Emerald Ridge High School

Emerald Ridge High School
Location
Puyallup , Washington United States
Information
Type	Public secondary
School district	Puyallup School District
Principal	Brian Lowney
Grades	10–12
Enrollment	1,430 (2007-2008)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green, black, silver
Mascot	Jaguar
Website	[1]

Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington, United States and is commonly referred to as ERHS or simply ER. Emerald Ridge features green, black and silver as its primary colors and has a jaguar (named Jake) as its official mascot. The enrollment is currently just below 1,500. Academically, between the four comprehensive high schools in the district, Emerald Ridge ranks first in test scores on the WASL. In the 2005-2006 school year, 10th graders showed 89% competency in Reading, 58.1% in Math, 91.1% in Writing and 32% in Science.

Commencement

Commencement, or graduation, is held every year at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. Due to the size of each graduating class and their audience, the ceremony cannot be held anywhere on school grounds. Along with the other two Puyallup high schools, every other year one high school holds their graduation in the afternoon, while the others hold theirs at the same location in the evening, on the same day.

Notable alumni

• Megan Quann, swimmer, a double Olympic Gold medalist from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
• Tommy Snider, actor, co-host of the television show Fridays on Cartoon Network
• Nathan Jendrick, author of Dunks, Doubles, Doping: How Steroids Are Killing American Athletics. Married to Olympic swimmer Megan Jendrick (Quann), and is now the boys swimming coach at ERHS.
• Brooke Lefor, former auto racing national champion.
• Bill Gill, car salesman, Friday Night Freak sponsor.

The Hypokritz

Possibly, Well probably the most notable thing about Emerald Ridge High School is its student run comedy group, the Hypokritz. This group, consisting of seasoned veterans as well as fresh meat, sells out the 300 + seat auditorium at ER, with almost 100 % certainty. The Hypokritz, partake in sketch, improv, and stand-up comedy, and their video Grillz, went platinum, becoming the first music video to actually sell 1,000,000 copies. This video is currently being seen on Youtube, as well as on a loop in the Oval Office. Yes, the Hypokritz can do no wrong.

Athletics

• Girls Golf:
  • 2005 SPSL Undefeated Champions
  • 2004 SPSL Champions (9-1)

• Volleyball:
  • 3rd Place 2005 4A State
  • League Champions 2005 SPSL South
  • District Champions 2005 SPSL
  • 4th Place 2004 4A State
  • 4th Place 2003 4A State
  • 6th Place 2002 4A State
  • 5th Place 2001 4A State

• Girls Tennis:
  • 2005 SPSL South Champions
  • 4th Place 2004 4A State
  • 2004 SPSL South Champions
  • 2004 SPSL District Champions
  • 5th Place 2003 4A State
  • 6th Place 2002 4A State

• Wrestling:
  • 2006 SPSL South Dual Meet Champions
  • 2006 SPSL South Tournament Champions
  • 2005 SPSL South Dual Meet Champions (Undefeated)
  • 2005 Regional Champions
  • 6th Place 2005 4A State