the school building, built in 1935 and extensively renovated in 2010–2011, was added to the national register of historic places in 2010. the school was named for woodrow wilson, the 28th president of the united states. the school's motto, "haec olim meminisse juvabit," is a latin phrase from virgil's "aeneid"; after a storm, aeneas tells his men that "in days to come, it will please us to remember this."