Snohomish Senior High School
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| Snohomish Senior High School | |
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| 1316 5th Street Snohomish, Washington |
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| Principal | Diana Plumis |
| Enrollment |
1947 |
| Faculty | Gordy Brockman (asst. principal) Steve Cotterill (asst. principal) Robin Furlan (asst. principal) Lance Peters (asst. principal) Anne Tompkins (dean of students) |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1894 |
| Information | (360) 563-4000 |
| Colors Mascot |
Red and White Panther |
| Homepage | http://shs.sno.wednet.edu |
Snohomish High School is a secondary school located in the Snohomish School District, in Snohomish, Washington. SHS, built for 1200 students, contains 2144 students (as of October 2007), enrolled in grades 10-12.[1] The school serves the entire student body of Snohomish. A new high school is being built, currently planned to open in 2008.
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[edit] History
Before SHS actually opened it was first a courthouse with a small jail section underneathe. SHS first opened in 1894 at the completion of the original 'A building'. The school underwent many remodels through the 1980s, including changes to the 'B building'. These changes removed the last vestiges of 'old' Snohomish High School - making the building completely modern. Among the changes made to the B building were the removal of it's decades old fixed wooden bleachers and over-painting of many student-painted murals from the 1960s and earlier. There were also additions of music, science, and vocational buildings during this time. In an attempt to curb overcrowding, the 'C building' was constructed and opened in 1999, adding an additional ten classrooms to the school.
[edit] General information
The school is currently 253,458 square feet (23,547.0 m²) in area, plus 896 square feet (83.2 m²) per additional portable classroom. Though more than 2100 students now attend SHS, the building has a practical capacity of just over 1700 students. The school has a total of 90 classrooms.
[edit] Serpentine
The Serpentine Parade, a tradition that has been held in Snohomish for over 100 years, took place on October 7 during the 2005-2006 school year. In the 2006-2007 school year it will be held on Friday October 26th. The annual event draws crowds from the city, as every student in their school colors marches from Avenue D to the Freshman Campus, past Central Elementary and down to first street, and back to SHS on Avenue E. The parade is held just before homecoming each year.
[edit] Campus
Snohomish Senior High School consists of a complex of buildings in an open campus layout. At the South end of the campus are the A and B buildings, connected to the library via an overpass. North of the B building is the Performing Arts Center, or PAC. North of the A building is the Cafeteria and New Gym. The next building north of the PAC is the Music Building. North of the Cafeteria is the S building, where the science classes are located. North of that, near the teacher parking lot, is the C building, which is scheduled for demolition in the renovation of the school in 2009. West of the C building and North of the Music building is the V building, where the vocational and art classes meet.
The School has five double portables situated in the north end faculty parking lot while re-modeling and construction takes place. New tennis courts and south end faculty parking now run parallel to each other on 5th Street.
[edit] ASB
The school's student government is the Associated Student Body, (ASB). It should be noted that the Freshman Campus has a separate ASB and is not directly affiliated with the ASB of the senior high school.
[edit] Members
The ASB consists of:
- Members who have paid a small fee
- An executive branch consisting of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary
- A judicial branch consisting of two representatives per class
- A legislative branch consisting of elected senators (9 per class)
[edit] Duties
The ASB's purpose is to provide money to the sports, clubs, and activities of the school. It puts on assemblies, makes announcements, and runs sporting events.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] School
- Total Students: 2144 (2007)
- Average Class Size: 30 Students
- Classrooms: 90
[edit] Academic
- Annual Dropout Rate (2004-05) 3.9%
- On-Time Graduation Rate (2004-05) 87%
- Extended Graduation Rate (2004-05) 90%
[edit] Ethnic
- White: 96.6%
- Asian or Pacific Islander: 0.9%
- Hispanic: 0.9%
- African-American: 0.8%
- American Indian: 0.6%
[edit] Sports and athletics
SHS is a member of the WESCO North division of Washington State, and consistently competes near the top of its division in both boys and girls sports. The 2005-2006 season yielded two state championships for the school, one in Boys Swimming and the other in Boys Soccer.
[edit] State championships won
- 1960 Boys Cross Country
- 1965 Boys Cross Country
- 1970 Boys Basketball
- 1976 Football
- 1978 Football
- 1984 Girls Soccer
- 1984 Chess
- 1988 Girls Track
- 1995 Girls Cross Country
- 1996 Girls Cross Country
- 1997 Girls Soccer
- 1998 Baseball
- 1998 Girls Swimming
- 1999 Girls Swimming
- 2000 Boys Soccer
- 2000 Girls Swimming
- 2001 Boys Golf
- 2001 Girls Track
- 2002 Girls Cross Country
- 2002 Girls Track
- 2003 Girls Cross Country
- 2006 Boys Soccer
- 2006 Boys Swimming
- 2007 Boys Swimming
- 2008 Boys Swimming
- 2008 Baseball
Snohomish High School has been runner up to the state champions 13 times.[1]
[edit] Notable athletic alumni
- Earl Averill - Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.
- Adam Eaton - Drafted by Philadelphia Phillies. Debuted May 20, 2000.
- Jim Ollom - Former Minnesota Twins pitcher in 1966, 1967.
- Milena Flores - Former WNBA player with the Miami Sol.
- Rick Fenney-NFL RB class of 1982
- Jeff Ogden- NFL WR class of 93
- Kurt Marsh- NFL lineman drafted by Raiders
- Darrell Stubblefield - Professional boxer and alternate in the '84 Olympics
- Jon Brockman- University of Washington Basketball Player
[edit] Music
Snohomish High School has both instrumental and vocal music classes.
Concert Band, Symophonic Band and Wind Ensemble are band classes directed by Pete Wilson. The marching band (Panther Band) and Jazz band are extracurricular options for musical students.
The Concert Choir, Women's Ensemble and Crimson Singers Jazz Choir are taught by Mrs. Kathy Moore.
[edit] Choral groups
The Snohomish High School choral program is directed by Kathy Moore. The 3 groups consist of Crimson Singers (Jazz Choir), Crimson Chorale, and Women's Ensemble. The Crimson Singers have won many awards in various competitions and participate in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, as does the Snohomish Jazz I. Entrance into Crimson Singers and Women's Ensemble is by audition only. Also, Kathy Moore also directs the Jazz II group. The Crimson Singers on occasion will sing "The Star Spangled Banner" before football games.
[edit] Instrumental bands
The Snohomish High School band program is headed by director Pete Wilson. There are three curricular bands including Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble, with the latter two requiring auditions. In addition there are two jazz bands, known as Jazz I and Jazz II. Entrance into Jazz I is by audition only.
Band members may elect to perform in the extracurricular marching/pep band. During fall the band performs at football games, and at basketball games during the months of winter and early spring.
[edit] Notable Musicians
Ryan Tapert (Drummer of This Providence a multi platinum artist)
Sean Gasperetti (Guitarist/singer of This Providence)
Dan Parker (Guitarist/singer of A Change of Pace)
[edit] Clubs and activities
Snohomish High School has many clubs, with a wide variety of subjects. An incomplete list includes the following:
- Debate Team - The debate team, or club, has been around for a very short amount of years. The 2006-07 has been the team's most successful year, with 11 people going to nationals, the team taking the most degrees for NFL points in the state, as well as more than 400 trophies collected as a team throughout the competitive season.
- Philosophy Club
- Chinese, German, French, and Spanish Clubs.
- International Exchange Club
- Ping Pong Club
- The Anime Otaku Club
- Art Honor Society
- GSA - The Gay/Straight Alliance
- Within Reach - This student literary and arts magazine has been published, under various names, since at least 1906. It has previously been known as The Junior Enterprise and Beginner's Luck. A centennial edition, featuring a sampling of works by students from the past 100 years, as well as from the 2005-2006 school year, was published in May 2006. Within Reach is a recognized club of the ASB.
- Environmental Club
- Swing Dance Club (now known as the Dancing With The Stars club)
- Future Farmers of America
- Panther Band - the SHS Pep and Marching Band
- Science Club - General extracurricular science work and participation in the Science Olympiad Competition
- National Honor Society
- Hi-Q Club - Competes in the Kimberly-Clark Hi-Q competition
- SWAC - School Wide Annual Club
- Future Problem Solvers Club
- Chess team-Winning state for many years, this team coached by William Bond practices every day to learn and practice techniques and skills to further develop their game
- Ultimate Frisbee Club-A new and largely popular group, Frisbee Club offers a place for both competitive and laid-back enthusists to enjoy the sport of Ultimate. While there was at one point a "varsity" and "JV" team, these classifications have since disinigrated due to attendance, and concerns of elitism. The Frissbe Club traditionally plays every Friday rain or shine with few exceptions. The more dedicated members arrange games on other days as well. Recently a challenge against Bothel's Frisbee team was put forth in which Snohomish "won" by a significant amount. No official "win/loss" tally was kept however. The Clubs moto is "Bring The Intensity." Frissbe club also co-hosted a tournament with the Environmental club, in which money was raised to lower Carbon Dioxide emissions into the atomosphere.
- R.A.K.E. Club - "Random Acts of Kindness, Etc"
- F.B.L.A.- Future Business Leaders of America. Teaches students to be more business savvy and understand entrepreneurship and all the multi-faceted layers of business.
- STEP team-New to Snohomish this year, this dance team thrives and performs at many assemblies and basketball games.
- Dance team-A team that enjoys entertainig the school at assemblies and games and also go to Dance/Drill competitions to try to win trophies. The year of 06-07,the dance team went to state for the first time ever and got 11 place out of all the 13 hip hop teams that went!
- Game Club-A club that meets up to play Warhammer(40k), board games, and video games.
- CADD club-Founded in 2004, it is a club that meets and uses CADD software.
[edit] Marine Corps JROTC clubs
- The Unarmed Drill Team - This is also a 'zero period' class, which meets from 6:00am to 7:00am, compiled of Marine JROTC cadets who do close order drill (marching). They compete at competitions, and have a reputation for excellence, thanks to their Marine Instructor, Sergeant Major Reid B. Zachary. This team is currently commanded by the unit's S-2 Officer, Cadet Second Lieutenant Tiffany Carey.
- The Armed Drill Team - They meet the same time as the Unarmed drill team, and the only difference is they march with nine pound de-militarized M14s, which are kept in an Armory. They are also directed by the Sergeant Major. This team is commanded by the unit's Executive Officer, Cadet First Lieutenant Maggie Smelser.
- Color Guard:
- Rifle Team - The Rifle Team is an after school club where cadets shoot pellet rifles in competitions. They are directed by the Senior Marine Instructor, Colonel John Mack and is commanded by Cadet Second Lieutenant Caitlin Malarkey.
- The Cannon Crew - The cannon crew was in charge of firing the ceremonial cannon at the beginning of every home football game, and after the Snohomish team scored. This tradition came to a halt at the Homecoming game of October 2006, when the cannon blew apart, injuring members of the Cannon Crew. This incident inspired a brief internet controversy, after an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that isolated individuals had anonymously threatened to harm the family of the most severely injured crew member if the tradition is stopped because of them.
[edit] References
- ^ State Tournament History. URL accessed June 31 2006.
[edit] External links
- Snohomish High School official website
- Snohomish School District official website
- Seattle Times: School Guide
- Dance Team Myspace
- HeraldNet Prep Sports
- Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
- Boy hurt by cannon blast feels twice wounded - Carol Smith, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Class of 1988 Blog
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