Patagonia Union High School

Infobox School
name = Patagonia Union High School


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location = Patagonia, Arizona
district = Patagonia Public Schools
country = United States
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faculty = 6.5 (on FTE basis)cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=040603000499&ID=040603000499 |title=Patagonia Union High School |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdate=2008-04-03]
ratio = 13.5
enrollment = 88
enrollment_as_of = 2005-06
type = Public
grades = 9 to 12
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mascot = Lobo
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established = 1926cite web |url=http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/senior99/patag.html |title=1999 Senior Class Achievers |publisher=Arizona Daily Star |accessdate=2008-04-03]
homepage = [http://patagonia.echalk.com/home.aspx PUHS website]

Patagonia Union High School (PUHS), is a public high school located in Patagonia, Arizona, which serves rural eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, including the communities of Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin. PUHS is a 1A school, with an enrollment of about 90 students in grades 9-12. Its mascot is the Lobo, the Spanish word for "wolf."

General information

The student population is 54% low income (i.e., eligible for free & reduced-price lunches by the federal definition). Ethnically, the student population is 52% Anglo and 48% Latino. [ [http://arizona.schooltree.org/public/Patagonia-Union-High-003381.html Patagonia Union High School in Patagonia, Arizona/AZ - School Tree ] ]

National and state authorities have lauded the school for its academic excellence. PUHS has met the federal standard of "adequate yearly progress" every year since the passage of No Child Left Behind. The Arizona Department of Education has given the school its highest rating (Excelling) for the past three years. PUHS is the only "Excelling" high school in Arizona south of the Tucson metro area. [http://www.ade.az.gov/srcs/ReportCards/59712007.pdf]

U.S. News & World Report recently recognized PUHS as a bronze medal school, a designation that indicates unusually good test scores for the school's demographics. Patagonia is the only bronze medal school in southern Arizona outside the Tucson metro area. [ [http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/arizona/patagonia_union_high_school Patagonia Union High School: Best High Schools - USNews.com ] ]

Great Schools currently gives PUHS a rating of 9 (out of 10), [ [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/az/1980 Patagonia Union High School - Patagonia, Arizona - AZ - school overview ] ] better than any other school in Santa Cruz [ [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/cs_compare/AZ?compare_type=distance&city=Patagonia&school_selected=1980&from=form&x=46&y=7 Arizona schools - AZ elementary, middle and high school information ] ] or Cochise County. [ [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/cs_compare/az/?level=h&area=m&compare_type=distance&street=5225+E.+Buena+School+Blvd.&miles=1000&lat=31.5693&lon=-110.2376&sortby=distance&school_selected=94&ids=94,1755,96,3312,2304,3229,2783,151,88,1761,148,3313,86,2343,1735,1980,156,3311,2765,1762,97,108,1975,3302,3099&tab=over&begin=0&showall=1 Arizona schools - AZ elementary, middle and high school information ] ]

Academic awards

Arizona Department of Education Report Cards

*2007-2008: Excelling
*2006-2007: Excelling
*2005-2006: Excelling
*2004-2005: Performing
*2003-2004: Highly Performing
*2002-2003: Excelling

No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress

*2007-2008: Met
*2006-2007: Met
*2005-2006: Met
*2004-2005: Met
*2003-2004: Met
*2002-2003: Met

U.S. News & World Report America's Best Schools

*Bronze Medal, 2007

Arizona Regional Brain Bee

*1st place: 2008
*2nd place: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

Arizona Academic Decathlon

*2nd place among 1A schools in regional & state competition, 2008

Willow Canyon Scholastic Bowl Invitational

*3rd Place, 2008

Athletic achievements

Baseball

*1st place, 1A South division, 2003 (Head Coaches: Brian MacKenzie & Alvaro Monteverde)

Basketball (Boys)

*3rd place, 1A South division, 2008 (Head Coach: Jim Paul)
*1st place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Jimmy Lewis)

Basketball (Girls)

*4th place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Michelle Shadrick)

Football

*3rd place, 1A South division, 2008 (Head Coach: Brian MacKenzie)

Volleyball (Girls)

*1st place, 1A South division, 2005 (Head Coach: Lance Sabbe)

Faculty and staff recognition

*Brian MacKenzie

Arizona Teacher of the Year finalist, 2009

Patagonia Union High School Teacher of the Year, 2008

Veterans of Foreign Wars Arizona High School Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year, 2008

Arizona 1A South Baseball Coach of the Year, 2003

*Lois Rodgers

National Rural Teacher of the Year, 2001-2002

Arizona Rural Schools Association Teacher of the Year, 2000-2001 [ [http://www.azruralschools.org/index.cfm?pID=469 ARSA: Teacher of the Year] ]

*Susan Stropko

Superintendent of the Year for Small & Rural Schools, 2004

Notable alumni

*Dinesh D'Souza, author, conservative activist, Reagan Administration policy analyst

*Jim Kolbe, Republican U.S. Congressman for southern Arizona, 1985-2007

*John Kolbe, reporter and columnist for the Phoenix Gazette and Arizona Republic

*Cynthia Matus-Morriss, 2003 president of the Arizona School Boards Association and 2004 vice-chairman of the National Hispanic Caucus of the National School Boards Association

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