2020 – Present Day

Washington-Liberty High School History: 2020 – 2039

Milestones

• W-L enters the new decade as Washington-Liberty High School (2019-2020 school year).
• Approaching its growth in the 50s and 60s, W-L expands into a newly renovated adjacent school building, the former Arlington Education Center as redesigned by the Washington, D.C., firm Studio Twenty Seven Architecture. It includes new classrooms, labs, common areas for collaborative learning and socializing, a new weight room, an outdoor roof terrace, and a renovated planetarium. (The building opened for student use on 29 August 2022.)
• School Centenary in 2025. W-L will celebrate its 100th birthday as Northern Virginia’s second oldest public high school during the 2024-25 school year.

Washington-Liberty High School’s newest classroom building, formerly the Education Center. The refurbished planetarium is in the background. The outdoor roof terrace is to the left of the ramp. A custom frit pattern on the windows reduces solar heat gain and glare to create a more comfortable learning environment.

The new first floor commons with views to the athletic fields and planetarium. Originally designed in the New Formalist style by Ward & Schneider, the historic 1969 facade was preserved during the reconstruction by Studio Twenty Seven Architecture.

New classroom with views to the north. An acoustic movable partition can divide the space into two rooms. It doubles as a “learning wall” with a writable surface.

Principals

• Dr. Gregg Robertson (Ret. 2020)
• Antonio Hall

Sports and Activities

W-L Boys Basketball Seniors (class of 2020). The 2019-20 team coached by Bobby Dobson was the Region Runner-Up and State Quarterfinalist, the most accomplished team since the 1960s under Coach Mo Levin. Days later all sports were paused indefinitely as part of a nationwide health lockdown. On 18 February 2022, the 2021-22 squad defeated Marshall to clinch the Liberty District Title, the program’s 16th district championship. The team again reached the Region Finals and State Quarterfinals, losing to the eventual state champion.

The softball team beats rival Langley for the 6D North Region championship on 18 June 2021 for the program’s first region title.

District titles 

• Boys Football: 2023
• Girls Gymnastics: 2020, 21
• Girls Indoor Track: 2021
• Field Hockey: 2020
• Boys Basketball: 2022
• Boys Indoor Track: 2022
• Boys Outdoor Track: 2022
• Girls Outdoor Track: 2023
• Boys Soccer: 2022

Regional Titles

• Boys Basketball Region Finalist: 2020, 2022
• Girls Indoor Track Region Finalist: 2021
• Softball: 2021

State Titles

• Boys Basketball 6D State Quarterfinalist: 2020, 2022
• Girls Indoor Track 6D State Third Place: 2020
• Ice Hockey (CSHL Championship): 2021, 2022
• eSports: 2020

Notable

• W-L was named a National Banner Unified Champion School by the Special Olympics (2020).

*Since 2013 W-L has competed in the Liberty District with rival schools Yorktown, McLean, Langley, South Lakes, and Herndon. Beginning in the fall of 2021, the Liberty District will consist of Yorktown, Wakefield, McLean, Langley, Marshall, Herndon, and W-L.