Henry M. Jackson High School

Henry M. Jackson High School
Location
Mill Creek, Washington
Information
Type	Public
Established	1994
School district	Everett School District
Principal	Terry Cheshire
Grades	Freshman-Senior
Number of students	2,000+
Campus type	High school (a donut-shaped main building with an additional wing, two gyms and separate portables)
Color(s)	Green and Black
Athletics	Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)
Athletics conference	WesCo South 4A
Mascot	Timberwolf
Team name	Timberwolves
Website	http://www.everett.k12.wa.us/jacksonhigh

Henry M. Jackson High School is a public high school in Mill Creek, Washington. Construction of the school was completed in 1994 by the Everett School District, and it is named after the late U.S. Senator from Washington State Henry M. Jackson, an Everett, Washington native.

Other high schools in the Everett School District are Cascade High School, Everett High School, and Sequoia Alternative School.

Intermediate schools that feed into Jackson are Heatherwood Middle School, located adjacent to the high school, and Gateway Middle School, located in the Silver Firs area northeast of Mill Creek.

Academics

Students at Jackson are required to complete an autobiographical letter and a senior learning project which is to be presented to a panel of staff and community members as part of the Everett School District's "Culminating Exhibition" graduation requirement. The school offers an array of academic options including Honors, College, and Advanced Placement classes such as Honors English, University of Washington English, UW Computer-Science, AP Literature and Composition, AP Language, AP Art, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP World History, AP US History, and AP Government.

Activities

The school offers a variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities for students, including Understanding Asian Culture (UAC), Band, FIRST Robotics, ASB, TSA, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Badminton Club, National Honor Society, Key Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, LINK Crew, French Club, German Club, One Voice, Project Green, Hi-Q, Dance Team, Theatre Society, Knowledge Bowl, Math Club, Model UN, the COOL club, and Multicultural Club.

Each year, Jackson holds an annual food drive, collecting food from four local grocery stores.

Misc.

In 2002 seven students were accused of paddling up to 30 freshmen as part of an initiation rite and were suspended from school. The students targeted freshmen boys to spank with a wooden paddle, police and school officials said. Until this event, a paddle had been used to represent school spirit, but was changed because of this event.

FIRST Robotics

In 2008, with the coordination of a few dedicated students, created a FIRST Robotics team to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Now the school houses Team 2910 "Jack in the Bot". Here are the team's successes over its existence:

FRC 2009 (Lunacy):

• Microsoft Seattle Regional
  • Rookie All-Star Award
• FIRST World Championship

FRC 2010 (Breakaway):

• Autodesk Oregon Regional
• Microsoft Seattle Regional
  • Engineering Excellence Award by Delphi
  • 8th out of 64 (Alliance Captain)

Sports

Throughout all of its past years, Henry M. Jackson has been very well known for its sports. In 2006, boys' baseball won first in state. In 2008, girls' swimming won first in state. In 2010 girls' volleyball won first in state. Also in 2008, both girls' and boys' basketball made it to state. In 2010 boys' basketball won 2nd in state. In the fall of 2010, football won the WESCO championship for the third straight year. In addition, boys' cross country in the fall of 2009 was ranked first in the nation and was only beat by the second in the nation later on. This was the boys' second consecutive year placing 2nd in the 4A Washington State Cross Country Championships. In the fall of 2008, all of the fall sports except volleyball made it to the playoffs. Other sports like track have also met with success.

Famous Alumni

• Travis Snider - Professional baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays.
• Jeff Helmer - Professional Triathlete.
• Brent Lillibridge - (born September 18, 1983, in Everett, Washington) is a Major League Baseball position player for the Chicago White Sox
• Matt Affleck - Professional poker player, finished 80th in 2009, 15th in 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event

External links

• School Home Page
• Seattle Times School Guide - Jackson High