Sunset High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

Sunset High School
Address
Mailing address only (school is located
within the city of Beaverton, Oregon):
13840 NW Cornell Road
Portland, Oregon, (Washington County) 97229
United States
Coordinates 45°31′43″N 122°49′12″W / 45.528478°N 122.820067°W / 45.528478; -122.820067Coordinates: 45°31′43″N 122°49′12″W / 45.528478°N 122.820067°W / 45.528478; -122.820067
Information
Type Public
Opened January 1959
School district Beaverton School District
Principal John Huelskamp[1]
Grades 9–12
Number of students 2123[2]
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Purple and white   [1]
Athletics conference OSAA 6A-2 Metro League
Team name Apollos
Website Official school website

Above: Sunset High School in 2015
Below: The west side of the school in 2009

Sunset High School is a public high school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It opened in 1959 and is the second-oldest of six high schools in the Beaverton School District. Sunset's athletic teams are known as the Apollos.[1]

History

The school opened in January 1959, initially with freshman and sophomore students only,[3] adding juniors in the fall and its first senior class in September of 1960.[4]

Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke at a student-organized mock Democratic Convention held at Sunset High School on May 17, 1968,[5][6] less than three weeks before his assassination on June 5.

Location

Campus map

Sunset High School is located in the predominantly unincorporated area known as Cedar Mill. Although it has always had a Portland street address, it has never actually been within the city of Portland proper. From 1959 to 1999, the school property was unincorporated land in Washington County, but in 1999 the Sunset High School grounds (including the adjacent swimming pool) were annexed by the city of Beaverton.[7][8] Nevertheless, as of 2015 the school's mailing address remains a "Portland" address, as is the case for all of Cedar Mill.

Demographics

The school's marching band in 2007

As of 2013-14, 59% of students are white, 17% Hispanic or Latino, 15% Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% African American, 1% American Indian, and 7% other. The 2013-14 enrollment was 1,954. The Oregon Report Card overall rating was Level 4.

Academics

In 1983, Sunset High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[9]

In 2008, 84% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 498 students, 409 graduated, 59 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 25 were still in high school in 2009.[10][11]

Academic achievement

Over the years, several students have placed highly in prestigious competitions such as the Intel Science Talent Search, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, the International Model United Nations Association, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Google Science Fair, the National Speech and Debate Association, the National History Bee and Bowl, and the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oregon School Activities Association: Sunset High School OSAA. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ "OSAA Classifications and Districts". OSAA. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Morrison, Wilma (December 28, 1958). "Shuffling of Districts, Changing of Curricula Seen for Schools". The Sunday Oregonian, p. 26.
  4. ↑ "School Bell Rings Again; Record Enrollments Expected". The Oregonian, September 6, 1960, p. 29.
  5. ↑ "RFK Draws Youth Cheers". The Oregonian, May 18, 1968, p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Student Mock Convention Hears Kennedy" (photos). The Oregonian, May 18, 1968, Section 2, p. 4.
  7. ↑ City of Beaverton Ordinance 4042, passed March 31, 1999.
  8. ↑ Bruce, Virginia (January 2007). "Beaverton in Cedar Mill". The Cedar Mill News. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  9. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF).
  10. ↑ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  12. ↑ Baker, Jeff (April 30, 2014). "17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  13. ↑ About Tommy Thayer. Official website of Tommy Thayer. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  14. ↑ Vondersmith, Jason (August 22, 2013). "Local guitar hero". Portland Tribune. p. B1. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  15. ↑ Apalategui, Eric (June 30, 2015). "Sunset High grad crowned Miss Oregon". Beaverton Valley Times. Pamplin Media Group. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
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