North Thurston High School

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North Thurston High School

North Thurston High School, located in the North Thurston Public Schools District in Olympia, Washington, is a comprehensive high school which first opened in 1955. North Thurston serves a portion of Lacey and northeast Thurston County. The school is accredited by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The principal is Steve Rood.

[edit] Facility

The current North Thurston High School campus was constructed in 1983; South Sound Stadium added in 1985 and the Auditorium added in 1995. NTHS' central building easily hit capacity within the first few years after being constructed. A flood of portables were brought in during the mid 80's to handle the student enrollment growth along with the 1993 construction of River Ridge High School. Several portables are still in use to handle the over-capacity demand on the NTHS campus.

The original North Thurston High School campus use to be located on what is now the student parking lot. This campus was constructed in 1954 and torn down in 1984. The old campus hosted Chinook Middle School students during the 1983-1984 year while Chinook's building went through a building remodel. Three original buildings from the old NTHS campus; the autoshop, swimming pool, and NTPS' Bowerman Center were part of the old high school campus and are still in use.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Rickie Lee Jones, musician
• Kasey Keller, class of '88, US National Soccer team goalkeeper in 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cup tournaments. A street near North Thurston is named after him.
• Brian Kendrick, class of '97, Professional wrestler for WWE's RAW
• Michael Sellers, class of '93, NFL player for the Washington Redskins

[edit] Sports

North Thurston High School is a 3A-division member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. It is a member of the Western Cascade Conference, which includes: Capital, Timberline, Clover Park, Shelton, Yelm, and Lakes high schools.

State Championships, 2nd place:

Baseball - 1976, 1987; Slowpitch Softball - 1987; Boys Soccer - 1985; Girls Swimming - 1984; Boys Tennis - 1987; Boys Track and Field - 1987; Girls Track and Field - 1994

[edit] See also

• River Ridge High School
• Timberline High School

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• North Thurston High School website

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