Emerald Ridge High School

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Emerald Ridge High School
Type Public secondary
Principal Brian Lowney
Students 1,430 (2007-2008)
Grades 10–12
Location Puyallup, Washington, USA
District Puyallup School District
Campus Suburban
Colors Green, black, silver
Mascot Jaguar
Yearbook Facets
Newspaper Jagwire
Website [1]

Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington, United States and is commonly referred to as ERHS or simply ER. Emerald Ridge features green, black and silver as its primary colors and has a jaguar (named Jake) as its official mascot. The enrollment is currently just below 1,500.[1] Academically, between the four comprehensive high schools in the district, Emerald Ridge ranks first in test scores on the WASL. In the 2005-2006 school year, 10th graders showed 89% competency in Reading, 58.1% in Math, 91.1% in Writing and 32% in Science.[2]

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[edit] Commencement

Commencement, or graduation, is held every year at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. Due to the size of each graduating class and their audience, the ceremony cannot be held anywhere on school grounds. .

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Megan Quann, swimmer, a double Olympic Gold medalist from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and author of Get Wet, Get Fit.
  • Tommy Snider, actor, co-host of the television show Fridays on Cartoon Network
  • Nathan Jendrick, author of Dunks, Doubles, Doping: How Steroids Are Killing American Athletics, Get Wet, Get Fit and the upcoming BALCO: The Straight Dope On Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and What We Can Do To Save Sports. Married to Olympic swimmer Megan Jendrick (Quann), and is now the boys swimming coach at ERHS.

[edit] Athletics

  • Girls Golf:
    • 2005 SPSL Undefeated Champions
    • 2004 SPSL Champions (9-1)
  • Volleyball:
    • 3rd Place 2005 4A State
    • League Champions 2005 SPSL South
    • District Champions 2005 SPSL
    • 4th Place 2004 4A State
    • 4th Place 2003 4A State
    • 6th Place 2002 4A State
    • 5th Place 2001 4A State
  • Girls Tennis:
    • 2005 SPSL South Champions
    • 4th Place 2004 4A State
    • 2004 SPSL South Champions
    • 2004 SPSL District Champions
    • 5th Place 2003 4A State
    • 6th Place 2002 4B State
  • Wrestling:
    • 2006 SPSL South Dual Meet Champions
    • 2006 SPSL South Tournament Champions
    • 2005 SPSL South Dual Meet Champions (Undefeated)
    • 2005 Regional Champions
    • 6th Place 2005 4A State

[edit] References