North Thurston High School

North Thurston High School
Motto	Committed to Excellence: Providing every student the academic and life skills necessary to succeed in a diverse world.
Established	1955
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Steve Rood
Faculty	70
Students	1455
Grades	9-12
Location	Lacey, Washington, USA
Colors	Purple and White
Mascot	Ram
Website	North Thurston High School

North Thurston High School

North Thurston High School, located in the North Thurston Public Schools District in Lacey, Washington, is a comprehensive high school which first opened in 1955. North Thurston serves a portion of Lacey and northeast Thurston County. The school is accredited by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The principal is Steve Rood.

Facility

The current North Thurston High School campus was constructed in 1983; South Sound Stadium was added in 1985 and the Auditorium was added in 1995. NTHS' central building easily hit capacity within the first few years after being constructed. A flood of portables were brought in during the mid 80's to handle the student enrollment growth along with the 1993 construction of River Ridge High School. Several portables are still in use to handle the over-capacity demand on the NTHS campus.

The original North Thurston High School campus used to be located on what is now the student parking lot. This campus was constructed in 1954 and torn down in 1984. The old campus hosted Chinook Middle School students during the 1983-1984 year while Chinook's building went through a building remodel. Three original building from the old NTHS campus; NTPS' Bower Learning Center (the old high school library), the auto shop, and the school swimming pool were part of the old high school campus and are still in use. With the exception of the auto shop building, the pool and Bower Learning Center were recently remodeled in 2003.

As of 2011, a re-modernization project to remodel the 27-year old North Thurston High School building is currently under development by North Thurston Public Schools and awaits funding. The project would take place in various yearly stages with students on campus. Some ideas being considered are a new gymnasium with expanded capacity, expansion of the current commons area into the current gymnasium, increase parking, additional building expansion to replace 27 portables, and modernization/safety upgrades of current classroom, hallway, and unused spaces.

Notable alumni

• Kasey Keller, class of '88, US National Soccer team goalkeeper in 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cup tournaments, current Goalie for Seattle Sounders FC. A street near North Thurston is named after him.
• Brian Kendrick, class of '97, Professional wrestler for TNA wrestling
• Michael Sellers, class of '93, NFL player for the Washington Redskins
• Lynn Guitard, class of '04, fisherman appearing on Deadliest Catch.

Sports

North Thurston High School is a 2A-division member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. It is a member of the Western Cascade Conference, which includes: Capital, Timberline, Yelm.

State Championships
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Soccer, Boys	1	1990
Winter	Cheerleading	1	2011
Spring	Baseball	1	2002
Total		2

State Championships, 2nd place:

Baseball - 1976, 1987; Boys Soccer - 1985; Girls Swimming - 1984; Boys Tennis - 1987; Boys Track and Field - 1987; Girls Track and Field - 1994

See also

• River Ridge High School
• Timberline High School

External links

• North Thurston High School website