Meadowdale High School

Infobox School


picture =
image_caption = Aerial photograph of Meadowdale High School
name = Meadowdale High School
motto = "Home of the Mavericks"
head = Dale Cote
district = Edmonds School District
established = 1963
campus = Open-campus
students = 1,601
faculty = 67
colors = Navy blue, Columbia blue, and white
type = Public
homepage = http://staff.edmonds.wednet.edu/mdhs
city = Lynnwood
state = WA
country = USA

Meadowdale High School is a high school in the Edmonds School District, located in Lynnwood, Washington. The school has 1601 enrolled students in grades 9 through 12. Meadowdale competes 3A in the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association after two years as 4A between 2004-2006. The school's mascot is the Maverick, though prior to 1999 it was the "Chiefs" [ [http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/MascotsWA.html List of Washington High School Mascots] ] The school's schedule is based on a 100-minute, 3-period block schedule, consisting of 1st, 3rd, and 5th periods on Monday and Wednesday and 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods on Tuesday and Thursday. On Friday, students go to all six classes for roughly 50 minutes each.

Students and Staff

*9th Graders - 379
*10th Graders - 432
*11th Graders - 413
*12th Graders - 377
*Male / Female - 53%/47%
*Teachers - 67
*Teacher/Student Ratio - 1:24
*Ethnicity - There are 19 Students that are American Indian, 185 that are Asian, 62 that are Hispanic, 61 Black, and 1274 White.

WASL Scores

Students scores on the WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) have been improving in Math, Reading and Writing (the three that are required to graduate). However, the percentage passing the science WASL is nothing extraordinary and has actually dropped in the last year.

The passing percentages as of 2008 are as follows:
*Math: 61.5%
*Reading: 89.7%
*Writing: 96.2%
*Science: 44.6% [ [http://www.schooldigger.com/go/WA/schools/0240000352/school.aspx?Entity=23&Grade=10] ]

Clubs and activities

Some of Meadowdale's clubs and activities include:
* Diversity Club
* Anime Club [http://www.freewebs.com/mhs-anime/index.shtml]
* Key Club
* SADD
* Leo Club
* Hi-Q
* Chess Club
* Book Club
* Mock Trial
* DECA
* ASB
* TATU (Teens against Tobacco use)
* Automotive Performance Club
* Dead Poets Society
* Improvisational Club
* Photo Club
* Art club
* Hip hop Club
* FCCLA
* Play Production
* Humanities Club
* Blue Hole
* Gay-straight Alliance
* FCCLA

Athletics

Meadowdale supports a variety of sports teams, playing in the WESCO South 3A league. Meadowdale's traditional rival in athletics is Edmonds Woodway High School

Football

The Meadowdale football team is headed by Mark Stewart, former Huskies Linebacker and Minnesota Vikings player. Meadowdale finished the 2007 season with a 7-5 record, making it to the state quarterfinals for the first time since 1959 before losing to O'Dea High School. [ [http://seattle.hsgametime.com/index.php?page_id=1000 HSGameTime Western Washington game stats] ]

occer

In 2004, the boys soccer team won the 3A state title beating Mt. Rainier 2-3 in extra time. The girls soccer team made it to the 3A state competition in 2007 for the first time in six years but lost to Kennedy of Burien 0-0 in the first round game.

Basketball

Meadowdale enjoys successful boys and girls basketball programs. The girls are the more prestigious team, having won the 3A state title twice in 2000 and 2004, as well as being runners up in 1994 and 1998. They have attended the tournament over 12 times. [ [http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080519/SPORTS01/517280771/1083/SPORTS01] ]

Baseball

The baseball team has had success in the past winning the state title in 1999 over Hanford. They failed to make the state tournament until 2007 when the team made it to the state semi-finals before losing to eventual runners-up Auburn. They finished 7th overall. In the 2008 tournament, the team again made it to the semi-finals where they lost to Kelso and Issaquah in the 3rd/4th place game. For the second straight year, the baseball team finished in a respectable 7th place.

References

External links

* [http://staff.edmonds.wednet.edu/mdhs Official website]