Sunrise Mountain High School

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Sunrise Mountain High School
Location
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21200 N 83rd Ave, Peoria, Arizona, USA
Coordinates33°40′38″N 112°14′24″W / 33.677335°N 112.239886°W / 33.677335; -112.239886
Information
TypePublic secondary
Motto'Committed to Excellence"
Established1996
PrincipalVance Setka
Faculty100
Enrollment2000 (2017-2018)[1]
Color(s)      Purple, White and Gold
MascotMustangs
AIA Class4A
WebsiteSunrise Mountain High School

Sunrise Mountain High School is a public secondary school located in Peoria, Arizona, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1996. It is the district's second-smallest high school by enrollment, larger than only Cactus High School.[citation needed]

Overpopulation problem

Sunrise Mountain dealt with considerable overgrowth in the early and mid-2000s. With 2,440 students by 2005, many freshmen classes were pushed out to "Frosh Island", a former elementary school. Between each period a bus would shuttle students between "Frosh Island" and the main campus so that classes such as physical education, band, advanced science, and choir could be attended by freshmen. The use of this campus was discontinued by Sunrise Mountain following the end of the 2005-2006 school year. The overpopulation problem has been relieved by the creation of Liberty High School. Liberty is now larger than Sunrise Mountain by some 600 students.

Music

SMHS has a marching band, concert band and jazz band directed by Davis Smith. The jazz band competes yearly in the Northern Arizona University jazz competition.

SMHS also has choral and drama programs representing the Peoria Unified School District. The choir, directed by Tanya Boehme, has achieved superior in several festivals over the past few years, including Superior with Distinction, which was won by SMHS's Varsity Choir at the NAU Jazz Festival in February 2017.[citation needed]

Sunrise Mountain is the only school in PUSD to have an orchestra.[citation needed]

Sports

SMHS has many various types of sports.[2] Sunrise Mountain Mustangs have had a long-standing rivalry between fellow Peoria District schools, Liberty Lions.

Feeder schools

All of the following are K–8 schools:[3][4]

  • Apache
  • Coyote Hills
  • Frontier
  • Parkridge

References

  1. ^ "Sunrise Mountain High School". Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. ^ http://sunrisehigh.peoriaud.k12.az.us/sports.htm
  3. ^ https://www.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Maps/Pages/ElementarySchoolMap.aspx
  4. ^ https://www.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Maps/Pages/HighSchoolMap.aspx
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