Everett High School (Washington)
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. [1]
The school colors of Everett High School are blue and gold. The school mascot is Sammy the Seagull. As of 2005, the school principal is Catherine Matthews.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
- Chris Chandler, NFL player [2]
- Henry Jackson, United States senator and presidential candidate.
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