Kamiak High School
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Kamiak High School was opened in Mukilteo, Washington in September of 1993. The school was built to handle overflow population from the overcrowded Mariner High School, which at the time was the only high school serving the Mukilteo School District.
After a dispute between district communities over which would provide Kamiak its student population, the Junior class at Mariner High School voted to remain at the school for their Senior year, leaving the then Sophomore class to open Kamiak High School as Juniors. Kamiak had no Senior class during its debut year. 1993 and the opening of Kamiak also marked a change in class distribution in the Mukilteo School District, with Freshman classes attending Kamiak and Mariner. Previously the Freshman classes attended the District's Junior High Schools.
The first graduating class from Kamiak (the class of 1995) chose its colors - purple, silver, and white - along with its mascot, a knight. Other suggestions at the time were the Kamiak Ferries (named from the ferry service between Mukilteo and Whidbey Island), and the Kamiak Jaguars.
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[edit] Academic Statistics
As of 2003, enrollment at Kamiak High School was 2,064 students. For the 2003/2004 school year, Kamiak exceeded state averages in the Washington Assessment for Student Learning (WASL) in all subjects (Math, Reading, and Writing). Budgeted expenditures per student in the 2003/2004 school year were $7,344.
[edit] Facilities
Kamiak hosts over 60 classrooms, a physical education complex with two separate gymnasiums and a weight room, a half-Olympic sized swimming pool complex, a Performing Arts Center, six tennis courts, a softball field, soccer field, football field, track facilities, and the school's East Campus, which houses science and math rooms as well as the "Multi-Purpose Room," which is modeled as a third gymnasium and used as a secondary cafeteria.
[edit] Special Events
At its completion, Kamiak was the most expensive public secondary school ever built, at a cost of $54 million. This lasted three years until its record was broken by a school in Atlanta, Georgia. Kamiak retook the record after the additional East Campus was built at a cost of $8 million.
In 2002, the Kamiak High School Show Band under the direction of Brian Steves marched in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The band has also marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland. 2005-2006 New Years, the Kamiak Showband went to Paris, France. The Kamiak Show Band also holds numerous honors including taking the Sweepstakes Award (1st) at State Championship in 2005 and 2006. The Kamiak Colorguard & Winterguard has also recently taken 1st Place at the NWPA Championships for the 2006 Season. As of the 2006-2007 school year, Mr. Steves has decided to dedicate his work at Kamiak to the school's award winning orchestras and symphonies. Kamiak High School staff, students, and parents have since welcomed Toby Bathurst to the music program as he now heads the school's concert bands as well as the school's award winning Kamiak Show Band.
In August 2002, a group of Kamiak High School Drama students performed an adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the annual International Fringe Festival held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The show received 4 out of 5 stars for their performance. Kamiak was one of 25 American schools selected to perform at the festival and only one of two to be located west of the Mississippi River. In June 2005, the Kamiak Spring Musical Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert and Sullivan, was pronounced the "Best Musical Show" in the entire state of Washington by Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.
On June 3, 2005, Kamiak held a world-record breaking waterballoon fight, coordinated by then ASB Vice President Billy Johnson, with 10,850 balloons and 1,093 people. However, this record has since been broken.
[edit] Clubs and activities
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[edit] Trivia
The rising rock band, The Fall of Troy consists of all members from the Mukilteo area, who all went to Kamiak High School.
[edit] References
- ^ a b This club has recently become inactive.
- ^ A club devoted to environmentalism
- ^ Knights in Action is commonly abbreviated KIA, this club works in conflict mediation and anti-drug promotion, among other things.
- ^ Sandscript publishes a complement of student’s artistic and creative writing submissions yearly.
- ^ Viscom works with Visual Communications.
