Ketchikan High School

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Ketchikan High School (Kayhi)
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Larry Eklund
Students	560
Grades	9–12
Location	Ketchikan, Alaska USA
Campus	Open
Mascot	King Salmon
Website	http://www.kgbsd.org/khs/khs.htm

Ketchikan High School, often referred to as Kayhi, is the primary high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Ketchikan and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District.

1 Extracurriculars
2 Academics
3 Graduation requirements
4 Student life
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Extracurriculars

Ketchikan High School's primary rivals in sports are Juneau-Douglas High School and Sitka High School. Ketchikan's mascot is the Kings (in reference to a king salmon) and the Kayhi girls' teams are known as the Lady Kings.

[edit] Academics

Kayhi offers a variety of vocational and Advanced Placement classes. It has an automotive program, a welding class, a large maritime program and offers AP opportunities in English, science, mathematics, and history.

[edit] Graduation requirements

To graduate from Ketchikan High School, one must acquire the following credits:

22 credits total (.5=1 semester)
4 English
3 Mathematics
3 Science
3 History (American government required senior year)
7 Electives (art, photography, foreign languages, etc.)
.5 Health (usually taken freshmen year)
.5 Alaska Studies (as of 2006 — usually taken freshmen year)
.5 Careers (usually taken sophomore year)
.5 P.E. (usually taken sophomore year)

Other requirements:

Finish and pass a completed Alaska job application
Complete 100 hours of community service or a paid job (you cannot work for your family unless discussed with guidance counselor)
Pass the High School Qualifying Exams (HSGQE)

[edit] Student life

Kayhi has roughly 560 students, many of which know one another at least by appearance if not by name given the small size of the school. There is a low student-teacher ratio and many teachers enthusiastically organize events to boost student morale. Every Friday (or at the end of a school week) there is a "Friday Special" which entertains students during lunch time. Music is played during the beginning of lunch, a teacher or student introduces the activities of the day's special, and then there is the actual special activity. Some of the specials are knock offs of game shows such as Fear Factor. There have also been other ideas such as a "dance off" where students, and teachers performed dances for the student body, juggling exhibitions, "most outrageous dress" competitions and a contest to see who could fold a paper airplane and fly it the farthest. And, like many high schools, a "Pep Assembly" is normally held in order to raise school spirit in preparation for an upcoming sporting event, such as the Clark Cochrane Christmas Classic, which is a basketball tournament held every year at Kayhi in honor of Clark Cochrane. The tournament brings in students and basketball teams from around the U.S., Canada, and even Australia.