Sanderson High School

:"This article is about the Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. There is also a Sanderson High School in Sanderson, Texas and Wulagi, Northern Territory, Australia."Infobox_School
name = Sanderson High School


motto =
established = 1968
type = Public
principal = Cathy Moore
faculty = approx. 200
enrollment = approx. 1,894
free_label = Colors
Mascot
free_text = Red and blue
Spartan
location = 5500 Dixon Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
information = [phone]
website = http://sandersonhs.wcpss.net

Jesse O. Sanderson High School is a co-educational public high school in the Wake County Public School System that serves grades 9 through 12. As of 2006, the school has approximately 1,894 enrolled students and approximately 200 hired educators. It is located at 5500 Dixon Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

56% Caucasian, 34% African-American, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

24% of the students at Sanderson High School received Free Lunch.

Overview

Sanderson was founded in 1968 and is one of the best secondary schools in Wake County. It is named after a former superintendent of the Raleigh City Schools. It is located in the northern Raleigh suburbs near the North Hills shopping center. 86 percent of its educators are fully licensed [ [http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/nc/other/1944 Student Teacher Ratio Sanderson High School - Raleigh, North Carolina - NC ] ] . Like all traditional high schools in Wake County, Sanderson runs on a block schedule. School hours are 8:00 am to 3:05 pm, with four 90-minute interactive classroom sessions.

Sanderson has a traditional curriculum and offers students high quality instruction, opportunities for advanced studies, creative exploration and extracurricular activities in a nurturing educational setting. Some of the highest-performing schools in Wake County are traditional curriculum schools. The majority of educators at Sanderson have been teaching for many years and are highly experienced; however, the school has also attracted several interns and young educators.

Sanderson's mascot is the Spartan. The school's motto is "Sumus Spartani. Sumus Optimi." which is Latin for "We are the Spartans. We are the best".

Sanderson's men's soccer team has won eleven 4A state soccer championships. They also once held the national record for most consecutive wins at 103.

The Sanderson Band has a long history of excellence, dating back to the school’s opening in the late 1960’s. Currently, the Sanderson Band program consists of the Marching Spartans, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and various other small ensembles as well as annual performances with the Sanderson Theater Department in the spring musical. The band has performed extensively across North Carolina and the Southeastern United States in both marching band competitions and concert band festivals. Each year, many Sanderson Band students are selected for All-District, All-State, Governor’s School and many alumni are pursuing music degrees some of the countries finest universities.

Famous alumni include David Sedaris, author and humorist, and his younger sister Amy Sedaris, the creator and star of the "Strangers with Candy" television series on Comedy Central and the 2006 major motion picture release of the same title. Tim Cody also goes to Sanderson.

Organizations

Student publications are "Grains of Sand", the literary magazine; "Lakonikos", the yearbook and "Sandscript", the student newspaper.

Sanderson offers a variety of student clubs, including a handful of national organizations as well as a series of local organizations. Some of the national organizations Sanderson offers are Academy of Finance, Air Force JROTC, Amnesty International, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Key Club, National Honor Society, PETA, Science Olympiad, and SADD.

Principal

Sanderson High School's Principal, Cathy Moore was named 2007's Principal Of the Year on October 25, 2007.

See also

*Leesville Road High School
*Millbrook High School
*Wakefield High School
*Broughton High School

References

External links

* [http://sandersonhs.wcpss.net Sanderson High School] School website administered by a student with teacher supervision.