Southridge High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Southridge High School

principal = Ms. Gordon
type = Public Secondary
grades = 9–12
established = 1999
city = Beaverton
state = Oregon
country = USA
oversight = Beaverton School District
enrollment = 2,047 (2007-2008)
faculty = 107
campus = Suburban
mascot = Skyhawks
colors = Cardinal Red, Black, and Vegas Gold
website = [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/southridge/ www.beavton.k12.or.us/southridge/]

Southridge High School is a suburban high school in Beaverton, Oregon. It is one of nine high schools in the Beaverton School District. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate program, and some Advanced Placement courses. It belongs to the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities. The school mascot is Skyler the Skyhawk.

tudents

Of the 1,968 students, 71% are Caucasian, 14% are Asian, 9% are Hispanic, 3% are African American and 1% are Native American. 7% of the student body applied for lunch assistance, 4.8% receive ESL education and 12.6% are eligible for special education. In the 2005-2006 school year, the drop out rate for 2006 was 1.6%, 92% of graduates intended on receiving post-secondary education and 17 students received the International Baccalaureate diploma http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/southridge/Statistics.htm]

The average SAT score was 525 Critical Reading, 548 Math, and 513 Writing. [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/08/08-ReportCard-2783.pdf]

Faculty

In the 2006-2007 school year, there were 103 teachers, 20 educational assistants, 4 administrators and 30 other staff members. Teachers had on average 8.7 years of experience, and 88.4% had at least a masters degree. [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/08/08-ReportCard-2783.pdf]

Recognition

Southridge was named an Exemplary Smaller Learning Communities site in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education and has been recognized throughout Oregon for its accomplishments.

Though Southridge has been recognized in every single sport they have participated in, Southridge is well known for having a great art and music program.

Athletics/Activities

Football,
Volleyball,
Water Polo,
Soccer,
Cross Country,
Basketball,
Swimming,
Wrestling,
Tennis,
Baseball,
Track and Field,
Golf

Southridge's rivals are Beaverton High School and Jesuit High School. Southridge has 6 state titles. One from the 2002 baseball, one from the 2005 softball, and four from the women's basketball (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (6A)).

The girls varsity basketball team from 2006 will have all 5 starters playing at pac-10 conference schools as of 2008-09: J.J Hones (Stanford) Stacy Nichols (Oregon State) Aarika Hughes, Michelle Jenkins (Southern California), Alex Earl (Arizona State). Southridge has also had individual state champions in track & field.

Southridge football has also been known to produce division 1 football players on a yearly basis. Marcus and Mitch Mathews(BYU), Billy Bates(Idaho),David johnson(Tulsa), Jeron Mastrud(Kansas state),and Ryan Depalo(Oregon).

Southridge is also accomplished in the following: Marching Band,
Speech and Debate,
Cheerleading,
Skiing,
Raquetball,
Soccer

Southridge placed 9th in North West Marching Band Championships in 2005 and then came back to place 2nd in 2006, .1 points lower than Evergreen High School Marching Band. In 2007 they placed first with Evergreen High School in 2nd. They look forward to another successful marching band season in 2008.

Clubs

The students have the ability to create their own clubs to make friends and sign it as an extracurricular activity. BAMF(Blokes Annyomous Males and Females), DECA, Key Club, Model UN - Most awesome club, Diversity Club, Speech and Debate, Anime Club, Math Club, Multicultural Soccer Club, DDR Club, Yo-Yo Club, GSA and many more, not.

Other notes

* President George W. Bush spoke at Southridge High School on August 13th, 2004, while on the campaign trail, and addressed supporters at an invitation-only event in the main gym. On the same day, presidential candidate John Kerry held a rally at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Downtown Portland.
* Unlike most public high schools, Southridge operates on twelve-week trimesters rather than two eighteen-week semesters. School administrators say this allows for a greater depth and breadth of learning. It also allows them to receive 2.5 credits more than the semester schools.
* This school also requires that students perform service learning in order to graduate. Southridge requires a minimum of 60 hours to be completed before graduation and recommends that students complete 15 hours during each of their four years. If a student completes 200 or more hours before graduation, the student receives special acknowledgement at graduation.
* The Skyhawks 06-07 football team made it to the state championship. They went against Jesuit and fell short of winning. ´Marcus Mathews was named game MVP.

External links

* [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/southridge/ Southridge High School]
* [http://southridgeib.org/ Southridge International Baccalaureate]
* [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/ Beaverton School District]
* [http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sslc/descriptions/southridge/index.asp Southridge featured on the "Schools Making Progress" website by the NW Regional Education Laboratory]
* [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/05/05-ReportCard-2783.pdf Oregon's Report Card on Southridge High School, 2003-2004] (PDF)
* [http://simde.org/ Southridge High School Marching Band and Auxiliary]
* [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/southridge/Clubs.htm Southridge clubs]