Glacier High School Charter
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2021) |
| Glacier High School Charter | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
 | |
, | |
| Coordinates | 37°20′54″N 119°38′29″W / 37.3483000°N 119.6413956°W |
| Information | |
| Established | August 19, 2002[1][2] |
| School district | Yosemite Unified School District[1] |
| NCES District ID | 0601555[1] |
| NCES School ID | 060155510541 |
| Administrator | Michael Cox[1] |
| Principal | Mindy Klang |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Enrollment | 126 (2018-2019)[3] |
| Website | https://www.glacierhighcharter.org/ |
Glacier High School Charter (GHS) is an American public charter secondary school in the Yosemite Unified School District located in Oakhurst, California.[1] GHS shares its campus with Mountain Home School Charter.[2]
History
After being chartered through the Yosemite Unified School District, GHS received final approval for operation from the California State Board of Education in June 2002. Glacier's first day of student attendance was 19 August 2002, with sixteen students enrolled. In 2006, a GHS satellite campus opened in Fresno county, later moving to a different location in Fresno county in 2015. In 2008-2009, GHS and Mountain Home School collaborated to form the non-profit educational institution Western Sierra Charter Schools.[2]
Extracurricular activities
Academic Decathlon
Glacier High has been a recurring participant in the Madera County Academic Decathlon competition since 2014. In the 2021 competition, GHS won the "Super Quiz" competition, and placed second in the main competition, behind Madera South High School by 51.7 points.[4][5]
Poetry Out Loud
GHS won the Madera County Poetry Out Loud competition in early 2020, with a student advancing to the California state competition that was held March 15-16 2020 in Sacramento.[6]
Awards
![[icon]](/enwiki/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2021) |
On January 25 2021, Glacier received the 2020 College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award.[7]
Student Demographics
Currently, 126 students are enrolled at Glacier, with a student-teacher ratio of 14.6. The ethnic breakdown of the student body is 63.5% White, 20.6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3.2% African American, and 1.6% American Indian, with two or more races accounting for the remaining 7.1% of the student body.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Glacier High School Charter". California Department of Education. October 26, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Our History". Glacier High School Charter. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ a b "Glacier High School Charter School". Niche. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Madera South edges Glacier Charter for county Academic Decathlon title". Sierra Star. February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ "Mountain Area High Schools Participate in Madera County Academic Decathalon". Sierra News Online. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Glacier High Sweeps Top Honors at 'Poetry Out Loud!' Competition". Sierra News Online. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award - 2020" (PDF). CollegeBoard. 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.