Aviation High School (Seattle, Washington)

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Location
Aviation High School
615 S 200th St Des Moines, WA 98198
Information
Principal	Ms. Reba Gilman
Enrollment	Current 400
Faculty	24
Type	Aviation High School
Motto	Where the sky is not the limit.
Mascot	Phoenix
Color(s)	Black, Red, Gold
Established	2004
Homepage	http://www.aviationhs.org/

Aviation High School, located in the Highline School District, in Seattle, Washington, is an aviation and aerospace theme school and one of the Highline School District's small schools. It has a large focus on college preparatory studies. The school is opened currently to students going into the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades that live in the Pudget Sound. It was housed by South Seattle Community College. Currently there are about 360+ students in attendance.

1 Courses and other programs
2 Admission
3 Location
4 References / External links

[edit] Courses and other programs

Core classes offered are well above other schools' core classes: language arts classes up to AP Literature and Composition, math classes up to AP Calculus, science classes including Chemistry, Robotics Engineering, AP Physics, Biology, and Physical Sciences. Aviation High School offers two languages: Spanish and Japanese. The 10th grade humanities class made a website last year, www.tornbywar.org, about Southeast Asia.

Seminar-style classes offered include History of Aircraft Design, Information Technology, Aviation and the American Character, Music and Then Some, Aviation Law and Order, Economics, Aviation Business and Marketing, Introduction to Robotics, and Robotics Engineering.

In addition to academic courses, the school has a mentor program and connections to businesses, such as Boeing, local government personnel, and colleges, such as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

[edit] Admission

Admission is based on grades, 7th grade WASL scores, interest in the theme of aviation, student behavior and family. Each applicant is interviewed for 30 minutes, and must complete a 12 page application where they demonstrate their writing abilities. Parents of the students have to volunteer for 10 hours per semester. Only 100 students are accepted yearly, Although in the 07-08 year, 124 students were accepted. In many ways the process is like that of a private institution, except there is no cost.

[edit] Location

Currently, Aviation High School is located on the Olympic Interim Site, the previous (temporary) location of Mount Rainier High School. It was confirmed in January 2007 that the school would be moving there. After a minimum three years, Aviation High School will move into a new site at the Museum of Flight.