| Edmonds-Woodway High School | |
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There are two kinds of people in this world: Warriors and those who wish they were!
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| Edmonds, Washington, USA | |
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| Type | Public (magnet) Secondary School |
| Established | 1990 |
| School district | Edmonds School District |
| Principal | Michelle Trifunovic |
| Faculty | 200 |
| Grades | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,822 (2006) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Purple & Green |
| Mascot | The Warrior |
| Website | http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/ewhs/site |
Edmonds-Woodway High School is one of five high schools in the Edmonds School District in Edmonds, Washington, USA. It serves students in grades 9-12.
Principal Michelle Trifunovic, and assistant principals Geoff Bennett and Rob Johnson, are the current administrative leadership team. Trifunovic replaced Edmonds-Woodway's long term principal, Alan Weiss, who retired in 2007.
The school's schedule was changed for the 2009-2010 school year. It is based on a 100-minute, 3-period block schedule, consisting of 1st, 3rd, and 5th periods on Monday and Wednesday and 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods on Tuesday and Thursday. On Friday, students go to all six classes for roughly 50 minutes each. This schedule was modeled on the one used by Edmonds Woodway's rival school in the same district, Meadowdale High School. The school follows a semester schedule.
The school's mascot is the Warrior.
Edmonds-Woodway was formed when Edmonds High School and Woodway High School, neighboring schools with a traditional rivalry, merged in 1990. The school used the old Woodway High School building until construction began on a new building to house the school. The new building has good public access, across from Swedish Edmonds Hospital, at the intersection of 76th Avenue and 212th St., close to Highway 99. The school is also accessible off 220th St., near exit 179 off El Camino Road. The new building opened in the fall of 1998, receiving several regional and national awards, including the 1990 Masonry Institute of Washington's Masonry Excellence Award, for the use of masonry throughout the project, as well as the prestigious national annual design award of the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International [1] for the 1999 year, the James D. MacConnell Award for outstanding new educational facilities serving the needs of students, staff, and the community, and facilitating student achievement.[2] Bassetti Architects of Seattle was the architectural firm for the new building.
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Edmonds-Woodway has the largest Deaf student population in the Edmonds School District, due to special programs offered. A number of Deaf students attend from surrounding school districts, who may decide to contract with ESD for their students to attend the EWHS program in cases where they cannot offer a comprehensive program to meet the needs of their Deaf students. Because of the presence of the Deaf student program and its resources, Edmonds-Woodway also offers a highly regarded ASL language program. American Sign Language is the language used by the Deaf community in the United States. Four years of instruction in ASL are offered to Hearing students at Edmonds-Woodway, who can take ASL in fulfillment of the World Languages requirement for high school graduation. Some students continue on to careers as Deaf Interpreters or as DHH Teachers (Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Nearby Shoreline Community College offers a two-year training program for Deaf Interpreters.
Edmonds-Woodway is currently ranked as the # 318 high school [1] in America, by Newsweek Magazine. The school hosts the only International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme in the Edmonds School District, which is one of only eight in the state of Washington to do so. The Edmonds-Woodway IB program is one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest, with 600 IB-enrolled students and 60 full-IB Diploma graduates in 2009. Because of enrollment limitations in this popular and valuable program, in-district students whose home high school is not Edmonds-Woodway may participate in the program only as full-IB program students. Students whose home high school is Edmonds-Woodway may participate as partial-IB students (Certificate Candidates), taking IB classes they choose. Many Certificate Candidates take IB tests in several IB subject diplomas. These subject diplomas may qualify them for advanced placement in college coursework.
In 2009, Edmonds-Woodway student Sally Chu was named as the school's first US Presidential Scholar.[2] In 2005, the school boasted 8 National Merit Scholar Finalists, the most of any high school in the state. In 2006, 94% of the tenth graders met or exceeded reading standards on the standardized test, the WASL. 67% met or exceeded math standards.[3] That same year, the Edmonds-Woodway Deaf Academic Bowl Team competed for the first time. It was the first team in the history of the Academic Bowl to win a Regional competition their first year.
Edmonds-Woodway's Associate Student Body organizes events, and dances. There are 8 ASB officers including a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, clubs officer, publicity officer, historian, and technology officer. Additionally, each grade has their own set of officers; the seniors with 8 and the other two grades with 6. Throughout the year, ASB sponsors events such as Homecoming, Winter Wishes, and Spring Fling. Edmonds-Woodway is widely recognized for their Homecoming activities, surpassing the other schools in the district as far as spirit and festivities during the Homecoming season. Sherri Webster, has been the Activities Coordinator for 14 years but starting in the 2010-2011 school year, Becky Kern will take over.
Edmonds-Woodway hosts the Edmonds School District Stadium, which is the home field for all high schools in the Edmonds School District. EW's traditional in-district athletics rival is Meadowdale High School. The school has seen success recently in its football, undefeated for two seasons in a row before going 8-3 in the 2008 season, thus effectively ending the streak. The team has also made it to the state semi-finals in both 2006 and 2007.[4] Most recently, the men's tennis team took 3rd in state and first in men's doubles in 2008. In addition, girl's volleyball, girl's tennis, and men's basketball programs, have either have made, advanced deeply or even won state tournaments in the past five years. The girl's basketball team took 5th in state in 2010.
Edmonds-Woodway's music program is best known for its Jazz Ensemble I. The ensemble is well-known throughout the greater Seattle area, and has been accepted into the Essentially Ellington jazz festival on three occasions, in 2003, 2007, and 2010. The band also participates yearly in Moscow, Idaho at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, and has supported winning Jazz combos several times. In 2009 they were invited to take part in the Swing Central jazz festival in Savannah, Georgia.
Edmonds-Woodway also supports three concert bands - the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony, which requires audition. Choirs include Bel-Canto, for all students interested in choir, and Mello-Aires, a small ensemble with audition required, which performs and competes. However, Mello-Aires has been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns Orchestral groups include Symphonic Orchestra, for grades 9-12, and Chamber Orchestra, a small group chosen by audition. For selected concerts, Full Orchestra includes advanced wind and percussion players from the Wind Symphony group. One academic music course is also offered: IB Music, music theory and music history for instrumental performers (although this class has also been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns/low enrollment)
On the first Saturday each December, the Parent Music Boosters hold a holiday craft fair. Held in the Great Hall since 1993, this is a fundraiser for the music program. Over 60 crafters participate, with a review committee choosing varied holiday arts and crafters from applications. Student groups from the orchestra, choir and wind programs perform, and many music students also volunteer.
Held every year in May, the dance is set entirely to live swing music, mostly from the 1920s to 1950s. The school's two jazz bands perform, as well as the College Place Middle School jazz band and Madrona Middle School's jazz band. Nearly all five hours of the dance are live music, with a half-hour of professional swing dancing lessons held before the dance. Swing dance lessons are generally offered after school once a week beginning a month before the dance to help students prepare. The dance is open to the public.
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