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Woodsboro High School

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Woodsboro High School is a fictional high school in Woodsboro, California. There are three generations of Scream films that have centered around this high school.

Woodsboro High School (1996)

Once in the original Woodsboro Massacre in 1996, the murders of students Casey Becker and Steven Orth had police and reporters on campus trying to get the full story. Students are taken to Principal Arthur Himbry's office for questioning by police.

Sidney Prescott and her friend group talk about the murders and the questions they were asked by police. Sidney spent the night at Tatum Riley's home and went to school with her after she had been attacked by Ghostface at her house the previous night. While at Tatum's locker, students prank the hallways in a Ghostface costume as the school bells rings. Sidney runs into Billy Loomis and they disagree which causes Sidney to flee to the girls' restroom. In the restroom, various girls from school gossip about Sidney while she hides in a stall. After they leave and she comes out, Sidney is chased by Ghostface again, but this time, probably by a prankster.

With the city curfew in effect, and Sidney attacked at her home and at school, Principal Himbry suspended classes indefinitely. Once school was released, Principal Himbry was attacked and murdered in his office. He was later hung on the football pole in the field.

Several students left the Macher house to see his corpse at the campus football field. In Scream VI, Richie Kirsch's shrine has drawings of his lifeless body found hung on the school football field indicating the offscreen death scene during 1996.

Woodsboro High School (2011)

Second generation was during 2011, which marks 15 years after the original Woodsboro Massacre. A statue of Principal Arthur Himbry is up as a memorial to the left of Jill Roberts' locker.

Jill, Kirby Reed and Olivia Morris are approached by Robbie Mercer with his camera due to it being the anniversary of the original Woodsboro massacre and they are scoffing his advances.

Jill and Kirby have conversations about love interests while at Jill’s locker in eye shot of Principal Himbry’s memorial statue. Jill says Kirby can do a lot worse then Charlie Walker, and then implication to her reply is revealed as Jill closes her locker to see Trevor Sheldon standing to apologize to her about “letting her go”. Jill corrects him and walks down the hallway as Robbie chastises him about his failure to win Jill back.

While in class, the students receive news on their cell phones which their teacher, Mr. Baker, is annoyed with and tells the students to share their notifications. Olivia shares and says that Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper were murdered the previous night. The students look outside to see police cars and news vans swarm the campus to investigate and get the story. Several students and athletes at the school were taken in for questioning by police.

In a deleted scene of Scream 4, Jill's friend group discusses the murders at the fountain near their school without Jill there as she has taken her cousin, Sidney to see her mother, Kate Roberts ensuring that she had a place to stay with them during her visit.

Charlie and Robbie host cinema club after school with Kirby and Trevor. Sidney and Gale Weathers make a guest appearance there as promised by Gale. Trevor glares at Sidney while Kirby attempts to help Sidney see who the killer is. Kirby connects her phone to Robbie's head camera while Robbie directs his camera towards Trevor, hinting that he is the suspect amongst them as the killer. They mention they are going to host a Stab-A-Thon at a secret location. Because Charlie won't give the location to Sidney and Gale, they decide to leave.

In another deleted scene, Kirby leaves cinema club and chastises both Robbie and Charlie before leaving.

Woodsboro High School (2022)

Third generation was during 2022, which marks 26 years after the original Woodsboro Massacre and 11 years after the second massacre.

After Tara Carpenter's attack, Woodsboro High School classes are suspended until further notice. Chad and Mindy Meeks Martin, Wes Hicks, Amber Freeman, and Liv McKenzie are seen hanging on campus when it's announced on the PA.

The now, Sheriff Judy Hicks, is questioning kids about the attack on Tara Carpenter while Wes and the rest of the friend group discuss the attack and what could possibly happen (amongst other things discussed) mirroring the previous Ghostface massacres in Woodsboro.

History/Events

1993

1994

  • Sidney and Billy were friends at school and it developed into a relationship during their sophomore year.

1995

  • Sidney and Billy's relationship becomes stagnant due to her mother, Maureen Prescott's murder.
  • Casey and Stu had a relationship and used to watch horror movies together during their junior year. (They may have lost their virginity together). She later broke up with him and dated Steven Orth. Stu still held a grudge towards her after she ended things with him to be with Steven.
  • Stu and Tatum's friendship evolved into a relationship towards the end of their junior year.

1996

  • Sidney Prescott, Billy Loomis, Tatum Riley, Stu Macher, Randy Meeks, Casey Becker, Steven Orth and Judy Hicks attend Woodsboro High School as seniors.
  • Martha Meeks attends Woodsboro High School as a freshman.
  • A giant site of news coverage and interrogation after Casey Becker and Steven Orth were brutally murdered. Sidney sees Gale Weathers on campus covering the story as she proceeds on campus.
  • Tatum tells Sidney that Casey and Steven were brutally murdered last night.
  • In her English class with Mrs. Tate, Sidney looks at the empty seat where Casey used to sit before being called into Principal Arthur Himbry's office for questioning.
  • Sidney, Billy, Tatum, Stu, and Randy discuss the murders on the fountain on campus.
  • Pranksters dressed as Ghostface run down the halls while Sidney, Tatum and Stu are talking near Tatum's locker.
  • Sidney and Billy run into each other. They talk and have differences on how their mothers are gone in the halls.
  • Sidney Prescott is attacked in the girls' bathroom by Ghostface by a prankster. Sidney runs into Principal Himbry's office crying that she was attacked.
  • Principal Himbry uses the intercom to notify students that classes are dismissed until further notice. The reason is due to the attack on Sidney Prescott in the bathroom.
  • Principal Himbry is murdered in his office. He is later gutted and hung from a football field post. He is discovered hours later.
  • Teenagers at Stu's party drive to the high school to see his corpse. He was more than likely took down by the time they received the news.

1997

  • Sidney, Randy, and Judy graduate Woodsboro High School.
  • The Woodsboro High School yearbook has memorials of Casey Becker, Steven Orth, Tatum Riley and Principal Arthur Himbry.

2000

  • During the Hollywood Murders (seen in Scream 3), Martha Meeks is in her senior year and of age, 17 years old, who is interested in films as her brother once was. During her school year, she stops by the Sunrise Studios lot to deliver to Sidney, Dewey Riley, and Gale Weathers Randy's tape regarding the rules for trilogy horror movies.
  • Martha graduates Woodsboro High School.

2008

2011

  • Jill Roberts, Kirby Reed, Trevor Sheldon, Charlie Walker, Olivia Morris, Robbie Mercer, Marnie Cooper and Jenny Randall become seniors at Woodsboro High School.
  • Samantha Carpenter is a freshman and is acquainted with Kirby through school. (She knows the friend group and later finds out what happened to them in the Woodsboro Massacre Remake.)
  • In front of Woodsboro High School, Robbie pesters Jill, Olivia, and Kirby about horror movies. Kirby plays coy to Charlie as she passes him to go to class.
  • Near Jill's locker is a sculpture of Principal Arthur Himbry for remembrance.
  • Jill tells Kirby near her locker she can do a lot worse in her choice of her love interest with Charlie. In coincidence to her relaying to Kirby of her choice of a good boyfriend, she closes the door to find Trevor behind it.
  • Students find out about Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper’s murder through their phones during class. Jill, Kirby, Charlie, Robbie and Olivia having the same class look out the window to see news vans passing by the campus.
  • In a deleted scene of Scream 4, Kirby, Olivia, Trevor, Charlie, and Robbie discuss the murders of Jenny and Marnie near the fountain on campus. Olivia states that Jill is absent because she's playing house to the angel of death.
  • Remembrance Week was held to remember the original Woodsboro Murders.
  • Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers make a guest appearance at Cinema Club.

2012

  • Kirby survives the Woodsboro Massacre Remake and graduates Woodsboro High School with her class.
  • The Woodsboro High School yearbook has memorials for Jenny Randall, Marnie Cooper, Olivia Morris, Trevor Sheldon and Robbie Mercer.
  • Samantha becomes a sophomore. She continues to struggle (Realities of being Billy’s daughter and him the ultimate cause of two Woodsboro murder sprees) and becomes a delinquent in school, and in trouble with the law and Deputy Judy Hicks.

2013

2015

2017

  • Vince graduates Woodsboro High School.
  • Tara Carpenter attends Woodsboro High School as a freshman.

2018

2019

2020/2021

  • Tara becomes a senior.
  • Chad, Mindy, Amber, Wes, Liv, Frances, Sarah, Ash, and the Guy Throwing Cup become juniors.
  • Tara most likely fails senior year to graduate and has to start over.
  • Tara and Amber develop a friendship.
  • Chad and Liv begin dating as juniors.
  • Wes is currently single, but has a crush on Tara.

2022

2022/2023

  • Tara, Chad, Mindy, and Frances graduate Woodsboro High School.
  • The Woodsboro High School yearbook has a memorial for Wes Hicks and Liv McKenzie.

Students/Alumni

Possible Students/Alumni

Teacher and staff

Filming Location

For the Woodsboro High School, Wes Craven desired a building that looked "American", and the producers approached Santa Rosa High School. The school board insisted on seeing the script and immediately objected to the violence against teenage children and the cynical, dark dialogue, including that of the fictional school principal. Local newspapers criticized the project, and irate parents objected to such a film taking place at their children's school.

The producers received support from the school's students and some local residents, who recognized that economic benefits would be generated by the film's presence. The dispute resulted in a three-hour debate scheduled for April 16, one day after filming was to begin. Unwilling to be delayed, Craven began filming as scheduled on the 15th. He started with the opening scene of the film, which features Drew Barrymore; the scene took five days to complete. The result of the Santa Rosa debate was that permission would be denied. The production was forced to find another location for the school, and ended up filming at the Sonoma Community Center, southeast of Santa Rosa.

For Scream 4, Woodsboro High School was filmed at Woodworth Middle School in Dearborn, Michigan. A front fascade resembling the one at the Sonoma Community Center was built at the front. It was later removed after filming ended.

For Scream (2022), Woodsboro High School was filmed at Williston Middle School in Wilmington, North Carolina.

School Types

There are three schools in Woodsboro; Woodsboro High School, Woodsboro Middle School and Woodsboro Elementary School.

Graduates

Possible Graduates/Alumni

Class of 1989

Class of 1997

Class of 2000

Class of 2012

Class of 2015

Class of 2017

Class of 2022/2023

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Trivia

  • Dewey Riley likely went to Woodsboro High School as a student. Given his age, he possibly went during the time frames of 1984-1988.
  • In Scream 4, the school has a bust of Arthur Himbry in the hallway as a tribute to him.
  • A deleted scene for Scream 4 focuses on his bust a lot better, but was cut, since they had a hard time replicating the original actor's face.
  • An original script for Scream 3 had a scene where a number of students dressed as Ghostface went on a stabbing spree around the school.
  • There is one scene with Woodsboro High School in Scream (2022), however, there is no clear view of the school as they are outside facing away from the campus.
  • In Scream 3, the school is mentioned by Jennifer Jolie telling Gale Weathers "Fifty dollars. Who are you, a reporter for Woodsboro High?" after she attempts to hand a $50 bill to Bianca Burnette.
  • In Scream VI, the school is mentioned when Samantha Carpenter told Detective Wayne Bailey that she and Kirby Reed attended Woodsboro High.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Could have studied, but this fact was not mentioned.
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