St. Helens High School

St. Helens High School
Address
2375 Gable Road
St. Helens, Oregon, Columbia 97051
United States
Coordinates 45°50′59.06″N 122°49′56.09″W / 45.8497389°N 122.8322472°W / 45.8497389; -122.8322472Coordinates: 45°50′59.06″N 122°49′56.09″W / 45.8497389°N 122.8322472°W / 45.8497389; -122.8322472
Information
Type Public
School district St. Helens School District
Principal [1] B.G. Aguirre
Grades 9-12
Number of students 966[2]
Color(s) Yellow and black   [3]
Athletics conference OSAA Northwest Oregon Conference, 5A-2[3]
Mascot Lion[3] http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608028590623424971&pid=1.7
Team name (St. Helens) Lions (Lady Lions for sports predominantly played by females)
Website http://www.sthelens.k12.or.us/Domain/88

St. Helens High School (SHHS) is a public high school located in St. Helens, Oregon, United States. Built in the 1850s SHHS is a Public school, and an auxiliary filming for the movie Twilight took place at the school in April 2008.[4]

Academics

In 2015 SHHS had a class size of 224 students, 73% of the 224 were on-time-grads and had only 45 drop outs.

In 2014 SHHS had a class size of 259 students, 85% of the 259 were on-time-grads and had only 27 drop outs.[5][6]

Extra Curricular Activity

There are clubs that SHHS offers to its students. There are some clubs like drama club, robotics club, which takes part in the FTC tournament and participating in Rachel's Challenge, and like most schools SHHS offers sports in the fall through spring such as Football, Boys and Girls Soccer, Volleyball, Cheer, Color Guard, Swim Team, Wrestling, Boys and Girls Basketball, Track & Field, Golf, Baseball, Softball, and Boys and Girls Tennis.

Accomplishments

2014 5A Volleyball State Champions, 1992 and 1996 3A Football State Champions, 2007 Track & Field State Champions. (There are many more championship titles SHHS has won)

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Oregon School Directory 2009-2010" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 117. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  2. ↑ http://schools.publicschoolsreport.com/Oregon/StHelens/StHelensHighSchool.html
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/StHelens/
  4. ↑ Swan, Darryl (2008-04-02). "'Twilight' descends on St. Helens". Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  5. ↑ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  6. ↑ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  7. ↑ Hector, Alley (2008-09-24). "Celebrity dating drama - The Hugh Hefner, Criss Angel, Holly Madison triangle". The Oregonian. Retrieved 10 August 2010.


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