Union High School (Camas, Washington)

Union High School
Address
6201 NW Friberg-Strunk Street Camas, Washington, United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	2007
School district	Evergreen Public School District
Principal	Brian Grimsted
Number of students	2000+
Color(s)	Silver      Black      Red
Mascot	Titans
Website	UHS Edline or Evergreen Public Schools: UHS

Union High School is an American public high school in Camas, Clark County, Washington. Founded in 2007, Union is the newest school in the Evergreen Public Schools. The campus was completed in July 2007. Union High School's principal is Brian Grimsted. Union's school colors are Black, Silver, and Red. The school's mascot is the Titan.

About

Union opened in the fall of 2007 with students consisting of only freshmen, sophomores, and a handful of juniors. It is the fourth high school built in the Evergreen School District – Evergreen High School was the first, Mountain View High School was second, and Heritage High School was the third. The four high schools share one football stadium, McKenzie Stadium, which is adjacent to Evergreen High School.

The school and campus were developed with the concept of utilizing contemporary educational technology. The design collaboration for the school won it a 2007 Community Development Department Community Pride Design award.

In June 2010 Newsweek magazine listed Union High School in its annual list of “America’s Best High Schools,” which includes 1,600, or about 6 percent, of the nation’s high schools. UHS was listed 572nd nationally and 8th out of 32 high schools listed in the state of Washington.

Sports

The Union football team is one of the school's most prominent athletic teams. With a record of 6-3 in their first year without seniors, there are high expectations for this team in the future. In 2008, the undefeated Union Titans lost to Bellevue High School (Washington) in the 3A state championship game. The titans won 3A GSHL league titles in 2008 and 2009. The titans earned 2nd place 4A GSHL titles in 2010 and 2011.

Union's wrestling team are 4 time district chapion's.

The Cheer squad also placed 2nd at state.

Union's Track and Field has seen many accomplishments in its short history. In its first year, the Union Track Team finished second at state.

The Union Titan's softball team were league, district and regional champs and then took 3rd in state.

The Union Titans boys basketball team are the 3A WIAA 2010 state champions, defeating Enumclaw 51-50.

Campus

The Union High School Campus has five different buildings which represent the four different academic academies and the Student Commons. The five campus buildings are: The Leadership and Business (100), The Engineering and Environmental Sciences Building (200), International Studies and Athetics Building (300), The Visual and Performing Arts Building (400), and the Student Union (500). Each building excluding the Student Union contains the basic core classes including a math class, a general science class and English class. Each building also contains specialty classes specific to that building.

Every classroom throughout all the buildings have a common set of technology resources installed, including a video projector, a document camera, and speech amplification system for teachers.

Union High School also features wireless hot spots which cover the entire campus. Though the system is not currently operational, in the future Union principal Brian Grimstead hopes that students will bring laptops and other Wi-fi devices to school and using the Campus Wi-fi system connect to their student district computer account, and access school computer resources, to work on school assignments without the need to check into a school computer lab.

Academics

Union follows the Small Learning Communities model of education. Students may chose a thematic focus community which have up to 400 students. Each community shares the same teachers for two years.

UHS Band

The Union High School Band Program is directed by Mr. Lewis Norfleet. From the first year with 120 students, the program has grown to serve over 200 students at Union High School and offers students a wide variety of musical opportunities for students to participate in. The program includes, 3 concert bands, 2 jazz ensembles, percussion ensemble, chamber music, athletic bands, and marching band. The program's fundamental emphasis continues to be excellence on and off the stage.

Program Highlights
2012 Music for All National Festival
2010 Midwest Clinic Performance
2010 WMEA State Conference Performance
2010 WIAA State Champions, Large Percussion Ensemble
2010 WIAA State Champions, Small Percussion Ensemble

UHS Choir

The Union High School Choir program is directed by Mr. Mikkel Iverson, previously the choral director at Evergreen High School. Under his direction and accompanied by Lori Collier, Union High School won its first WIAA Sanctioned State Championship with the Union High School Select Men's Ensemble in the spring of 2008. They performed Joseph Martin's "The Awakening," and Bruce Sled's "Jing-Ga-Lye-Ya" to a standing ovation.

In 2009, with the addition of Asa Laws (Tenor), Anthony Pham (Tenor), and Jordan Iverson (Baritone), the Men's Ensemble won the State Solo and Ensemble Contest again, making them the first High School in the state of Washington to win two championships consecutively in their first two years of existence. They performed "Viva Tutti," a traditional English Glee, "Weep No More" by David Childs, and "Dubinushka (Russian Hammer Song)" by Vijay Singh. Their picture was featured on the front cover of the State Solo & Ensemble Booklet because of their unique story.

Program Highlights
2011 MENC All-Northwest Conference Performance
2010 WIAA State Champions, Large Men's Ensemble
2009 WIAA State Champions, Large Men's Ensemble
2008 WIAA State Champions, Large Men's Ensemble

Fight song

Union High

Will always be

Making History

U-N-I-O-N

On to Victory!

External links

• Official website
• Union High School Band Homepage
• Union High School Choirs Homepage
• Union Digial Arts Homepage
• GSHL Football - Union High School
• Union @ 3A State Meet