Peninsula High School

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Peninsula High School
Home of the Seahawks
School type	Public
Established	1947
Principal	Grant Hosford
Students	1461 (2006-2007)[1]
Mascot Colors	Seahawk Green & White
Location	14105 Purdy Dr NW Gig Harbor, WA 98332
Information	(360) 857-3530
Website	http://phs.psd401.net/

Peninsula High School is a public high school located in Purdy, directly north of the city limits of Gig Harbor, Washington. It is built on a hill overlooking Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon.

Contents 1 History 2 Athletics 3 Programs, clubs, and activities 3.1 The Peninsula Outlook 3.2 KGHP-FM 4 Notable alumni 5 External links

[edit] History

Peninsula High School was founded in 1947 in its current location. At the time it was the only high school serving Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula. After Gig Harbor High School was founded in 1978 in Gig Harbor, 4 miles to the south, students living south of Peninsula High School, in Gig Harbor, and Fox Island attended the new high school.

[edit] Athletics

Peninsula has many sports and club sports including, Baseball, Boys & Girls Basketball, Cross Country, Fastpitch, Football, Girls Bowling, Golf, Boys & Girls Soccer, Boys & Girls Swim & Dive, Boys & Girls Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Wrestling. [2]

[edit] Programs, clubs, and activities

Peninsula has many clubs and organizations including ASB, ASL Leadership, Band, Cheerleading, Chess Club, Choir, DECA, Debate, Dignity Club, Drama, Drivers Education, Environmental Club, FBLA, GSA, Honor Society, Key Club, KGHP (High School Radio Station), Knowledge Bowl, Math Club, Newspaper (The Peninsula Outlook), Phoenix Literary Magazine, Photo Club, Science Club, Speech and Debate, Sports Information Club, TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use), TEAM (Teens Empowered Against Meth), Teens For Life, Trap Shooting, Varsity Club, and Yearbook. [3]

[edit] The Peninsula Outlook

• The Peninsula Outlook

[edit] KGHP-FM

• KGHP-FM

[edit] Notable alumni

• Doris Brown (1960) - Inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1990. Second female inducted into United States Track Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999. Inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 2002.
• Paul Skansi (1979)[4] - played 8 seasons in the National Football League with the Seattle Seahawks
• Tom Sinclair, 1979 NCAA Javelin Champion, and state high school javelin record holder

[edit] External links

• Peninsula High School
• The Peninsula Outlook
• The Faces of Outlook
• The Outlook eBloggy
• Outlook Video
• KGHP-FM
• Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 47.386958° -122.624036°
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