| Sunrise Mountain High School | |
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| 21200 N 83rd Ave, Peoria, Arizona, United States of America |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | 'Committed to Excellence" |
| Established | 1996 |
| Principal | Jerry Nunez |
| Faculty | 100 |
| Enrollment | 1,611 students (Oct. 2010)[1] |
| Color(s) | Purple, White and Gold |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Information | 623-487-5125 |
| AIA Class | 4A Division II |
| Website | [1] |
Sunrise Mountain High School is a public secondary school located in Peoria, Arizona, United States. The high school is currently a part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1996, since which it has maintained an Excelling academic status. Currently, approximately 1,500 students are enrolled, and because of this, Sunrise Mountain is a Class 4A Division II school, as rated by the Arizona Interscholastic Association. Their mascot is the Mustang. Sunrise Mountain is considered the sixth largest high school in the Peoria Unified School District, by student population. Sunrise Mountain's sports and arts programs are referred to as the “Sunrise Mustangs”. The principal is Jerry Nuñez and vice principals include Clay Carpenter, Donna Short, and Christine Gutierrez.
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Sunrise Mountain dealt with considerable overgrowth in the early and mid-2000s. With 2,440 students by 2005, many freshmen classes were pushed out to "Frosh Island", a former elementary school. Between each period a bus would shuttle students between "Frosh Island," and the main campus so that classes such as physical education, band, advanced science, and choir could be attended by freshmen. The use of this campus was discontinued by Sunrise Mountain following the end of the 2005-2006 school year. The overpopulation problem has been relieved by the creation of Liberty High School. Liberty is now larger than Sunrise Mountain by some 50 students.
SMHS has a marching band, concert band and jazz band directed by Chris Vail. The Jazz Band competes yearly in the Northern Arizona University jazz competition. The strings program is directed by Jacob Boyd, who also plays electric guitar in the rock band Covela, and teaches strings to grades 5–8 at Coyote Hills and Desert Harbor (formerly at Apache). Since 2006 Covela has performed annual concerts with the school strings ensemble in the school auditorium. Numerous members of local bands have attended SMHS. SMHS also has the choir directed by Tanya Boehme. The Varsity choir performs at many school events and also goes to compete at Northern Arizona University. Many choir students have also competed in solo ensemble competitions.
SMHS offers many clubs for various activities. They include: DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, HOSA, JSA, CCC, Newspaper club, Yearbook club, German club, Spanish Club, Science club, Speech and Debate, NHS, and Skills USA. There have been many recent clubs getting started such as the book club, which was formed in 2007-2008. Also, the first club to be formed in the 2008-2009 school year is the Croquet Club which was started by a couple of sophomores. Another prominent club that has been around since the formation of the class, but was little known, is the Media Club. The Harry Potter Club was also founded during the 2009-2010 school year. In the 2010-2011 school year, the Anime Brigade formed for students who showed an appreciation to Japanese animation, Japanese graphic novels, and video games.
SMHS has many various types of sports in which people can try out depending on the season.[2] Sunrise Mountain Mustangs have had a long standing rivalry between fellow Peoria District school, Centennial Coyotes.
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