- Nathan Hale High School
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Nathan Hale High School Location 10750 30TH AVE NE
Seattle, WA 98125Information Type Public Opened 1963 Principal Dr. Jill Hudson Faculty 103 Grades 9-12 Enrollment 1080 Mascot Raider Newspaper 'The Sentinel' Yearbook 'Heritage' Information (206) 252-3680 Colors Red, White & Blue Website http://hale.seattleschools.org/ Nathan Hale High School is a public high school in Seattle, Washington. Nathan Hale is part of the Coalition of Essential Schools.[1]
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History
Early years
The area northeast of Seattle, was part of the Shoreline School District until 1954. For a number of years that area had only one secondary school, Jane Addams. Steady population growth during the 1950s meant a new high school would soon be needed. In the planning stage, the school was given the temporary name of Northeast High School. This was later changed to Meadowbrook High School. The site for the new school, originally part of the Fisher Dairy, had most recently been the Meadowbrook Golf Course owned by the Tachell family. While the school was under construction, new guidelines and procedures for the naming of schools were adopted. As a result, the name Meadowbrook was replaced by Nathan Hale. Once built, the school building and parking lot were positioned on either side of Thornton Creek, which runs west to east through the property. The site is directly across the street from Jane Addams. Nathan Hale High School was one of several schools for which the Seattle Parks Department paid a portion of the building construction in exchange for title to adjacent land to be used for recreational facilities. The first principal, Claude Turner, helped design the school. In its first year, Hale opened to sophomores and juniors only, with just 1,206 students. Two years later, it had a student body of 2,002. By the late 1960s, Hale’s enrollment had reached 2,400, and 24 portables were in use.[2]
1970s
A new learning resource center opened in fall 1972, nearly doubling the size of the school’s original library. The community chose to use bond money for the learning resource center, rather than for an auditorium, so the high school continued to use the Addams auditorium for its dramatic productions. From 1964 through the mid-1970s, Nathan Hale was a sports powerhouse, winning the Metro championships in several sports three out of four years in a row. The music department also excelled, with the stage band capturing numerous regional awards. The district’s 1978 desegregation plan cut the number of schools feeding Hale from ten to four. Some of these feeder schools were closed, drastically cutting into Hale’s enrollment, despite the addition of 9th graders in September 1979. Some students who would have attended Hale were sent to south end schools.[2]
Principals
- Claude Turner, 1963-1970
- Gordon Albright, 1971-1974
- Robert Bell, 1975-1983
- Barbara Arnold, 1984-1986
- Andres Tangalin, 1987-1989
- Tom Lord, 1989-1992
- Eric Benson, 1992-2003
- Judy Peterson, 2003-2004
- Lisa Hechtman, 2004-2007
- Marni Campbell, 2007-2009
- Jill Hudson, 2009-Present
Radio
Main article: KNHCNathan Hale is home to the nationally acclaimed radio station KNHC. It is mostly student-run, but has a full time DJ. KNHC plays dance music, and is one of six stations monitored by Nielsen BDS for inclusion in Billboard Magazine's weekly Hot Dance Airplay chart. In addition, Nathan Hale boasts a Radio class taught by Gregg Nielson.
Sports
Nathan Hale is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). The school is currently in the second largest classification, known as 3A, and has been so since the 1984-85 school year. Prior to that it was in the largest classification. The Raiders are a member of the Metro league and Sea-King district.[3] Hale has traditionally been rivals with Ingraham High School[4] and Roosevelt High School due to the close proximity of the three schools, but the rivalry with Roosevelt diminished when the school changed classifications in 1997.[5]
The school supports 16 WIAA activities, including: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheer, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, boys and girls soccer, softball, coed swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. Three non-WIAA sanctioned sports are also fielded, these include boys and girls lacrosse and ultimate.
WIAA State Championships[6]
Sport Year Boys Cross Country 1966 Boys Gymnastics† 1970 Girls Track & Field[7] 1971 Boys Soccer 1985 † = Now a defunct sport
Individual State Champions[6]
Lisa Johnson Girls Track & Field Lisa Johnson
Name Sport Event Year Dong, Ringstad, Parde, Booker Boys Track & Field 880 Yard Relay 1968 Dan Winger Boys Cross Country 2.5 Miles 1970 Dale Burson Boys Gymnastics All Around 1970 Dale Burson Boys Gymnastics Horizontal Bar 1970 Donna Armstrong Girls Track & Field High Jump 1970 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics All Around 1971 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Side Horse 1971 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1971 Jim Campbell Boys Track & Field 2 Mile Run 1971 Johnson, Donnell, Chase, Hardison Girls Track & Field 440 Yard Relay 1971 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics All Around 1972 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Pommel Horse 1972 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Horizontal Bars 1972 Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1972 Johnson, Donnell, Chase, McCallum Girls Track & Field 440 Yard Relay 1972 Doug McDonald Boys Track & Field High Jump 1973 Lakshas, Ringo, Phillips, Johnson Girls Track & Field Mile Relay 1973 100 Yard Dash 1973 Girls Track & Field 200 Yard Dash 1973 Name Sport Event Year Frank Rabinovitch Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1973 Craig Staake Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1974 Eric Guion Boys Gymnastics Pommel Horse 1975 Michelle Williams Girls Track & Field 440 Yard Dash 1979 Amy Munger Girls Swimming 500 Freestyle 1985 Amy Munger Girls Swimming 500 Freestyle 1986 Cary Stidham Boys Track & Field 3200 Meter Run 1995 Lasina Smith Girls Track & Field Long Jump 1995 Bruce Jackson Boys Track & Field 400 Meter Run 2001 Bruce Jackson Boys Track & Field 800 Meter Run 2001 Abdi Hassan Boys Track & Field 1600 Meter Run 2006 Elise Knutzen Girls Track & Field Javelin 2006 Abdi Hassan Boys Track & Field 1600 Meter Run 2007 Abdi Hassan Boys Track & Field 800 Meter Run 2007 Jaakko Malmivirta Boys Track & Field 110 Meter Hurdles 2009 Reid deLaubenfels Boys Tennis Singles 2010 Reid deLaubenfels Boys Tennis Singles 2011 Naivasha Sophusson Smith Girls Track & Field 100 Meter Hurdles 2011 Sophie Hallam-Eames Girls Track & Field Hammer Throw 2011 Notable alumni
Athletics
- Lynn Colella - U.S. Olympic swimmer and silver medalist[8]
- Rick Colella - Two-time U.S. Olympic swimmer and bronze medalist[9]
- Paul Dade - Former Major League Baseball player[4]
- Rick Fehr - Former PGA Tour golfer[4]
- Jordan Malloch - Two-time U.S. Olympic sprint canoer[4]
- Sophie Reiser - Currently an American Professional soccer player
- Bill Roe - Former president of USA Track and Field[10]
- Brian Schmetzer - Assistant coach of the Seattle Sounders FC[11]
Other
- Walt Crowley - Local historian and co-creator of the website HistoryLink.org[12]
- Casey Sander - Actor, most notably known for his role in Grace Under Fire[4]
- Luke Burbank - Host of the podcast TBTL and radio show Ross & Burbank[13]
- Eric Powers - DJ/Host of KUBE
- Harrison Wood - DJ/Host of KUBE
- Anthony Shears - Rapper and founder of SMG
- Bill Sampson - Champion clarinetist
- Sol (Hip Hop Artist) - Hip Hop artist
- Hari Sreenivasan - PBS NewsHour anchor
External links
Notes
- ^ Lilly, Dick (November, 20 1996). "Six Notable Schools - They Shine With Creative, Unique Approaches". Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19961120&slug=2360627. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ a b Nile Thompson & Carolyn Marr (2002). "Building for learning - Seattle Public Schools Histories". http://www.seattleschools.org/area/historybook/hale.pdf.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c d e Leutzinger, Rosie (March 18, 2003). "School Spotlight: Nathan Hale". Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030318&slug=spotlight18. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Raley, Dan (January 6, 1997). "Reclassification Sets Off Scramble in State High Schools". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1997/9701060017.asp. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ a b WIAA Tournament History
- ^ www.washingtontrack.com
- ^ Raley, Dan (April 23, 2008). "Where Are They Now? Swimming great now gets her kicks from soccer". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/olympics/360204_where23.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Raley, Dan (July 15, 2008). "Where Are They Now? Colella left hanging on swimming replay". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/olympics/370937_where16.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ USATF Leadership Page
- ^ Washburn, Gary (December 22, 2008). "Schmetzer to assist Schmid in 2009". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/soccer/393294_sounders23.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Lewis, Mike (February 9, 2007). "Historian's voice still fighting to be heard". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/303083_crowley09.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Paynter, Susan (August 11, 2006). "NPR host proves what falls down can pop back up". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/paynter/280831_paynt11.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
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