Hunter High School

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For the high school in New York City, see Hunter College High School.

Hunter High School is a large public high school located at 4200 South 5600 West West Valley City, Utah. It was opened in 1990 with its first graduating class graduating in 1991. During the first school year (1990-1991), the enrollment was below capacity, largely due to the fact that seniors and juniors (classes of '91 and '92, respectively) were allowed to choose whether to come to Hunter or complete their high school education at their current schools.

The current enrollment is 2250. The current principal is Maile Loo.

Hunter High belongs to the Granite School District.

1 Academics
2 Athletics
- 2.1 Boys
- 2.2 Girls
3 Notable alumni
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Academics

Hunter high offers a broad range of scholastic disciplines ranging from core classes (English, Math, the Sciences, Foreign Languages, etc) to art/trade classes (Auto Mechanics, Electronics, Photography, Video Productions, Drama, etc.). Hunter High School is highly regarded for its wide array of foreign language classes. Students have the option of studying Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, ASL, and Latin. Hunter is one of only four schools in Utah and one of two in the Granite School District to offer the IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma Programme (the other being Skyline High School). Hunter also offers a wide array of off-campus programs ranging from Travel and Tourism to Aviation to Home Building. Many of these courses are provided in conjunction with Salt Lake Community College

[edit] Athletics

Hunter High's mascot is the Wolverine and the school's colors are navy, silver, and white. The mascot and school colors were selected by a student vote prior to the school opening, from among a number of alternatives (including the Knights and the Hunters) previously chosen by an ad hoc committee of prospective students. Michigan's uniform colors were among some of the various color-combination suggestions (which also included hunter green and white) considered by the ad hoc committee, but most members of the committee voted against the colors because of neighboring Cyprus High School's colors of blue and gold. The school colors of Navy, Silver, and White were eventually selected. Also of note is that the school's fight song is the same as The University of Michigan's. All of this can be attributed to the number of UM fans that were on that first football team.

In their first year of competition, Hunter's Football team was held winless but turned their fortunes around the next year and made it to the "turf" (a reference to the playing surface that was installed at the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium which hosts the state high school playoffs). Hunter's football team has had repeated success ever since with its run-first offense which, as a result, has given Hunter the nickname of "Tail Back High". In 2003, Hunter's football team won their first state championship. As of the end of the 2005 season, Hunter's overall record is 123-56 and has only twice finished a season under .500 (1990 and 1994)

Like the football team, the basketball team was held winless in its first season. 2003 saw Hunter's Boys Basketball and Hockey teams winning championships. The Drill Team (The Silhouettes) have twice taken state honors in both 1997 and 1998 and the Boys Swimming team took the 1998 Championship.

In the first season of competition, one of the only sports to perform well was the Boys Soccer team, which made it to the state playoff game, which it lost.

Hunter participates in the following sports: