Sitka High School
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| Sitka High School |
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| Established | 1940s |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Howard Wayne |
| Students | 400 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Sitka, Alaska USA |
| Campus | Open |
| Mascot | Wolves |
| Website | http://shs.ssd.k12.ak.us/ |
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Sitka High School (abbreviated SHS) is the principle high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Sitka and the Sitka School District.
The school's student body is primarily composed of Caucasians, Alaskan Natives, and Asian-Pacific Islanders.
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[edit] Academics
Three Advanced Placement courses are offered: A/P Statistics, A/P Calculus, and A/P Human Geography.
Howard Wayne is the current principal and Joe Robidou is the current vice principal.
[edit] Extracurriculars
Sitka High School's sports teams are known as the Sitka Wolves with female teams sometimes known as the Lady Wolves with all teams competing at the 4A level of interscholastic competition in Alaska (as dictated by the Alaska School Activities Association), the highest level of competition available in the state — for schools with an enrollment greater than 400. In the spring of 2006 the School School Board narrowly voted down (3-2) a proposal to move Sitka High School down to a 3A level for all interscholastic activities. SHS's traditionally most successful sports are softball, baseball, swimming, and wrestling with the former two claiming state championships in the 2004-2005 school year and with baseball and swimming claiming championships in the 2005-2006 school year. So far in the 2006-2007 school year boys swimming has claimed another state championship. SHS is also renowned for its competitive drama, debate, forensics (DDF) team, which has multiple state championships under its belt including a forensics state championship in 2005-2006, and its music program and jazz band, which has taken awards at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and Columbia Basin Jazz Festival.
Sitka High's traditional rivals consist of the boarding school Mt. Edgecumbe High School which is also located in Sitka (across the O'Connell Bridge on Japonski Island), and its 4A southeast rivals Juneau-Douglas High School and Ketchikan High School.
As of 2006, the school has an enrollment of just over 400 students making it the third largest high school per enrollment in Southeast Alaska behind Ketchikan High School and Juneau-Douglas High School, the 21st largest in Alaska, and the smallest of the 21 4A classified schools in the state.
[edit] Sitka High School Auditorium
The Sitka High School Auditorium is a performing arts facility currently being constructed to the high school and will be the community's first fully-dedicated, multi-disciplinary performing arts facility.
