Snohomish High School

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Snohomish High School
Address
1316 5th Street
Snohomish, Washington, 98290
United States
Coordinates 47°55′08″N 122°06′00″W / 47.91889°N 122.10000°W / 47.91889; -122.10000Coordinates: 47°55′08″N 122°06′00″W / 47.91889°N 122.10000°W / 47.91889; -122.10000
Information
Type Public
Established 1894
Principal Beth Porter
Assistant principals Greg Barker
Gordy Brockman
Anne Tompkins
Enrollment 2073
Information (360) 563-4000
Colors
Mascot		 Red and white
Panther
Website School website

Snohomish High School is a secondary school located in the Snohomish School District, in Snohomish, Washington, United States. SHS, built for 1200 students, contains 1797 9th–12th graders (as of 2009–10).[1] The school serves primarily those students living north of the Snohomish River. Glacier Peak High School, which opened September 4, 2008, serves primarily those students living south of the Snohomish River.

History

Before SHS actually opened it was first a courthouse with a small jail section underneath. 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 its 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.

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.

Serpentine

The Serpentine Parade is a Homecoming tradition that has been held in Snohomish for 50 years.[2] The annual event draws crowds from the city, as every Snohomish High School 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 the Friday afternoon of homecoming each year.

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. A and B building used to be connected via an overpass, but the overpass was removed during the summer of 2009 during the A building renovation. North of the B building was the Performing Arts building, or PAC, but it was demolished. A new Performing Arts building is currently under construction on the same section of campus the old PAC stood on. North of the A building is the Cafeteria and New Gym. Attached to the west side of the New Gym is the new Auxiliary Gym. North of that, near the teacher parking lot, is the C building, which is scheduled for demolition in the renovation of the school in 2010. Just West of the New Gym is the brand-new "D" building which houses many classes ranging from art to science to math to auto mechanics. Originally West of the C building and North of the Music building was the V building, where the vocational and art classes met, but it was demolished in the summer of 2008 to make room for D building and additional staff parking. The interior of A building was torn out and renovated during the summer of 2009, and is now complete with the Main and Counseling offices (originally situated in A building before the renovation) moved into B building.

New tennis courts and south end faculty parking now run parallel to each other on 5th Street.

ASB

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)

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.

Statistics

School

  • Total Students: 1797 (2009)
  • Average Class Size: 30 Students
  • Classrooms: 90

Academic

  • Annual Dropout Rate (2004–05) 3.9%
  • On-Time Graduation Rate (2004–05) 87%
  • Extended Graduation Rate (2004–05) 90%

Ethnic

  • White: 96.6%
  • Asian or Pacific Islander: 0.9%
  • Hispanic: 0.9%
  • African-American: 0.8%
  • American Indian: 0.6%

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 2007–08 season yielded two state championships for the school, one in boys' Swimming and the other in boys' baseball. Snohomish's Biggest high school rivalry is in football against Lake Stevens High School.

State championships won

  • Baseball (1998, 2008)
  • Basketball, Boys' (1970)
  • Chess (1984)
  • Cross Country, Boys' (1960, 1965)
  • Cross Country, Girls' (1995, 1996, 2002, 2003)
  • Football (1976, 1978)
  • Golf, Boys' (2001, 2009)
  • Debate (2012, 2013)
  • Soccer, Boys' (2000, 2006)
  • Soccer, Girls' (1984, 1997)
  • Swimming, Boys' (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Swimming, Girls' (1998, 1999, 2000)
  • Track, Girls' (1988, 2001, 2002)

[3]

Music

Snohomish High School has both instrumental and vocal music classes.

Concert Band, Symophonic Band and Wind Ensemble are band classes. The marching band (Panther Band) and Jazz band are extracurricular options for musical students, although Panther band is required for Freshman coming into band.

The Concert Choir, Women's Ensemble and Crimson Singers Jazz Choir are the vocal music classes.

Choral groups

The Snohomish High School choral program consists of Crimson Singers (Jazz Choir), Women's Ensemble, and Concert Choir. The Crimson Singers 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. The Crimson Singers on occasion will sing "The Star Spangled Banner" before football games.

Instrumental bands

The Snohomish High School band program is 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.

Clubs and activities

Snohomish High School has many clubs, with a wide variety of subjects. An incomplete list includes the following: Anime, Arrowhead (school newspaper), Art Honor Society, Cheerleading, Chess, Dance, Drama, Debate & Speech, Environmental, Frisbee, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Farmers of America, Future Problem Solvers Gay/Straight Alliance, International Exchange, JROTC, Language (Chinese, French, German Spanish), National Honor Society Panther Band, Philosophy, Ping Pong, Science, Sign Language, Swing Dance, Anime Otaku club, League of Legends, Dungeons and Dragons, and Pinterest.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "SHS :: Home". Shs.sno.wednet.edu. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-11-01. 
  2. ↑ "Serpentine_09". Snohomishtimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01. 
  3. ↑ "State Tournament History". Retrieved July 1, 2006. 

External links

WIAA Northwest District 1 (Web)
 
AA-AAAA Classifications
 
4A Conferences
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