Pasco High School

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Pasco High School, located at 1108 N. 10th Avenue in Pasco, Washington, is the largest high school in the Tri-Cities of Washington. Its mascot is the Bulldog and its colors are purple and white. Pasco High has a very diverse student body and a strong football program, but is challenged by low tax revenues and overcrowding, due to it being the only public high school in the city of Pasco.

In 2006, the voters of Pasco approved a $90 million+ bond to construct a new high school on Argent and Road 84 to ease the overcrowding of Pasco High. The new school, named Chiawana High School, is scheduled to be completed in 2009 along Argent Street, leaving the current students to remain in an overcrowded building. In the mean time, the school has turned the old Captain Gray Elementary School, located at 1102 N. 10th Avenue into an annex, where a majority of freshman classes are held. Additionally, the school makes use of over 50 portable classrooms.

[edit] Academics

Due to the quantity of relatively poor families in Pasco, college is a difficult option for some students and Pasco High School has programs to train these students in various occupational areas. One of these is the "Bulldog House" where students help build a house in the community and sell it, with the proceeds going towards next year's house and various scholarships. Still, students have consistently been accepted to top tier schools such as Harvard, Columbia University, West Point, Cornell, and The Johns Hopkins University.

One avenue pursued to overcome prejudice and inequity in the Hispanic community has been the pursuit of academic excellence and participation in the Hispanic Academic Achievers Program (HAAP) where students and families are recognized annually for the student maintaining a 3.0 or greater GPA. Senior HAAP members also apply for substantial scholarships to college and act as role models to younger siblings making it possible for the next generation to be even more competitive in America.

[edit] Athletics

The football team won the state championship in 1998, 2000, and 2003, and followed it up with a conference championship the following year. The Bulldogs were ranked 27th in the nation^{[citation needed]} and had a twenty-seven game win streak during this period before losing in 2001 in the state championship versus cross-state rival Kentwood High School. Football in Pasco has been a sport of unity in the community. Games at Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium are viewed as social and community building events. Other Pasco sports teams have seen great success as well, including recent state championships in golf and men's soccer. The men's and women's basketball teams have seen success as well.

Pasco High School's Boys Soccer Team has also been extremely successful. They have won two state championships in 1999 and 2007. The team has been ranked as high as 3rd in the nation (1999) and 4th in 2007. They have made the playoffs for 14 straight years.

Boys Basketball won a state title in 1947. [1]