Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon)
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| Principal | Paul Cook |
| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Founded | 1929 (as Commerce High School); 1948 (as Cleveland High School) |
| Location | Portland, Oregon |
| Enrollment | 1,500(2005) |
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| Campus surroundings | Residential Urban |
| Symbol | Stenogs (1929-1948) |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| School color(s) | Green and Gold |
Cleveland High School is a high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. Its address is 3400 SE 26th Ave, Portland, OR 97202. Cleveland High School is an urban high school in the heart of inner southeast Portland. Its student body reflects the composition of the city in general, drawing approximately 1500 students who reflect the socio-economic and ethnic diversity of the Portland metropolitan area. As a four-year comprehensive high school, Cleveland is renowned for its high academic standards in all content areas, such as multiple opportunities in the performing arts (including the award-winning vocal music program with five outstanding choral ensembles).[citation needed]
This school is one of Portland's two high schools with the International Baccalaureate program. It is also one of the two high schools in the Portland Public School District to receive an A on its government "Report Card," based on its students' test and SAT scores.
Cleveland is the only Portland Public High School that continues to offer beginning journalism, photography, yearbook and newspaper opportunities during the school day, along with Human Anatomy starting in the 2007-08 school year.
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[edit] History
About 1860 an Oregon pioneer, Clinton Kelly (1808-1875), donated two acres of land to what soon became Multnomah County School District No. 2 with the stipulation that the property would always be used for education purposes or else it would revert back to his family or descendants. That land today lies between Southeast 26th and 28th Avenues, Powell Boulevard and Franklin Street. Clinton Kelly School, which was made of logs, had already been built on the property. The log structure was replaced by a simple wooden building, which was torn down in 1893 when a more substantial elementary school was built. This was done soon after School District No. 2 was annexed to Portland Public Schools.
The school was enlarged in 1910 and 1912. By 1929 the elementary students had been displaced and moved to Daniel A. Grout School on Southeast 31st Avenue and Holgate Boulevard. The empty school building then became the temporary home of the High School of Commerce, a school that has originally been located on what is now the PSU campus. The High School of Commerce was an independent high school with a focus on business. Created in 1916 as Commercial High School, its name was changed in 1917 to the High School of Commerce. In 1929, this school moved across the river to the current Cleveland High School site. In a dramatic show of transition, the High School of Commerce students marched from the old site downtown over the Ross Island Bridge, up Powell Boulevard, and into the new location. The school’s name lengthened to Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce, and in 1929 the cornerstone was laid for a new, much larger building and the former elementary school was torn down.
During the early 1920s to 1950s the school was noted for Italian, Irish, and other ethnic European immigrants making up a large percentage of its student body.
The high school, designated as a school for students pursuing business education, gradually added courses until it became a comprehensive high school in 1948. Following a reorganization of all high schools in the school district in which schools were named for notable U.S. Presidents, it was renamed for Grover Cleveland in 1948. Named for the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, it became Grover Cleveland High School.
[edit] Mascots and symbols
As Commerce High School, the symbol of the school were the Stenogs, short for Stenographers, as a homage to the school's business-oriented emphasis. The school newspaper was called The Blotter, and the annual yearbook was called The Ledger.
When the school was re-named to honor Grover Cleveland, the mascot changed too. The Stenogs were now the Indians, partly because the Portland Beavers were under the Cleveland Indians baseball club at the time. To further emphasize the mascot change, the newspaper was re-named The Tomahawk, and the yearbook was re-branded as The Legend. [1]
At the end of the 1986-87 school year, the mascot changed once again. The Indians now became the Cleveland Warriors and the newspaper was re-named The Clarion. However, the yearbook is still called The Legend today.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Phil Knight[1] - Co-Founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc.
- James "Jimmy" Heiberg - Local garbage mogul and pround boyfriend of a local 60 year old barfly who frequents Sellwood Inn.
- The Hudson Brothers musical group and television act, recorded hit song "So You Are a Star": All three brothers, including Bill Hudson (b. 1947), ex-husband of Goldie Hawn and father of Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson.
- Jaime St. James[2] - lead singer of Warrant, former lead singer of Black 'n' Blue
[edit] Pop Culture
- In 2005, Cleveland High School was the setting for the music video for 16 Military Wives by local indie rock band The Decemberists.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Knight in Shining Armor? (HTML). OregonLive.com. Advance Publications (2005). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ Walker, David (June 11, 2003). Heavy Metal Half-Life (HTML). Willamette Week (online). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ 365 DAYS, 52 WEEKS, 12 MONTHS, 1 SCENE (HTML). WWeek.com (2005). Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
