Olympus High School

Olympus High School
Olympus High School
Titan Pride
Location
4055 S. 2300 East
Holladay, Utah, 84124
United States
Coordinates 40°41′00″N 111°49′25″W / 40.6833333°N 111.82361°W / 40.6833333; -111.82361Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 111°49′25″W / 40.6833333°N 111.82361°W / 40.6833333; -111.82361
Information
School type Public high school
Established 1953
School district Granite School District
Principal Mark Manning
Faculty 80
Grades 10-12
Enrollment 1,422
Student to teacher ratio 17.8
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Green and Gray          
Mascot Titans
Information (385) 646-5400
Website

Olympus High School is a public high school in the Granite School District in Holladay, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. It opened on September 1, 1953 with an original enrollment of 1028 students.

Contents

Notable alumni

  • David Burnett (1964) noted photographer for Life, Time, People and Sports Illustrated magazines.
  • Shaun Green (2005), '04-05 Utah Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year, University of Utah Forward (2005–2009)
  • Karl Rove (1969), noted political adviser, former Deputy White House Chief of Staff[1]
  • Ronald B. Scott,(1963), journalist with Time, Life, Sports Illustrated and People magazines;biographer of former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney, and author of the novel "Closing Circles: Trapped in the Everlasting Mormon Moment," which has segments based loosely on Olympus High School.
  • David Zabriskie (1997), professional road bicycle racer[2]

Football

1984 - Beat the Alta Hawks 39-13 in the state championship game. Finished the season 11-2. [3]

1997 - Finished 2nd in the state. Lost a heartbreaker to the Timpview Thunderbirds 19-16 in the state championship game held on November 21, 1997. Finished the season 2nd in Region 5 with a 10-2 record (7-1 within the region). [4]

1998 - Beat Bonneville 35-7 to win the state championship. Avenged the previous year’s loss to Timpview by beating them in the semi-finals 33-20. Finished the season with a 12-0 record. [5]

Basketball

Region

During Matt Barnes' 15 year coaching tenure at his alma mater, the Olympus High Men's Basketball Team has won 12 Region titles. He has the most coaching wins in the history of the school.[citation needed]

State

The Titans have consistenly been contenders in the Utah State 4-A Classification State Championships. Under Barnes they have appeared multiple times in the Final Four and Championship Game.

Swimming

Swimming tends to be one of the overlooked sports in high schools but Olympus Swimming is on the rise. Coach Brad Goffe has been coaching the swim team and teaching Japanese at the Olympus for 17 years. Swimming has one of the longest high school sport seasons stretching from September to February. There is at least one girl ranked in the top 8 in 4A in every event and at least one boy in the top 10 in all but 3 events in 4A.[6]

Region

The Olympus High Girl's Swimming team took first in the Region VI Championships in 2010. They have gone undefeated in the 2010-2011 season so far and are looking for a repeat win in Regions.

State

The Girl's team also took second at 4A State in 2010. There were several first place individual finishes by the entire team in the following events: Girl's 50 Yard Freestyle, Girl's 200 Yard Freestyle, Girl's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, Girl's 100 Yard Backstroke, Girl's 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.[7] The girls are also looking to be the new 4A State Champions for the 2010-2011 season.

Courses

Advanced Placement classes offered at Olympus High School include:

  • AP English Literature
  • AP American History
  • AP European History
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP Calculus B/C
  • AP Biology
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Physics
  • AP Spanish Literature
  • AP Art History
  • AP Studio Art
  • AP Theory & Harmony
  • AP French Language
  • AP Spanish Language

Honors classes include:

External links and references

  1. ^ "Karl Rove to make book tour stops in Utah," Deseret News, April 23, 2010
  2. ^ "5 Questions with cyclist David Zabriskie," Deseret News, July 5, 2009
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ [4]
  7. ^ [5]

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