Sunset High School (Portland, Oregon)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Sunset High School

principal = Todd Mckee
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
established = 1959
city = Portland
state = Oregon
country = USA
oversight = Beaverton School District
enrollment = 2122 (2006-2007)
faculty = 90
campus = Suburban
mascot = Apollo
colors = Purple and White
website = [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/sunset/ www.beavton.k12.or.us/sunset/]

Sunset High School is a suburban high school in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. It is one of 9 high schools in the Beaverton School District. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The class of 2006 includes 27 International Baccalaureate Diploma students, and over half of Sunset's seniors (class of 2006) are enrolled in at least one IB class. Sunset belongs to the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities. Sunset High School was the location of one of the last speeches given by Senator Robert Kennedy before his assassination in 1968.

tudents

9% of all students are in ESL programs and 30% are minority. On the SAT, students received an average of 558 on the verbal portion and 563 on the math, and have the highest average scores in the Beaverton area. Sunset students had a 3.4% drop out rate. (Unless otherwise stated, statistics are as of the 2002-2003 school year.) [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/05/05-ReportCard-1188.pdf]

Faculty

Sunset has 90 teachers with an average of 12.3 years of experience. 80.6% have at least a masters degree. Sunset also employs 4 administrators, 16 instructional assistants and 31 other staff members. [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/05/05-ReportCard-1188.pdf]

Extracurricular activities

Clubs

* Opera Club
* Philosophy Club
* Spanish Club
* French Club
* Japanese Club
* Drama Club
* Environmental Club
* Young Democrats
* Young Conservatives
* Chess Club
* Sunset Rocketry Club
* Sunset Chess Club
* Gay Straight Alliance
* Art After Dark
* Latinos Unidos
* Key Club
* Multicultural Club
* Saffron Club
* Music Appreciation Club
* FeverTym (Breakdancing Club)
* Poetry Club
* Portland Cultural Club
* Programming Club
* Ultimate Frisbee Club
* Zombie Defense Club
* Super Smash Bros. Melee Club
* Junto Society

Other Activities

* DECA
* Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary
* Speech & Debate Team
* High Five Challenge Team
* Sunset High School Race for the Cure team
* Link Crew
* National Honor Society
* Model United Nations
* Spanish Honor Society
* French Honor Society

The Sunset Rocketry Club is a student-initiated model rocketry club at the school. The club attended the 2003 Team America Rocketry Challenge finals in Manassas, Virginia. Sunset High School also hosted the 2004 State Thespian conference. Former members of the nationally-competitive chess club at Cedar Park Middle School earned top honors for Sunset in the state-wide Chess for Success tournament at the Oregon Convention Center in March, 2006, placing first and second, respectively.

The Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary were named AA Champions of the Northwest Marching Band Circuit, in 2006, and again in 2007, making Sunset one of the top marching programs in the entire northwestern United States, and the best band with under 100 members in the region. The Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary, abbreviated SAMBA, performs annually at the University of Oregon Festival of Bands. SAMBA is a nationally recognized group, known for its legacy of excellence. It performs at home football teams and at weekend competitions throughout the Northwest. There are woodwinds, brass, drum-line, pit, and auxiliary sections of the band.

ports

*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Dragonboat
*Football
*Golf
*Lacrosse
*Racquetball
*Roller Hockey
*Soccer
*Softball
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track
*Volleyball
*Water Polo
*Wrestling

Notable Alumni

*Brady Clark - Major League Baseball player.
*Phil Keisling - Oregon Former Secretary of State
*Christopher Moore - Film & Television Producer, president of Blue Cactus Pictures
*Courtney Taylor-Taylor - Lead Singer for The Dandy Warhols
*Chris Botti - Nationally recognized jazz trumpeteer
*Katee Sackhoff - Actress; best known for her role as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the television show "Battlestar Galactica".
*Patrick Lachman, Rock Guitarist. Played with Dimebag Darrell in the innovative heavy metal group Damageplan.
*Tommy Thayer, Rock Guitarist. One of the original members of the band Black N Blue and the current lead guitarist for the legendary band Kiss.

See also

* Other schools with the same name

External links

* [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/sunset/ Sunset High School]
* [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/sunset/activities/multcultclub/multicultural_club%20m1.htm Multicultural Club Webpage]
* [http://blogspot.shskeyclub.com Sunset Key Club homepage]
* [http://www.geocities.com/sunsetnhs/Home.html Sunset National Honor Society]
* [http://www.classreport.com/usa/or/portland/shs/ Sunset High School of Portland Oregon Alumni Website]
* [http://www.sunsetscroll.com/xoops/modules/news/ Sunset Student Newspaper, "The Scroll"]
* [http://www.sunsetrocketry.org/ Sunset Rocketry Club]
* [http://www.sambanotes.org/ Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary]
* [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/05/05-ReportCard-1188.pdf Oregon's 2003-04 report card on Sunset High School] (PDF)
* [http://shstheatre.tripod.com/ Sunset Theatre & Thespians org.]