Sehome High School

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Sehome High School
'Spiritus Vadum Permaneo
This Spirit Will Forever Last


School type Public
Established 1966
District Bellingham School District
Grades 9-12
Principal Phyllis Textor
Faculty 53 (2004-05)
Staff 31 (2004-05)
Students 1026 (2004-05)
Colors Green & Gold
Mascot Mariners
ASB Pres. Tim Petryni/Hannah O'Neil(2006-07)
Newspaper None
Yearbook Windjammer
Location 2700 Bill McDonald Parkway
Bellingham, WA 98225
Information (360) 676-6481
Website http://wwwshs.bham.wednet.edu


Sehome High School, the home of the Mariners, is a public school and a part of the Bellingham School District in Washington, United States. Sehome High serves students mainly from the southern end of the City of Bellingham.

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[edit] History

  • September 1966: School Opens with only Junior, Sophomore, and Freshmen classes. Alma mater and fight song created [1].
  • June 1968: The first ever Sehome graduates leave Sehome.
  • September 1968: Sehome switches for semester to trimester based scheduling.
  • September 1972: Groundwork laid for Sehome computer network.
  • September 1985: Received technology grant and bond and created computer writing lab with 250 computers.
  • April 2000: Culminating Project instituted under Principal Jim Kistner
  • In 2006 local comedian of Washington state Galen Watts attended sehome only to leave less than six months later he was reported as "that guy with the hair"

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Notable Students And Up-And-Coming Big Names

  • Kate McCracken- Up-And-Coming Film Actress
  • James McCarter- Up-And-Coming Film Actor/Singer

[edit] External links