Rainier Beach High School
at , Seattle , 98118 United States
Rainier Beach High School is a public secondary school in the Seattle Public Schools system. It is located in the Rainier Beach area, in the southeastern part of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The school historically has had a strong emphasis on team sports, and many championship teams. The building has a capacity of 1,200 students, but enrollment has declined greatly in recent years. In 2006, 1,302 of the 1,600 high school students living in the Rainier Beach neighborhood traveled out of the area each morning to attend other high schools. In 2008-09, Rainier Beach began the year with 453 students and ended with about 295, giving an average monthly enrollment of 374. Sixty students chose it as their first choice. In 2013 the school began offering an International Baccalaureate program.AcademicsAdvanced Placement classes are offered in mathematics, statistics, language arts, history/politics, music theory, and studio art. In 2008-09, 15% of Rainier Beach students took at least one AP class (about 75 students). Of these, 10% passed the AP exams (about 7 or 8 students). Rainier Beach offers 17 ELL classes. Spanish and French are offered as foreign languages. There is an after school Arabic Languages program. In 2009, over 61% of 10th grade students passed the state reading test, 17.6% passed the math test, and 6% met minimum standards in all three basic subjects - reading, writing and math. In 2009, 9.8% passed the science test, up from 3% in 2006. On average, 76% of enrolled students attend school on any given day. Of the class of 2009, 64.2% of entering freshmen, and 86% of entering senior class members (86 of 100), eventually graduated. 2009 42% of Graduating Class went on to 2yr or 4yr Colleges or Universities.2010 57% of Graduating Class went on to 2yr or 4yr Colleges or Universities. In fall 2010, 12 students from the 2010 graduating class enrolled at the University of Washington.
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400 23rd Ave Seattle , WA 98122 United States
James A. Garfield High School is a public high school in the Seattle Public Schools district of Seattle, Washington, USA. Located along 23rd Avenue between E. Alder and E. Jefferson Streets in Seattle's urban Central District, Garfield draws students from all over the city. Garfield is also one of two options for the district's Accelerated Progress Program for highly gifted students, with the other being Ingraham International High School. As a result, it has many college-level classes available ranging from calculus-based physics to Advanced Placement (AP) studio art.HistoryIn 1917, the Seattle School Board authorized the purchase of property for East High School at a location suggested by the board’s secretary, Reuben Jones, because it was “on a hill and the school would stand out.” Construction was delayed until the end of World War I, and by that time there was a pressing need for space in the city’s four high schools. Immediate action had to be taken, which meant that a temporary structure was erected at the East High School site in 1920. The 12-room wooden structure housed 282 incoming freshmen who transferred from Broadway High School.Midway through the 1920–21 school year, 140 more students entered East High School. Portables were added, and, by 1922–23, a total of 27 temporary buildings stood on the grounds. Enrollment by this time exceeded 900 students. Additional property was acquired and construction began on a permanent building. The first principal, George N. Porter, suggested that the school be named after James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States who earned recognition as a congressman and Civil War leader. Porter also selected the Bulldog as school mascot and the colors purple and white. The new James A. Garfield High School opened in September 1923 with over 1,000 students. The three-story structure was designed in the Jacobean style by Floyd Naramore with elaborate terra cotta details. The main (north) entrance features a projecting bay with triple arched doorways.
2706 S Jackson St Seattle , WA 98144 United States
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