A shield shaped device with arced scroll attached above the shield, the overall dimensions 3 3/4 inches (9.53 cm) in height and 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in width blazoned as follows: Per pale Vert, and Tenn, on a pale Argent a bear standing guardant Brn.  Attached at top a Green scroll edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) White border inscribed WINGATE in white letters 5/16 inch (.79 cm) in height.

The elements of the shield represent the school which is a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school operated for the Navajo Tribe.  The student body is made up entirely of Navajo young people, as a result much of the symbology is centered on Navajo lore.  In Navajo lore, the bear is the sacred guardian of the mountain forest.  The bear is a creature to be feared, revered, and protected from the ravages of man.  The colors orange and green are the colors of the school and represent the Navajo tradition of a closeness to the Earth.

On a gold color metal and enamel insignia 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a green shield on which is a gold bear in profile above five horizontal bars; the top bar of white, above blue; above gold; above black, and the bottom bar of red.  Attached below the shield a stylized orange segmented scroll inscribed SHUSH in gold letters.

Orange and green are the colors of Wingate High School. The bear, in Navajo lore, is the sacred guardian of the mountain forests; a creature to be feared, revered, and protected from the ravages of man.  The five enamel bars from the colors used in Navajo sand paintings are also representative of Navajo lore: white indicative of east and early dawn, the false dawn which comes before daylight; blue representative of south and the color of the evening sky, the blue twilight, the color of happiness; yellow alludes to the west and is also the color of yellow twilight; black refers to north and also to night; red is the color of sunshine.  These five colors are the five sacred colors of the Navajo.  The word SHUSH is the Navajo word for bear.

The shoulder loop insignia was originally authorized 27 July 1973 and amended to update manufacturing drawings on 8 June 2015.