Snohomish Senior High School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Snohomish Senior High School
Snohomish High School.jpg
Location
1316 5th Street Snohomish, Washington
Information
Type Public
Established 1894
Principal Beth Porter
Faculty Greg Barker (asst. principal)
Gordy Brockman (asst. principal)
Anne Tompkins (asst. principal)
Enrollment 2073
Information (360) 563-4000
Colors
Mascot		 Red and white
Panther
Website http://shs.sno.wednet.edu

Snohomish High School is a secondary school located in the Snohomish School District, in Snohomish, Washington. SHS, built for 1200 students, contains 1797 9th-12th graders (as of 2009-10) [1] The school serves primarily those students living north of the Snohomish River. Glacier Peak High School, which opened 4 September 2008, serves primarily those students living south of the Snohomish River.

Contents

[edit] History

Before SHS actually opened it was first a courthouse with a small jail section underneath. SHS first opened in 1894 at the completion of the original 'A building'. The school underwent many remodels through the 1980s, including changes to the 'B building'. These changes removed the last vestiges of 'old' Snohomish High School - making the building completely modern. Among the changes made to the B building were the removal of its decades old fixed wooden bleachers and over-painting of many student-painted murals from the 1960s and earlier. There were also additions of music, science, and vocational buildings during this time. In an attempt to curb overcrowding, the 'C building' was constructed and opened in 1999, adding an additional ten classrooms to the school.

[edit] General information

The school is currently 253,458 square feet (23,547.0 m2) in area, plus 896 square feet (83.2 m2) per additional portable classroom. Though more than 2100 students now attend SHS, the building has a practical capacity of just over 1700 students. The school has a total of 90 classrooms.

[edit] Serpentine

The Serpentine Parade is a Homecoming tradition that has been held in Snohomish for 50 years[2]. The annual event draws crowds from the city, as every Snohomish High School student in their school colors marches from Avenue D to the Freshman Campus, past Central Elementary and down to first street, and back to SHS on Avenue E. The parade is held the Friday afternoon of homecoming each year.

[edit] Campus

Snohomish Senior High School consists of a complex of buildings in an open campus layout. At the South end of the campus are the A and B buildings. A and B building used to be connected via an overpass, but the overpass was removed during the summer of 2009 during the A building renovation. North of the B building was the Performing Arts building, or PAC, but it was demolished. A new Performing Arts building is currently under construction on the same section of campus the old PAC stood on. North of the A building is the Cafeteria and New Gym. Attached to the west side of the New Gym is the new Auxiliary Gym. North of that, near the teacher parking lot, is the C building, which is scheduled for demolition in the renovation of the school in 2010. Just West of the New Gym is the brand-new "D" building which houses many classes ranging from art to science to math to auto mechanics. Originally West of the C building and North of the Music building was the V building, where the vocational and art classes met, but it was demolished in the summer of 2008 to make room for D building and additional staff parking. The interior of A building was torn out and renovated during the summer of 2009, and is now complete with the Main and Counseling offices (originally situated in A building before the renovation) moved into B building.

New tennis courts and south end faculty parking now run parallel to each other on 5th Street.

[edit] ASB

[edit] Members

The ASB consists of:

[edit] Duties

The ASB's purpose is to provide money to the sports, clubs, and activities of the school. It puts on assemblies, makes announcements, and runs sporting events.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] School

  • Total Students: 1797 (2009)
  • Average Class Size: 30 Students
  • Classrooms: 90

[edit] Academic

  • Annual Dropout Rate (2004-05) 3.9%
  • On-Time Graduation Rate (2004-05) 87%
  • Extended Graduation Rate (2004-05) 90%

[edit] Ethnic

  • White: 96.6%
  • Asian or Pacific Islander: 0.9%
  • Hispanic: 0.9%
  • African-American: 0.8%
  • American Indian: 0.6%

[edit] Sports and athletics

SHS is a member of the WESCO North division of Washington State, and consistently competes near the top of its division in both boys and girls sports. The 2007-2008 season yielded two state championships for the school, one in Boys Swimming and the other in Boys Baseball. Snohomish's Biggest high school rivalry is in Football against Lake Stevens High School.

[edit] State championships won

  • 1960 Boys Cross Country
  • 1965 Boys Cross Country
  • 1970 Boys Basketball
  • 1976 Football
  • 1978 Football
  • 1984 Girls Soccer
  • 1984 Chess
  • 1988 Girls Track
  • 1995 Girls Cross Country
  • 1996 Girls Cross Country
  • 1997 Girls Soccer
  • 1998 Baseball
  • 1998 Girls Swimming
  • 1999 Girls Swimming
  • 2000 Boys Soccer
  • 2000 Girls Swimming
  • 2001 Boys Golf
  • 2001 Girls Track
  • 2002 Girls Cross Country
  • 2002 Girls Track
  • 2003 Girls Cross Country
  • 2006 Boys Soccer
  • 2006 Boys Swimming
  • 2007 Boys Swimming
  • 2008 Boys Swimming
  • 2008 Baseball
  • 2009 Boys Golf

Snohomish High School has been runner up to the state champions 13 times.[1]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Music

Snohomish High School has both instrumental and vocal music classes.

Concert Band, Symophonic Band and Wind Ensemble are band classes directed by Pete Wilson. The marching band (Panther Band) and Jazz band are extracurricular options for musical students. Although Panther band is required for Freshman coming into band.

The Concert Choir, Women's Ensemble and Crimson Singers Jazz Choir are taught by Mrs. Jaci Cummings.

[edit] Choral groups

The Snohomish High School choral program is directed by Jaci Cummings. The 3 groups consist of Crimson Singers (Jazz Choir), Women's Ensemble, and Concert Choir. The Crimson Singers have won many awards in various competitions and participate in the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, as does the Snohomish Jazz I. Entrance into Crimson Singers and Women's Ensemble is by audition only. Jaci Cummings also directs the Jazz II group. The Crimson Singers on occasion will sing "The Star Spangled Banner" before football games.

[edit] Instrumental bands

The Snohomish High School band program is headed by director Pete Wilson. There are three curricular bands including Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble, with the latter two requiring auditions. In addition there are two jazz bands, known as Jazz I and Jazz II. Entrance into Jazz I is by audition only.

Band members may elect to perform in the extracurricular marching/pep band. During fall the band performs at football games, and at basketball games during the months of winter and early spring.

[edit] Notable Musicians

Ryan Tapert (Former drummer of This Providence a multi platinum artist)
Sean Gasperetti (Former guitarist/singer of This Providence)
Joel Cummings, tenor (www.joelcummingstenor.com)

[edit] Clubs and activities

Snohomish High School has many clubs, with a wide variety of subjects. An incomplete list includes the following:

  • Dance Team
  • Debate Team
  • Cheerleading
  • Philosophy Club
  • Chinese, German, French, and Spanish Clubs.
  • International Exchange Club
  • Ping Pong Club
  • The Anime Otaku Club
  • Art Honor Society
  • GSA - The Gay/Straight Alliance
  • Within Reach
  • Environmental Club
  • Swing Dance Club (now known as the Dancing With The Stars club)
  • Future Farmers of America
  • Panther Band - the SHS Pep and Marching Band
  • Science Club
  • National Honor Society
  • Hi-Q Club
  • SWAC - School Wide Annual Club
  • Future Problem Solvers Club
  • Chess team
  • Ultimate Frisbee Club
  • R.A.K.E. Club - "Random Acts of Kindness, Etc"
  • F.B.L.A.- Future Business Leaders of America.
  • STEP team
  • Game Club
  • CADD club
  • Sign Language Club
  • Arrowhead (School Newspaper)

[edit] Marine Corps JROTC clubs

  • The Unarmed Drill Team
  • The Armed Drill Team
  • Color Guard
  • Rifle Team
  • Mounted Color Guard
  • PT Team

[edit] References

  1. ^ State Tournament History. URL accessed July 1 2006.

[edit] External links
 
AA-AAAA Classifications
 
4A Conferences

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snohomish_Senior_High_School&oldid=461143915"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export