Nile C Kinnick High School
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Nile C Kinnick High School is a DoDEA high school now located in US Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. It was renamed in 1959 for Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. This school has 500 to 600 students and is about 45 km from Tokyo. Kinnick High School is commonly referred to as Yo-Hi, which originally stood for Yokosuka/Yokohama, Yokohama High, the area where most students came from.
Kinnick High School was first established in the Yamate district of Yokohama during the occupation following World War II. Then in 1952, it moved to the Honmoku district of Yokohama, close to where a former Navy Exchange used to be. In 1971, the school permanently relocated to Yokosuka.
Kinnick High School offers its students a wide variety of programs and areas of study, including culinary arts, drama, music, and AP courses.
The current principal of Kinnick High School is David Tran, and the current assistant principal is Shelly Kennedy.
Kinnick High School is an NCA accredited institution.
[edit] External links
- Kinnick High School, official website