West Jefferson High School recognizes its co-curricular program as an important component of the total educational experience of its students. A large percent of WJHS student population participates in the co-curricular program, which offers opportunities in 14 varsity inter-scholastic sports: boys' soccer, cheerleading, football girls' soccer, golf, volleyball in the fall, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, and wrestling in the winter, and then baseball, softball, tennis, and track-and-field in the spring. There is also have bands and choirs. They have a high school concert band that consists of woodwinds, brass, and percussion, a high school marching band that performs at Friday night football games, a pep band that performs during halftime at home basketball games and a jazz band. In the case of chorus, they have a high school concert choir and a chamber choir. Two publications are produced: the "Riders Times" newspaper and the yearbook.