Hillsboro High School (Oregon)
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| Hillsboro High School | |
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| 3285 SE Rood Bridge Road Hillsboro, OR 97123 |
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| School district | Hillsboro School District 1J |
| Principal | Sloan Presidio |
| Vice principal | Olga Acuña, Anne Erwin |
| Enrollment |
1515 (2006-2007) |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Color(s) | Blue, White, and Red. |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Homepage | www.hsd.k12.or.us/hilhi |
Hillsboro High School (colloquially known as Hilhi) is a public secondary school in Hillsboro, Oregon. The school is the oldest high school in the Hillsboro School District. Rival schools are Glencoe, Century, and Liberty. The Principal is Sloan Presidio. The current campus was built beginning in 1969. Prior to this, the senior high school was located at the current J.B. Thomas Middle School, which was built in 1928. Currently 1,515 students attend Hilhi in grades 9-12. The official school colors are Blue, White and Red and the mascot is the Spartan.
The athletics and activities of the school compete as a 5A school in the Northwest Oregon Conference under the Oregon School Activities Association. Alumni include professional soccer player Tiffeny Milbrett, hall of fame coach Ad Rutschman, and former professional baseball player Bob Beall among others. Hilhi's most recent team state championship came in 2006 for boy's soccer. Additionally, the school has an ASPIRE program,[1] and offers AP and IB courses. As of 2005 the graduation rate was 84%.
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[edit] History
In 1929, Hillsboro’s first high school was completed, with additional buildings and the wings added in later years.[2] Located near downtown Hillsboro, the site was a turned into a junior high once the current campus was built beginning in 1969.[2] In 1970, the new senior high school campus opened on 48 acres on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year.[2] Students complained that the new layout that consisted of classrooms spread out over the campus instead of a single central building was a poor choice for Oregon’s rainy and cold winters.[2]
In 2003, the school, along with all schools in the district, made national news when 17 days of classes were cut from the school year which allowed students to begin summer break in May due to budget cuts to education in Oregon.[3] Teacher Don Domes won the Software Association of Oregon Foundation's Oregon Technology Educator of Year in 2004.[4] In 2006-07 school year, the school participated in the MIT-Lemelson InvenTeam program, receiving a $10,000 grant for a team of students to invent a self-installable heads-up display for automotive use.[5]
[edit] Academics
Hillsboro High School is the only school in the Hillsboro School District to offer International Baccalaureate classes as other Hillsboro schools offer AP classes.
- 2004-2005 Graduation Rate: 84.1%[6]
| Category | HHS | State | Country |
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| Critical Reading | 519 | 523 | 503 |
| Math | 528 | 529 | 518 |
| Writing | 496 | 503 | 497 |
| Percentage Tested | 46% | 55% | NA |
[edit] Athletics
- Class: 5A
- League: Northwest Oregon Conference
Mouse Davis, an early proponent of the Run and Shoot football offense, coached Hilhi to the 1973 state championship.[8] Oregon Sports Hall of Fame coach Ad Rutschman coached the baseball team from 1955 to 1968 before moving on to Linfield College.[9] Rutschman also led the Spartans to a state championship in football in 1966 with a 17-2 victory over South Salem. Since 1965, the school has used Hare Field for football, baseball, and track.[10][11]
[edit] OSAA State Championships
- Team titles[12]
- Wrestling: 1952, 1990
- Baseball: 1962 (tie), 1966, 1968, 1993
- Football: 1966, 1973
- Girls Basketball: 1979, 1980
- Girls Cross-Country: 1979
- Boys Soccer: 2006[13]
- Individual[12]
- Year | Name | Sport | Classification
| 1944 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, 120YD High Hurdles (A) | 1976 George Koch, Boys Swimming, 100YD breaststroke (3A) |
| 1945 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, 200YD Low Hurdles (A) | 1976 440YD Relay (3A) |
| 1945 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, 120YD High Hurdles (A) | 1978 Fred Nordgren, Wrestling, 191 lb (3A) |
| 1946 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, 120YD High Hurdles (A) | 1980 Thad Jensen, Wrestling, 275 lb (3A) |
| 1946 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, 200YD Low Hurdles (A) | 1980 Bill Johnson, Boys Track & Field, Pole Vault (3A) |
| 1948 Jerry Doyle, Boys Track & Field, 200YD Low Hurdles (A) | 1984 Diana Requardt, Girls Track & Field, Shot Put (3A) |
| 1952 Jerry Davis, Wrestling, 98 lb (A) | 1991 Jason Fletcher, Boys Track & Field, 300M Intermediate Hurdles (3A) |
| 1952 Del Alexander, Wrestling, 115 lb (A) | 1992 Kelly LaClaire, Boys Track & Field, High Jump (4A) |
| 1952 Duncan McInnis, Wrestling, 275 lb (A) | 1993 Warren McPherson, Wrestling, 115 lb (4A) |
| 1958 Ron Medley, Wrestling, 168 lb (A) | 1993 Jeremy Ensrud, Wrestling, 123 lb (4A) |
| 1962 Don Angevine, Boys Track & Field, High Jump (3A) | 1994 Boys Track & Field, 4x400M Relay (Bitz, Blake, Holsey, Davis) (4A) |
| **1962 Wendell Cox, Boys Cross-Country (3A) | 1995 Warren McPherson, Wrestling, 134 lb (4A) |
| 1963 Wendell Cox, Boys Track & Field, One Mile (A) | 1995 James Pfrehm, Boys Track & Field, Discus (4A) |
| 1963 Chuck Cropp, Boys Track & Field, 440YD (A) | 1996 Mark Hoxmeier, Boys Track & Field, Discus (4A) |
| 1964 John Kruesl, Wrestling, 106 lb (A) | 1996 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, 100M High Hurdles (4A) |
| 1965 Butch Rose, Wrestling, 136 lb (A) | 1997 Mark Hoxmeier, Boys Track & Field, Discus (4A) |
| 1968 Bill Guthrie, Boys Track & Field, High Jump (3A) | 1997 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, Triple Jump (4A) |
| 1973 Paul Bender, Boys Track & Field, 440YD (3A) | 1998 Derek Smith, Wrestling, 145 lb (4A) |
| 1974 Greg Parson, Wrestling, 98 lb (3A) | 1998 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, Triple Jump (4A) |
| 1974 Tracie Ranf, Girls Track & Field, Long Jump (4A) | 1998 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, 100M High Hurdles (4A) |
| 1974 Kelly Jones, Girls Track & Field, 100YD (3A) | **2001 Ryan Voge, Boys Track & Field, High Jump (4A) |
| 1974 Kelly Jones, Girls Track & Field, 400YD (3A) | 2003 Suzy Viducich, Girls Track & Field, High Jump (4A) |
| 1974 Girls Track & Field, 880YD Medley Relay (3A) | 2004 Grant Dean, Boys Track & Field, Long Jump (4A) |
| 1975 Kelly Jones, Girls Track & Field, 400YD (3A) | |
| 1975 440YD Relay (3A) | |
| 1975 One Mile Relay |
[edit] Activities
OSAA State Championships[12]
- 1993 Cheerleading (4A coed)
- 1998 Dance Drill (4A Intermediate)
- Solo Music
- 2005 Alex Wadner, Rudimental Snare Drum
- 2005 Alex Wadner, Orchestral Snare Drum
[edit] Notable graduates
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ ASPIRE High Schools in Oregon
- ^ a b c d Philpott, Betty. Hillsboro school began in one-room log cabin in 1854. Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976.
- ^ Oregon schools cutting class. CNN.com, May 24, 2003.
- ^ Blackmun, Maya. Teaching technology. The Oregonian, November 9, 2006.
- ^ MIT: High School Invention Grants: Hillsboro High School InvenTeam. Lemelson-MIT, accessed October 29, 2007.
- ^ Oregon Department of Education
- ^ Oregon Department of Education: 2007 Reportcard
- ^ Oregon Magazine: Fred Delkin: Mouse Returns to Join PSU Football Revival
- ^ Hillsboro to honor baseball coach Rutschman. The Oregonian, March 7, 2007.
- ^ McKinney, Dick. Sparts win first game at Hare. The Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976.
- ^ Gaynair, Gillian. Hillsboro thinks things will go better with Coke. The Oregonian, May 21, 1998.
- ^ a b c OSAA
- ^ National High School Coaches Association: Across the nation in high-school sports
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