Provide verifiable reliable sources of information about the school, that are independent of the school itself. This may include newspaper and magazine articles on the school. For private schools, an accreditation body or government source should be provided to show the organization is a legitimate school. An article should not rely solely on what its subject has to say about itself (as with any article in Wikipedia). If a resource is online (which is ideal) consider that potential it will go offline (newspaper's often allow free reading only for recent stories) and provide sufficient information that the story could still be found (author, publication, full article title, date, etc). See Footnotes the technical details of how to do this in a standard format.
 * External links &mdash; Give a link to the website of the school, preferably one in the English language. You may also include other informational links that may interest readers, but whose contents might be beyond the scope of inclusion in the article.