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==Student newspaper controversy==
==Student newspaper controversy==
In January 2018, Herriman High School came under international scrutiny for censoring the school's student newspaper, following an investigation by its student journalists, exposing how a teacher was fired for exchanging inappropriate text messages with a 17-year-old student.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4505546/teen-reporters-go-rogue-after-utah-high-school-shuts-down-expos%C3%A9-about-teacher-1.4506266|title=Teen reporters go rogue after Utah high school shuts down exposé about teacher|last=|first=|date=Jan 26, 2018|website=CBC Radio|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1/16/20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.splc.org/article/2018/01/herriman-high-school-censored-utah|title=High school administrators in Utah censored The Telegraph. So, The Telegram was born.|work=The Student Press Law Center|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/01/24/their-school-deleted-an-article-on-a-teachers-firing-so-these-teens-published-it-themselves/|title=Their school deleted an article on a teacher’s firing. So these teens published it themselves.|first=Eli|last=Rosenberg|date=24 January 2018|publisher=|accessdate=22 May 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Students launched a new, independent publication in response, ''The Telegram'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herrimantelegram.com|title=THE TELEGRAM|author=|date=|website=THE TELEGRAM|accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref> and re-published the investigation's findings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.herrimantelegram.weebly.com/news/herriman-high-teacher-fired-for-misconduct|title=Herriman High Teacher Fired For Misconduct|last=Spahr|first=Conor|date=18 Jan 2018|editor-last=Gordon|editor-first=Max|website=Herriman Telegram|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 Jan 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582338663/student-journalists-launch-website-after-they-say-school-censored-paper|title=Student Journalists Launch Website After They Say School Censored Their Paper|author=|date=|website=npr.org|accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref> Asked by multiple news outlets about the censorship and free speech rights of students, the Jordan School District, which includes Herriman High School, only said it “encourages thought-provoking, informative and accurate reporting of all stories in our school newspapers.”<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/learning/should-schools-be-allowed-to-censor-student-newspapers.html|title=Should Schools Be Allowed to Censor Student Newspapers?|last=Proulx|first=Natalie|date=9 May 2019|website=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 Jan 2020}}</ref> The censorship garnered international attention<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2018/01/26/herriman-high-student-journalists-relish-support-consider-next-steps-in-censorship-battle-with-administration/|title=After finding nationwide support, Utah high school journalists are considering the next steps in their censorship battle with administration|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en-US}}</ref> and resulted in the school being awarded the [[Jefferson Muzzle Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jeffersonmuzzles.org/|title=Jefferson Muzzles|website=Jefferson Muzzles|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> The investigating students were awarded the Sunshine Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spj.org/a-sunshine.asp|title=Sunshine Award|last=|first=|date=|website=Society of Professional Journalists|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> by the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] for making important contributions in the area of open government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mailchi.mp/6856744dad0d/announcing-the-2018-utah-spj-honorees-1503657|title=Announcing Utah SPJ's 2019 honors|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Utah Society of Professional Journalists|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
In January 2018, Herriman High School came under international scrutiny for censoring the school's student newspaper, following an investigation by its student journalists, exposing how a teacher was fired for exchanging inappropriate text messages with a 17-year-old student.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4505546/teen-reporters-go-rogue-after-utah-high-school-shuts-down-expos%C3%A9-about-teacher-1.4506266|title=Teen reporters go rogue after Utah high school shuts down exposé about teacher|last=|first=|date=Jan 26, 2018|website=CBC Radio|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1/16/20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.splc.org/article/2018/01/herriman-high-school-censored-utah|title=High school administrators in Utah censored The Telegraph. So, The Telegram was born.|work=The Student Press Law Center|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/01/24/their-school-deleted-an-article-on-a-teachers-firing-so-these-teens-published-it-themselves/|title=Their school deleted an article on a teacher’s firing. So these teens published it themselves.|first=Eli|last=Rosenberg|date=24 January 2018|publisher=|accessdate=22 May 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Students launched a new, independent publication in response, ''The Telegram'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herrimantelegram.com|title=THE TELEGRAM|author=|date=|website=THE TELEGRAM|accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref> and re-published the investigation's findings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.herrimantelegram.weebly.com/news/herriman-high-teacher-fired-for-misconduct|title=Herriman High Teacher Fired For Misconduct|last=Spahr|first=Conor|date=18 Jan 2018|editor-last=Gordon|editor-first=Max|website=Herriman Telegram|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 Jan 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582338663/student-journalists-launch-website-after-they-say-school-censored-paper|title=Student Journalists Launch Website After They Say School Censored Their Paper|author=|date=|website=npr.org|accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref> Asked by multiple news outlets about the censorship and free speech rights of students, the Jordan School District, which includes Herriman High School, only said it “encourages thought-provoking, informative and accurate reporting of all stories in our school newspapers.”<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/learning/should-schools-be-allowed-to-censor-student-newspapers.html|title=Should Schools Be Allowed to Censor Student Newspapers?|last=Proulx|first=Natalie|date=9 May 2019|website=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 Jan 2020}}</ref> The censorship garnered international attention<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2018/01/26/herriman-high-student-journalists-relish-support-consider-next-steps-in-censorship-battle-with-administration/|title=After finding nationwide support, Utah high school journalists are considering the next steps in their censorship battle with administration|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en-US}}</ref> and resulted in the school being awarded the [[Jefferson Muzzle Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jeffersonmuzzles.org/|title=Jefferson Muzzles|website=Jefferson Muzzles|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> The investigating students were awarded the Sunshine Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spj.org/a-sunshine.asp|title=Sunshine Award|last=|first=|date=|website=Society of Professional Journalists|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> by the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] for making important contributions in the area of open government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mailchi.mp/6856744dad0d/announcing-the-2018-utah-spj-honorees-1503657|title=Announcing Utah SPJ's 2019 honors|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Utah Society of Professional Journalists|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Wall Street Journal==
In April 2019 The Wall Street Journal filed a report which described in a year's time how mental health effected this high school in which 6 students died by suicide. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-teenager-killed-himself-six-more-followed-11555061402}


==School athletics==
==School athletics==

Revision as of 16:45, 21 January 2020

Herriman High School
Herriman High School
Address
Map
11917 South 6000 West

Herriman
,
Utah

United States
Coordinates40°32′02″N 112°01′53″W / 40.53389°N 112.03139°W / 40.53389; -112.03139
Information
TypePublic
EstablishedAugust 2010
School districtJordan School District
PrincipalTodd Quarnberg
Enrollment3,021[1] (2017–18)
Color(s)    Maroon red, navy blue and gold
RivalRiverton High School Bingham High School
Team NameMustangs
Websitewww.herrimanhigh.org

Herriman High School (HHS) is a public high school in Herriman, Utah, United States. It serves students from the cities of Herriman, South Jordan, and Riverton.

Building and campus

HHS was designed by MHTN Architects, and had an estimated cost of $71,960,000.[2] The grounds cover 55 acres, and has 390,000 square feet of floor space. Located in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley in the Jordan School District, the front of the building faces west with a view of the Oquirrh Mountains. The building is energy efficient and includes wind turbines and solar panels.[3]

Academics

Herriman High School offers Spanish, French, Chinese, and American Sign Language.

Student newspaper controversy

In January 2018, Herriman High School came under international scrutiny for censoring the school's student newspaper, following an investigation by its student journalists, exposing how a teacher was fired for exchanging inappropriate text messages with a 17-year-old student.[4][5][6] Students launched a new, independent publication in response, The Telegram,[7] and re-published the investigation's findings.[8][9] Asked by multiple news outlets about the censorship and free speech rights of students, the Jordan School District, which includes Herriman High School, only said it “encourages thought-provoking, informative and accurate reporting of all stories in our school newspapers.”[9][10] The censorship garnered international attention[11] and resulted in the school being awarded the Jefferson Muzzle Award.[12] The investigating students were awarded the Sunshine Award[13] by the Society of Professional Journalists for making important contributions in the area of open government.[14]

School athletics

Herriman High School has an athletics department that includes the following sports.[15]

  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Drill Team
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swim
  • Tennis
  • Rugby
  • Track
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Baseball
  • Water Polo
  • Hockey

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Herriman High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "MHTN Architects - Vision Made Real". www.mhtn.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Herriman High - Jordan School District". www.jordandistrict.org. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Teen reporters go rogue after Utah high school shuts down exposé about teacher". CBC Radio. Jan 26, 2018. Retrieved 1/16/20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "High school administrators in Utah censored The Telegraph. So, The Telegram was born". The Student Press Law Center. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  6. ^ Rosenberg, Eli (24 January 2018). "Their school deleted an article on a teacher's firing. So these teens published it themselves". Retrieved 22 May 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. ^ "THE TELEGRAM". THE TELEGRAM. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. ^ Spahr, Conor (18 Jan 2018). Gordon, Max (ed.). "Herriman High Teacher Fired For Misconduct". Herriman Telegram. Retrieved 16 Jan 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b "Student Journalists Launch Website After They Say School Censored Their Paper". npr.org. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  10. ^ Proulx, Natalie (9 May 2019). "Should Schools Be Allowed to Censor Student Newspapers?". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 Jan 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "After finding nationwide support, Utah high school journalists are considering the next steps in their censorship battle with administration". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  12. ^ "Jefferson Muzzles". Jefferson Muzzles. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  13. ^ "Sunshine Award". Society of Professional Journalists.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Announcing Utah SPJ's 2019 honors". Utah Society of Professional Journalists.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Herriman High School". Herriman High School. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  16. ^ Kragthorpe, Kurt (October 28, 2019). "Utah's Leki Fotu is the Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
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