Union High School (Camas, Washington)

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Union High School

Address
6201 NW Friberg-Strunk Street
Camas, Washington, USA
Information
School district Evergreen Public School District
Principal Brian Grimsted
Students ~1,300
Type Public
Mascot Titan
Color(s)      Red      Black      Silver
Established 2007
Homepage UHS Edline or Evergreen Public Schools: UHS

Union High School is an American public high school in Camas, Clark County, Washington. Founded in 2007, Union is the newest school in the Evergreen Public School District. The campus was completed in July 2007.[1] Union High School's principal is Brian Grimsted. Union's school colors are Black, Silver, and Red. The school's mascot is the Titan.

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[edit] About

Union opened in the fall of 2007 to an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students consisting of only freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. With the admittance of seniors in the next year the student population is expected to be around 1,800. It is the fourth high school built in the Evergreen School District — Evergreen High School was the first, Mountain View High School was second, and Heritage High School was the third. The four high schools share one football stadium, McKenzie Stadium, which is adjacent to Evergreen High School.

The school and campus were developed with the concept of utilizing contemporary educational technology.[1]. The design collaboration for the school won it a 2007 Community Development Department Community Pride Design award.[1] Development of the school was partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[1]

[edit] Campus

The Union High School Campus has five different buildings which represent the four different academic academies and the Student Commons. The five campus buildings are: The Leadership and Business (100), The Engineering and Environmental Sciences Building (200), International Studies and Athetics Building (300), The Visual and Performing Arts Building (400), and the Student Union (500). Each building excluding the Student Union contains the basic core classes including a math class, a general science class and english class. Each building also contains specialty classes specific to that building.

Every classroom throughout all the buildings have a common set of technology resources installed, including a video projector, a document camera, and speech amplification system for teachers.[1]

Union High School also features wireless hot spots which cover the entire campus. Though the system is not currently operational, in the future Union principal Brian Grimstead hopes that students will bring laptops and other Wi-fi devices to school and using the Campus Wi-fi system connect to their student district computer account, and access school computer resources, to work on school assignments without the need to check into a school computer lab.

[edit] Academics

Union follows the Small Learning Communities model of education. Students may chose a thematic focus community which have up to 400 students. Each community shares the same teachers for two years.[1] SLC's at Union include:

  • Engineering and Environmental Sciences
  • International Studies
  • Visual and Performing Arts
  • Leadership and Business

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gilmore, Jodie. "Union High School showcases tech-education", Vancouver Business Journal, 2007-10-26. Retrieved on 2008-02-21. 

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