Skyline High School (Sammamish, Washington)
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| Skyline High School | |
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| SHS in April 2011 | |
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| 1122 228th Ave SE Sammamish, WA 98075  United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°36′01″N 122°01′54″W / 47.6001496°N 122.0315426°WCoordinates: 47°36′01″N 122°01′54″W / 47.6001496°N 122.0315426°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1997 |
| School district | Issaquah |
| Principal | Lisa Hechtman [1] |
| Faculty | 58 (on FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 10-12 (2005-10) |
| Enrollment | 1,889 [3] |
| Color(s) | Green & Silver |
| Nickname | Spartans |
| Information | 425-837-7702 |
| WIAA Class | 4A |
| Conference | KingCo 4A |
| Website | Skyline HS |
Skyline High School is a public high school in the Issaquah School District of King County, Washington.
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[edit] Overview
Skyline is the district's third and newest high school, opening in the fall of 1997. Its 50-acre (0.20 km2) campus straddles the apex of the Sammamish Plateau in the city of Sammamish, at an approximate elevation of 550 feet (170 m) above sea level. Skyline's mascot is the Spartan, and the school colors are green and silver.
For five academic years (2005-10), Skyline was a three-year senior high school (gr. 10–12); with its students fed from the Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus, a 9th-grade-only school which also included the freshman class for rival Issaquah High School. Prior to 2005, two middle schools directly fed Skyline: Beaver Lake and Pine Lake. Pacific Cascade was reassigned as a middle school (grades 6–8) in the fall of 2010[4] and the two high schools (Skyline and Issaquah) regained their freshmen classes.
To accommodate the return of the freshman class, Skyline underwent a significant renovation from 2007-10 that added 24 new classrooms and science labs, a new black box theater and 3-D art room, and additional athletic facilities. Bassetti Architects was the architectural firm for the renovation.
[edit] Academics
Skyline has the reputation of being a competitive academic school, with an on-time graduation rate of 95.1%.[5] Skyline offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programe to all juniors and seniors as well as some sophomores and freshmen.
Skyline DECA is the largest academic student organization on campus with over 300 members. The chapter has achieved success in both community services and structured competitions. The DECA program qualified 218 students to state and 55 to the national competition in 2009, producing 2 second places, 5 top-ten national finalists, 2 top-twenty national finalists and 3 sub-category finalists.[2]
The largest extracurricular organization at Skyline is Key Club, also with over 200 members. The chapter is part of Pacific Northwest Division 28, which has a record of winning the Spirit Award at District Conventions.[2]
Skyline High Schools student run debate program, JSA, is the third largest chapter in the Pacific Northwest State (PNW). They also won the PNW title of "Chapter of the Year" in 2008-2009 and placed 4th in a national competition for chapter excellence.[2] It is one of the school's larger clubs, with over 150 members.
[edit] Athletics
With 19 varsity teams, 13 junior varsity teams and seven "C" teams, the athletic program provides opportunities for hundreds to compete. Skyline's football program has six state titles (2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)[6], and many alumni have played Division I college football. The girls' soccer team has three state titles (2008, 2009, 2011), and its track and field team also has multiple state titles and championships. The girls' swim and dive team also holds three state title, which all came in consecutive years, in Washington (2009, 2010, 2011) beating the competition by over 60 points the first two times.[2]
[edit] Classification
Skyline competes in WIAA classification 4A, with the state's largest schools. SHS competed in 3A for its first seven years, then moved up to 4A for the 2004-05 academic year. After two years at 4A, Skyline dropped back to 3A for two years (2006-07 and 2007-08), then returned to 4A for 2008-09. Skyline is one of 11 schools in the KingCo 4A conference, in its Crest Division with Issaquah, Eastlake, Redmond, and Newport.
[edit] References
- ^ "Nathan Hale High principal picked to head Skyline". The Seattle Times. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=skyline30e&date=20070330. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e "2009 Annual School Performance Report". Issaquah School District. http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/files/managed/416/2009SHS.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ Issaquah School District - Annual School Performance Report - Skyline High School - 2010-11 - accessed 2011-11-15
- ^ Issaquah School District E-News, Friday 12 Sep 2008
- ^ "2009 Washington State School Report". Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Instruction. http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?schoolId=1460&reportLevel=School&orgLinkId=1460&yrs=&year=2008-09. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Skyline Gridiron Club". Skyline Booster Club. http://www.skylinegridiron.com/. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
Skyline's cheer program also has four state titles including two earned in 2011. They compete nationally at UCA nationals in Orlando, Florida.
