White River High School (Washington)

White River High School (Washington)

Infobox Secondary school
name = White River High School
established =
city = Buckley
state = Washington
country = USA
type = Public secondary
principal = Mike Hagadone
asb president = Brandon Skyles
grades = 9–12
enrollment= 1,270 (2006)
district = White River School District
mascot = Hornets
colors = Maroon & Gold
website = [http://www.whiteriver.wednet.edu/default.asp?page=SCHOOLS/wrhs/default.asp]

White River High School is located on an 84 acre site in Buckley, Washington. At one point, the school was known as Buckley High School.

White River

In September 2003, White River moved into a new convert|240000|sqft|m2|sing=on facility [http://www.whiteriver.wednet.edu/Docs/PerformanceReports/WRHS06.pdf] . The design by INTEGRUS Arcitecture won numerous awards. Landscape Architectural services were provided by Cascade Design Collaborative, Inc. The design focuses on separating the school into five Career Path sections -Arts and Communications, Health and Human Services, Business and Marketing, Science and Natural Resources, and Engineering and Technology- for upper classmen and three core class sections for underclassmen. The lunch area is at the center of the school, surrounded by the main student resource buildings [http://www.designshare.com/index.php/projects/white-river-high/narratives] .
Awards
* 2005 James D. MacConnell Award, recognizing excellence in planning educational facilities that promote student achievement and help serve the needs of the students and faculty, as well as the community. The award is given by CEFPI, the School Building Association [http://www.cefpi.org/macconnell/home.html] .
*2005 Civil Design Merit Award from the Washington State AIA, which recognized public projects with great civic design [http://www.integrus.net/projects/index.asp] .
*2004 Award of Merit by the Washington chapter of CEFPI.

Activities

Clubs at the school are:
*ASB
*Band
*Choir
*DECA
*Diversity Club
*Drama
*FBLA
*FCCLA
*FFA
*Key Club
*Knowledge Bowl
*National Honor Society
*Native American Club
*SADD
*TSA
*WRSAW [http://www.whiteriver.wednet.edu/SCHOOLS/WRHS/Activities/ActivitiesHandbook.pdf] .

Band

Band is what keeps the school spirit alive, and keeps people together.

Drum Majors

* 2003-04 - Ron Edmonds
* 2004-05 - Rachael Hoffman
* 2005-06 - Kacea Pollard-Johnson
* 2006-07 - Amanda Allen
* 2007-08 - Kelli Taylor
* 2008-09 - Chanél Sutphin
* 2009-10 - Zach Schneider

Athletics

In 2006, White River joined the newly formed 3A South Puget Sound League. Recent team successes in the State Championship include:
*Wrestling: 1st in 1995 (2A), 2nd in '01/'02/'03(3A), 4th in 2004(3A), 5th 1994(2A) & 2005(3A).
*Men's Basketball 2nd in 1995 (2A)
*Football: 5th in 1998, 2000 & 2004 (3A)
*Girl's Basketball: 3rd in 2000 and 7th in '01 and '05.
*Volleyball: 8th in 2000, 3rd in '03, and 2nd in '04.

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*Baseball
*Basketball [Boys]
*Basketball [Girls]
*Cross Country
*Fastpitch
*Football
*Golf
*Soccer [Boys]
*Soccer [Girls]
*Special Olympics
*Tennis [Boys]
*Tennis [Girls]
*Track
*Volleyball
*Wrestling [Boys]
*Wrestling [Girls]

Notable Alumni

Blaine Larsen - Country Singer (Class Of 2004)

Robert Layton - US Army - Awarded Army Commendation Medal for Valor, for heroic actions under intense enemy fire while serving in Mosul, Iraq 2004-2005. (Class of 2000) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42896-2005Jan27?language=printer

White River's historical athletic rival are the Enumclaw Hornets, from the neighboring town of Enumclaw.WIAA West Central District 3, 2-3A Conferences


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