Tualatin High School

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Tualatin High School
Location
Tualatin, OR
USA
Information
School district Tigard-Tualatin School District
Principal Jeff Smith
Type Public
Grades 9 to 12
Established 1992
Information (503) 431-5600
Homepage http://tuhs.ttsd.k12.or.us/
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Tualatin High School is a public school located in Tualatin, Oregon, USA. Opened in 1992, it currently enrolls approximately 2100 students, of which about 80% continue into post-secondary education. It is part of the Tigard-Tualatin School District. Tualatin's mascot is the Timberwolf, and its school colors are crimson, silver, and black.

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[edit] History

Although Tualatin High School is relatively new, its roots reach back to 1865, when a small red school house was built in the village. The school house went on to become Tualatin Elementary School and is now the location of the Tualatin Food Bank. It was replaced in 1900 with a new, two-room school on Boones Ferry Road, which is still a major thoroughfare in the city. A four-year high school program was offered for the first time in 1909, after the school was hoisted up and two more rooms were added beneath. However, the seven-member class of 1936 was the last class to graduate from the old Tualatin School. After that, students were sent to nearby high schools in Sherwood and Tigard. The move was further solidified in 1969, when Tualatin residents voted to officially join Tigard School District 23J.

In 1990, following rapid growth in Tualatin, the name of the district changed to the Tigard-Tualatin School District, a signal of Tualatin’s emerging importance in the area’s academic structure. Only two years later, in 1992, the new Tualatin High School opened its doors on a 64-acre campus. Students from area junior high schools voted on the school colors and mascot.

For several years, the school lacked a swimming pool and auditorium, as well as proper spectator stands for its state-of-the-art football field. As a result, many extracurricular activities, such as plays and sporting events, took place on the grounds of the school’s new rival, Tigard High School. This was corrected in the summer of 1998, when the school completed its new sports stadium. Later that year, it opened its own auditorium and swim center.

The school added a building called the T.E.C.H. Wing that opened in the spring of 2006. T.E.C.H. stands for Tualatin Engineering, Computers, and Health Wing.

On March 24th 2008, the first day of Spring Break, the school's website was hacked and displayed an anti-war message. "The district's webmaster redirected Internet users to a temporary site, so they could begin an investigation. Tualatin Police are helping to determine who broke into the webpage. They don't know whether it was done by someone inside the school or an outside hacker. They are working to restore the school's website." (Brad Ford, KPOJ News)

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[edit] Academic achievements

The school reports that its TAG (Talented and Gifted) population averages 18-20%, while the national average is 2.64%. The school runs a large International Baccalaureate program. SAT scores average 1100. The class of 1998 had the largest number of National Merit Scholars of any high school in Oregon.

The school's CIM scores in mathematics were the third highest in the state in 2000.

Tualatin High School is one of 13 schools in Oregon and one of 479 in the United States to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. "The IB Diploma is the premier global standard of high school academic excellence, and Tualatin is proud to have offered students the option to earn it ever since our doors opened in 1992." - Tualatin High IB Program.

[edit] Athletics

Tualatin is a 6A school in the Pacific Conference (formerly the Pac-9) for Oregon prep athletics. Tualatin offers 22 different sports teams and has won awards in boys and girls basketball, girls tennis, cheerleading, dance team, football, boys golf, girls soccer, softball, speech/debate, swimming, and track. This includes three consecutive golf team titles from 2002-2004.

[edit] Student Organizations

[edit] Associated Student Body

The Associated Student Body (ASB) is the student council at Tualatin High School, which consists of 9 directorships: Spirit, Budgets, Elections, and Leadership Services (B.E.L.S), Public Relations, Community Service, Assemblies, Diversity, Student Involvement and Recognition, Graduation, and Technology.

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