Kentlake High School
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| Kentlake High School | |
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| Motto | Born to be a Falcon, Proud to be a Falcon, Falcon 'til I die!" |
| Established | 1998 |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | Dr.Joe Potts |
| Students | >2000 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 21401 SE 300th Way, Kent, Washington, U.S. |
| District | Kent School District |
| Campus | Exurban |
| Colors | Cardinal, Black, Silver, White |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Newspaper | The Falcon Flyer |
| Website | http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/kl |
Kentlake High School is a public high school, of more than 2,000 students in Kent, Washington, USA. It is part of the Kent School District.[1]
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[edit] History
Kentlake High School was designed by the architectural firm Burr Lawrence Rising and Bates and built in 1998. Built to accommodate 1600 students, the brick-exterior, two story facility has 232,000 square feet (21,600 m2) for student use. Under a cooperative agreement with King County Parks, an adjacent 10-acre (40,000 m2) site provides additional fields for Kentlake's athletic programs.
Kentlake welcomed its first student body, the classes of 1999 and 2000 in grades 10-11, when it opened on September 2, 1998.[2] Kentlake was transformed into an grades 9-12 during the 2004-2005 school years.
[edit] Controversies
In February 2000 Chief Judge John Coughenour ordered the school to reinstate a student who had been suspended for creating an unofficial school website at home. He said that the school did not have the authority to punish students for exercising their freedom of speech outside of school.[3][4]
In March 2011, a Kentlake High School teacher, Barbara Anderson, was charged with felony sexual misconduct with a minor after she was accused of having sex with a 17-year-old boy. According to one source, Anderson wrote messages in which she claimed she fantasized about the boy, sending the student as many as 800 messages in a month, and in one instance, as many as 101 text messages in a 24 hour period.[5]
[edit] Sport
Kentlake participates (are Big dunder-heads) in the WIAA 4A division. Their girls volleyball team has won the 4A state championships three times; in 2000, 2001, and 2002. KL volleyball also reached the state tournament in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The fast-pitch softball team has made it to the quarter finals six times, the semifinals three times, and to the state championship once. Kentlake's baseball team reached the state championship in 2008.[6]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Shane Simmons - A former member of the Oakland Raiders NFL football team[7]
- Courtney Thompson - University of Washington volleyball player, member of the NCAA 2005 championship team,[8] awarded the Honda Award as the nation's top female player the highest award a female student athlete can receive [9] Is now or was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team.[10]
- Felecia Harris - High School All-American fastpitch player for Kentlake 2005-2008 and holds the all-time state career home run record with 23. Played for the University of Washington softball team that won the national championship in 2009. Was named Honorable Mention All Pac-10 Freshman as P/1B.
[edit] References
- ^ "Kentlake High School", National Center for Educational Statistics.
- ^ "Annual Performance Report 2005-2006 Kentlake High School", Kent School District.
- ^ "Federal judge halts suspension of student punished over Web site", Associated Press, 24 February 2000.
- ^ "Judge Says School May Have Overreacted to Student's Site", Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times, 3 March 2000.
- ^ "Charge: Kentlake High teacher had sex with student", KOMO 4, 23 March 2011.
- ^ "WIAA State Tournament History-Kentlake High School". Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). 2008. http://www.wiaa.com/history/school.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-19.[dead link]
- ^ "Former WWU star released by Raiders". WWU Vikings. 2008-06-20. http://wwuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062008aaa.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Player Bio: Courtney Thompson". University of Washington Athletics Department. http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/thompson_courtney00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ Wood, Terry (2006-01-19). "Top national volleyball honor goes to Courtney Thompson". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2002748356_uwvolley19.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "USA Volleyball Update". USA Volleyball. http://www.usavolleyball.org/news/article/11483. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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