South Eugene High School
| South Eugene High School | |
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| Address | |
| 400 East 19th Ave. Eugene, Oregon, Lane County, 97401  United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°02′20″N 123°05′13″W / 44.0388°N 123.087°WCoordinates: 44°02′20″N 123°05′13″W / 44.0388°N 123.087°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Eugene School District |
| Principal | Randy Bernstein[1][2] |
| Faculty | 73 (2 P.h. D, 36 Masters, 35 Bachelors)[citation needed] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1649[2] |
| Color(s) | Purple and white [1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Southwest Conference 6A-6[1] |
| Mascot | Axemen[1] |
| Newspaper | The Axe |
| Website | www.sehs.lane.edu |
South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
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[edit] History
It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. In 1915, Eugene High moved to a new, larger facility at 250 W. 17th Ave.
By 1943, the Eugene School District had outgrown the cramped old high school, and voters had approved a bond measure to build a new facility. World War II and other factors delayed construction for a decade, but the current building at 400 E. 19th Ave. was completed and occupied in September 1953. The old high school served as Woodrow Wilson Junior High School until 1967, and was torn down six years later.
In the fall of 1957, Eugene High was renamed South Eugene High School, when rival North Eugene High School opened in the River Road area north of the city.
In 1990, students at South Eugene High School created the world's first CD-ROM yearbook.[3]
[edit] Academics
In 1983, South Eugene High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[4]
In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 410 students, 363 graduated, 40 dropped out, and 7 are still in high school.[5][6]
The school has regularly received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best High Schools" survey.[7][8][9][10]
In 2010, a student at the school was honored as a Presidential Scholar, one of three from Oregon.[11] A student at the school won the Intel Science Talent Search in 2009 after another South Eugene student placed third in 2007; other students have been named finalists or semifinalists in recent years.[12][13]
[edit] Activities
South has a FIRST Robotics Competition team that has competed in the Oregon Regional First Robotics Challenge since 2007, when it was founded by a group of friends with the intent of motivating high schoolers about engineering. Known as "SERT" (South Eugene Robotics Team) or FRC Team 2521, the team placed 24th out of 68 in last year's competition. The team is rather unknown amongst most of the students, as technical programs are not popular in the area. The team meets at the wood shop in nearby Roosevelt Middle School, as South has no facilities to accommodate robot construction. SERT generally faces problems of underfunding and a lack of manpower, stemming from an absence of support in the area.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Sam Adams, mayor of Portland, Oregon
- Cecil Andrus (Class of 1948), Governor of Idaho (1971–1977, 1987–1995) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1977–1981)
- Garner Ted Armstrong (Class of 1947), televangelist for the Worldwide Church of God.
- Phil Barnhart, Oregon state representative[14]
- John Beckett (Class of 1912), football star at Oregon and Mare Island, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Richard Brautigan (Class of 1953), counterculture author and poet (Trout Fishing in America)
- Chris Carter (Class of 1991), record producer
- Sean Flannery (Class of 1992), saxophonist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- E. Max Frye (Class of 1973), screenwriter Something Wild (1986 film), director Amos & Andrew
- Neil Goldschmidt (Class of 1958), mayor of Portland, Oregon (1973–1979), Governor of Oregon (1987–1991), and United States Secretary of Transportation (1979–1981)
- Tim Hardin (Class of 1960), anti-war folk singer ("If I Were A Carpenter")[15]
- Nate Jaqua (Class of 2000), MLS soccer player for the Seattle Sounders FC[16]
- Ben Kaplan (author), (Class of 1995), Author, 'How to go to College Almost For Free' (HarperCollins); International Education and Scholarship Expert.
- Mat Kearney (Class of 1997), acoustic singer and songwriter[17]
- John Kitzhaber (Class of 1965), Governor of Oregon (1995–2003, 2011–present)
- Dustin Lanker (Class of 1993), keyboardist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Bill McChesney (Class of 1977), 1980 Olympian in track and field
- Jason Moss (Class of 1986), guitarist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies[18]
- Julie Payne (Class of 1964), actress
- Paul Pierson (Class of 1977), political scientist, author
- Tracy Robertson (Class of 1984), Grammy-nominated musician now known as Tracy Bonham
- Dan Siegel (Class of 1972), pianist, composer and record producer
- Paul Simon[when?], Democratic politician and senator[19]
- Blake Stepp (Class of 2000), Gonzaga University basketball player[20]
- Corin Tucker (Class of 1990), lead singer of Sleater-Kinney
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d OSAA.org :: Schools
- ^ a b "Oregon School Directory 2008-09". Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ Layton, Tom (Apr-May 1991). "The Electronic Eugenean: A Multimedia Yearbook Project". Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom 8 (4).
- ^ Archived: Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Best High Schools". U.S. News & World Report. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Williams, Anne (2008-01-30). "Small schools, big result". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Graves, Bill (2010-01-15). "Nine Oregon high schools ranked among best in nation". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ^ Williams, Anne (2010-06-23). "Tardy South Eugene [temporarily] absent from ‘best schools’ list". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Hammond, Betsy (2010-05-03). "Presidential scholars: Oregon scores three". The Oregonian. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Brugger, Joe (2009-03-10). "Eugene high school student wins $100,000, a laptop and a bright future". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Owen, Wendy (2012-01-11). "Three Beaverton area students are among the Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ May 2006 Oregon Voters' Pamphlet
- ^ Tim Hardin
- ^ Seattle Sounders FC: Roster: Player Bio
- ^ Lamberson, Carolyn (27 October 2005). "Hometown boy takes an unlikely path to Nashville". Eugene Register-Guard. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ 'Band on the Run'. The Register-Guard. February 19, 1996.
- ^ Lininger, Tom (2003-12-18). "The Sound of Silence". Eugene Weekly. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Jackson, Stepp make U.S. team". Register-Guard. 2003-07-26. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
