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{{Short description|Public high school in Everett, Washington, USA}}
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{{Infobox school
'''Everett High School''' is a [[secondary school]] located in [[Everett, Washington]] which educates grades 9 through 12. The school enrolls approximately 1,700 students annually, more than triple the state and district average. [http://washington.schooltree.org/public/Everett-High-092298.html]
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| image = Everett High School-1.jpg
| caption = Everett High School's "A Building"
| motto = School Of Champions
| established = 1891
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| type = [[State school|Public]] [[high school]]
| head_name = Principal
| head = Kelly Shepherd
| address = 2416 Colby Avenue
| city = [[Everett, Washington]] 98201
| country = United States
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| district = [[Everett School District]]
| campus =
| grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 1,606 (2022–23)<ref name=NCES/>
| faculty = 81.30 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| class =
| ratio = 19.75<ref name=NCES/>
| athletics = Wesco 3A
| rival = [[Cascade High School (Everett, Washington)|Cascade High School]]
| colors = Blue & Gold<br>{{color box|blue}} {{color box|gold}}
| mascot = Seagulls
| homepage = [https://www.everettsd.org/everetths School website]
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| location = 2400 Colby Ave., [[Everett, Washington]]
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| built = 1910
| architect = [[James Stephen (architect)|James Stephen]]
| builder = Jenkins and Jones
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'''Everett High School''' is a [[secondary school]] located in [[Everett, Washington]], United States, which educates grades 9 through 12. It was founded in 1891 as the first high school in the [[Everett School District]]. The incumbent Principal is now Kelly Shepherd who took over the role after Amanda M. Overly, who assumed office after former Principal Lance Balla transferred, quit. The Deputy Principals are E. Heinz, C. Mora, K. Allen.
The [[school colors]] of Everett High School are blue and gold. The school [[mascot]] is Sammy the [[Seagull]]. [[2005|As of 2005]], the [[school principal]] is Catherine Matthews.


The school is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/970613.htm|publisher=National Park Service|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings – June 13, 1997 |access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>
==Geography==
Everett High School is located on the northern edge of downtown Everett. It is bounded on the South by 24th St., by 24th St. to the North, by Hoyt Ave. to the West, and by Rockafeller Ave. to the East. Colby Ave. and Wetmore Ave. run north and south through the campus.


==Layout==
==History==
Everett High is unusual in that it has a partially open campus. With parent permission, 11th and 12th grade students may leave campus during their lunch breaks. It is one of few high schools in the state that retains an even selectively permeable boundry. This is done out of necessity; it would be very difficult for staff to keep students on campus, with two streets running through the campus, student parking on neighboring streets, and many dining attractions only yards away.


The first high school in Everett was a ten-week course established in 1891, two years prior to the city's incorporation. Margaret Salisbury was the first graduate of the high school, which expanded into a full four-year curriculum in 1898 but still shared space with other grades. A separate high school building was built in 1902, but the growing city's student population quickly outgrew the facility and required the use of several [[portable classroom]]s.<ref name="NRHP">{{cite web |last=Ravetz |first=Kristin |date=September 30, 1996 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Everett High School |pages=7{{hyphen}}1, 8{{hyphen}}2 |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/ec3e2dc5-0d42-426c-9d62-d52d786032c7 |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=November 16, 2024}}</ref>
The school has seven buildings. On the western side of Colby are the main building, or the "A Building" to the South, the "Little Theater" to the Northwest, and the Science Building to the Northeast. Between the Colby Ave. and Wetmore Ave. are the "E Building," the "B Building," which is also called the Everett Civic Auditorium, and the "C Building," also known as the Commercial Building. The Auditorium houses ROTC classes, Band, Choir, a cafeteria, and an enormous auditorium.
The "C Building" houses classes in foreign language, math, and some health classes. On the eastern side of Wetmore Ave. are the gymnasium and parking for staff and students. The student parking lot, more commonly called the Senior Lot, recieved much needed renovation and expansion prior to the 2005-06 school year. The Norm Lowry Gymnasium houses Richer Court, where basketball games are held.


The first building on the modern Everett High School campus—now named the "A" or Main Building—opened on January 31, 1910, and was designed to accommodate 600 students.<ref name="NRHP"/><ref name="Herald-100">{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=January 24, 2010 |title=Everett High School's grand old hall turns 100 |page=A1 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/everett-high-schools-grand-old-hall-turns-100/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=November 16, 2024}}</ref> It cost $198,000 to construct and was built on land that had hosted a 1905 showing from [[Buffalo Bill]]'s traveling [[Wild West show]].<ref name="Herald-100"/> The building was constructed in two months with new fireproof materials and technologies.<ref name="NRHP"/>
==Academics==
In order to graduate, students must complete a scholarly paper, an autobiographical paper, and a senior project, then present the above to a panel of staff and community members. Everett High School offers Advanced Placement classes in science, english, math and history, including an extraordinarily difficult advanced placement biology class offered every other year.


The A Building underwent eight major renovations through the 20th century, including a 1963 addition that added an elevator that covered the entranceway. Most of the changes made in the 1963 addition were demolished by the building's 1995 renovation that restored its historic elements while bringing the A Building up to modern standards.<ref name="NRHP"/> The Everett High School campus expanded to seven buildings over a four-block area around Colby Avenue, with new buildings to house facilities that were formerly in the A Building.<ref name="Herald-100"/>
==Student Activities==
Until the 2005-06 school year, the Everett High School student newspaper, the Kodak, operated with very little control by the staff, and with the title of "Student Forum." Principal Catherine Matthews has forced the paper to withdraw this title and submit to additional control. Student Editors Sarah Eccleston and Claire Lueneburg have put on an enormous display of dismay. They have been featured in all sorts of local media, voicing their feelings that Matthews had not the right to do this. The school board has decided that Matthews did indeed have the right to place such constraints on the newspaper, and may convene in the future to decide whether that is an appropriate policy. There are currently two Kodaks, one being produced by the school, without the title of "Student Forum," and one being produced independently by the editors and a few other devotees.


==Athletics==
Everett High School has one of the largest band programs in the area, with over 150 students. Teacher Gary Evans also runs an exceptionally large jazz orchestra, with over 50 students participating. The band plays at all home varsity football games, and many varsity home basketball games. The band is led by drum majors Tom Dale, Sarah Koznek, Ben Skubi, and Brian Tarr.


Everett High School is part of District One of the [[Washington Interscholastic Activities Association]] (WIAA) as a member of the Wesco 3A conference. The school competes as the Seagulls, with its sports split between the conference's North and South divisions; the football team was formerly in the North division, but was moved to the South division when Wesco football realigned with the addition of the [[Ferndale High School (Washington)|Ferndale Golden Eagles]] and the [[Squalicum High School|Squalicum Storm]] for the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the new 3A Wesco football league |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article57410238.html |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=The Bellingham Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rasbach |first1=David |title=Ferndale, Squalicum looking forward to new opportunities in Wesco |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article57410373.html |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=The Bellingham Herald |date=January 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hereth |first1=Zac |title=Wesco 3A South football preview: Coaches poll and storylines |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/wesco-3a-south-football-preview-coaches-poll-and-storylines/ |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=The Everett Herald |date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>
Everett feeds an unusually high number of students to the Running Start program. The program allows upperclassmen to take classes at Everett Community College for duel credit, free of charge. This is a very convenient arrangement for many students, because Everett Community College is only fourteen blocks to the North.


Due to the construction of Everett High School occurring in the city's early years, it does not have on-site facilities for baseball and football; both teams practice and play home games south of the school at [[Everett Memorial Stadium]] as a result. The baseball team temporarily practiced on the football field at the stadium complex for the 2017 season and most of the 2018 season due to poor conditions at the baseball park (now known as Funko Field) caused by heavy rain along with simultaneous use by teams from both the school and [[Everett Community College]]. The baseball park had its natural grass surface replaced with artificial turf, with the Seagulls hosting their first game on the new surface on April 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hereth |first1=Zac |title=Everett High School baseball happy to be home |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/everett-high-school-baseball-happy-to-be-home/ |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=The Everett Herald |date=March 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Nick |title=Everett Memorial Stadium’s baseball field converting to turf |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/everett-memorial-stadiums-baseball-field-converted-to-turf/ |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=The Everett Herald |date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
==Sports==

Everett has teams in Golf, Swimming, Wrestling, Basketball, Bowling, Track and Field, Soccer, Cross Country, Vollyball, and Football. For the first time in decades, the football team nearly went to compete at the state level in their 2005 season. The men's swim team also had a very successful season, with five athletes competing at the state level.
The school has the claim of winning the [[High School Football National Championship|unofficial national championship of high school football]] for the 1920 season. The football team, led by coach [[Enoch Bagshaw]], achieved a [[perfect season]] that year;{{NoteTag|The school's official record is 9–0–1; the only game that did not end in a win was a tie in an [[exhibition game]] versus a squad composed of school alumni before the start of the season.}} it was capped off on January 1, 1921, with a 16–7 defeat of [[East Technical High School]] from [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], at Athletic Field in Everett, now the site of Bagshaw Field at North Middle School. After the season, Bagshaw left to coach for the [[Washington Huskies football]] team, leading them to their first [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] [[1924 Rose Bowl|appearance]] in [[1923 Washington Huskies football team|1923]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hereth |first1=Zac |title=They were the kings of prep football 100 years ago |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/they-were-the-kings-of-prep-football-100-years-ago/ |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=The Everett Herald |date=January 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oakley |first1=Janet |title=Everett High School wins the mythical national championship of high school football on January 1, 1921. |url=https://historylink.org/File/7365 |website=HistoryLink |access-date=February 6, 2021 |date=July 27, 2005}}</ref>


==Recent Events==
After the 2004-05 school year, principal Pat Sullivan left the school, to be replaced by Catherine Matthews. This has brought mixed feelings from community members and students. Matthews has placed new restrictions on the student newspaperand toughened the attendance policy to mercilessly doll out "Saturday School" assignments. These saturday school assignments are quite frequently handed out by mistake. Matthews is currently very unpopular with students, and was publically booed by hundreds of students early in the school year, at an assembly.
==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
{{more citations needed|section|date=November 2024}}
* [[Chris Chandler]], NFL player [http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=15420]

* [[Henry Jackson]], United States senator and presidential candidate.
* [[Stan Boreson]], the "King of [[Scandinavia]]n Humor"
* [[Chris Chandler (American football)|Chris Chandler]], former NFL quarterback, guided the [[1998 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]] to the Super Bowl<ref name="nflplayers">{{cite web|url=http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=15420|publisher=nflplayers.com|title=NFL Players Association - NFLPA Homepage|access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Mike Champion (basketball)]], former NBA player
* [[Chuck Close]], artist
* [[Nancy Coleman]], former actress<ref name="photoplay">{{cite journal|last1=Bentley|first1=Janet|title=She's Solid! -- Nancy Coleman|journal=Photoplay|date=July 1943|volume=23|issue=2|pages=59–60, 72|url=https://archive.org/stream/photopla123phot#page/n68/mode/1up|access-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Erickson]], former NFL and college football head coach, last at [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State University]]
* [[Curt Farrier]], former NFL defensive tackle<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FarrCu20.htm |title=Curt Farrier Stats |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |date= |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
* [[Henry M. Jackson|Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] and presidential candidate
* [[Daniel J. Kremer]], former Presiding Justice of the [[California Courts of Appeal|California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One]]
* [[Jim Lambright]], former head football coach at the [[Washington Huskies football|University of Washington]]
* [[Chuck Nelson]], former NFL placekicker and broadcaster with the University of Washington
* [[Mike Price]], head football coach at the [[UTEP Miners football|University of Texas at El Paso]], formerly at [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State University]]
* [[Don Van Patten]], member New Hampshire General Court
* [[Dick Ward]], former [[MLB]] player ([[Chicago Cubs]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]])
* [[Don White (baseball)|Don White]], former [[MLB]] player ([[Philadelphia Athletics]])
* Margaret Wiggum, aka [[Marge Simpson]], real life mother of [[Matt Groening]] creator of '’[[The Simpsons]]'’ cartoon. Class of 1937.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://cms.everett.k12.wa.us/everetthigh Everett High School website]
* [https://www.everettsd.org/everetths/ Everett High School]
* [http://www.everett.k12.wa.us/everett Everett Public Schools district website]
* [https://www.everettsd.org/ Everett Public Schools District website]

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Latest revision as of 10:14, 16 November 2024

Everett High School
Everett High School's "A Building"
Address
Map
2416 Colby Avenue

Everett, Washington 98201

United States
Coordinates47°59′7″N 122°12′29″W / 47.98528°N 122.20806°W / 47.98528; -122.20806
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoSchool Of Champions
Established1891
School districtEverett School District
NCES School ID530267000395[1]
PrincipalKelly Shepherd
Faculty81.30 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,606 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.75[1]
Color(s)Blue & Gold
   
AthleticsWesco 3A
MascotSeagulls
RivalCascade High School
WebsiteSchool website
Everett High School
Everett High School (Washington) is located in Washington (state)
Everett High School (Washington)
Location in Washington
Everett High School (Washington) is located in the United States
Everett High School (Washington)
Location in United States
Location2400 Colby Ave., Everett, Washington
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
Built byJenkins and Jones
ArchitectJames Stephen
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.97000493[2]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1997

Everett High School is a secondary school located in Everett, Washington, United States, which educates grades 9 through 12. It was founded in 1891 as the first high school in the Everett School District. The incumbent Principal is now Kelly Shepherd who took over the role after Amanda M. Overly, who assumed office after former Principal Lance Balla transferred, quit. The Deputy Principals are E. Heinz, C. Mora, K. Allen.

The school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

History

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The first high school in Everett was a ten-week course established in 1891, two years prior to the city's incorporation. Margaret Salisbury was the first graduate of the high school, which expanded into a full four-year curriculum in 1898 but still shared space with other grades. A separate high school building was built in 1902, but the growing city's student population quickly outgrew the facility and required the use of several portable classrooms.[4]

The first building on the modern Everett High School campus—now named the "A" or Main Building—opened on January 31, 1910, and was designed to accommodate 600 students.[4][5] It cost $198,000 to construct and was built on land that had hosted a 1905 showing from Buffalo Bill's traveling Wild West show.[5] The building was constructed in two months with new fireproof materials and technologies.[4]

The A Building underwent eight major renovations through the 20th century, including a 1963 addition that added an elevator that covered the entranceway. Most of the changes made in the 1963 addition were demolished by the building's 1995 renovation that restored its historic elements while bringing the A Building up to modern standards.[4] The Everett High School campus expanded to seven buildings over a four-block area around Colby Avenue, with new buildings to house facilities that were formerly in the A Building.[5]

Athletics

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Everett High School is part of District One of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) as a member of the Wesco 3A conference. The school competes as the Seagulls, with its sports split between the conference's North and South divisions; the football team was formerly in the North division, but was moved to the South division when Wesco football realigned with the addition of the Ferndale Golden Eagles and the Squalicum Storm for the 2016 season.[6][7][8]

Due to the construction of Everett High School occurring in the city's early years, it does not have on-site facilities for baseball and football; both teams practice and play home games south of the school at Everett Memorial Stadium as a result. The baseball team temporarily practiced on the football field at the stadium complex for the 2017 season and most of the 2018 season due to poor conditions at the baseball park (now known as Funko Field) caused by heavy rain along with simultaneous use by teams from both the school and Everett Community College. The baseball park had its natural grass surface replaced with artificial turf, with the Seagulls hosting their first game on the new surface on April 12, 2018.[9][10]

The school has the claim of winning the unofficial national championship of high school football for the 1920 season. The football team, led by coach Enoch Bagshaw, achieved a perfect season that year;[note 1] it was capped off on January 1, 1921, with a 16–7 defeat of East Technical High School from Cleveland, Ohio, at Athletic Field in Everett, now the site of Bagshaw Field at North Middle School. After the season, Bagshaw left to coach for the Washington Huskies football team, leading them to their first Rose Bowl appearance in 1923.[11][12]

Notable alumni

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Notes

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  1. ^ The school's official record is 9–0–1; the only game that did not end in a win was a tie in an exhibition game versus a squad composed of school alumni before the start of the season.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Everett High School (530267000395)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System – (#97000493)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings – June 13, 1997". National Park Service. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Ravetz, Kristin (September 30, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Everett High School". National Park Service. pp. 7–1, 8–2. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Stevick, Eric (January 24, 2010). "Everett High School's grand old hall turns 100". The Everett Herald. p. A1. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Meet the new 3A Wesco football league". The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Rasbach, David (January 29, 2016). "Ferndale, Squalicum looking forward to new opportunities in Wesco". The Bellingham Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  8. ^ Hereth, Zac (September 1, 2019). "Wesco 3A South football preview: Coaches poll and storylines". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  9. ^ Hereth, Zac (March 25, 2019). "Everett High School baseball happy to be home". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  10. ^ Patterson, Nick (October 16, 2017). "Everett Memorial Stadium's baseball field converting to turf". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  11. ^ Hereth, Zac (January 1, 2021). "They were the kings of prep football 100 years ago". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  12. ^ Oakley, Janet (July 27, 2005). "Everett High School wins the mythical national championship of high school football on January 1, 1921". HistoryLink. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "NFL Players Association - NFLPA Homepage". nflplayers.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  14. ^ Bentley, Janet (July 1943). "She's Solid! -- Nancy Coleman". Photoplay. 23 (2): 59–60, 72. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  15. ^ "Curt Farrier Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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