Peninsula High School

Peninsula High School

Infobox_School | name=Peninsula High School


motto=Home of the Seahawks
established=1947
type=Public
principal=Tim Winter
enrollment=1461 (2006-2007) [http://phs.psd401.net/about_us.asp]
faculty=
free_label=Mascot
Colors
free_text=Seahawk
Green & White
location=14105 Purdy Dr NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332
website=http://phs.psd401.net/
information=(360) 857-3530

Peninsula High School is a public high school located in Purdy, directly north of the city limits of Gig Harbor, Washington. It is built on a hill overlooking Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon.

History

Peninsula High School was founded in 1947 in its current location. At the time it was the only high school serving the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsulas. After Gig Harbor High School was founded in 1978 4 miles to the south, students living south of North Harborview Drive in downtown Gig Harbor and Fox Island attended the new high school.

Athletics

Peninsula has many sports and club sports including, Baseball, Boys & Girls Basketball, Cross Country, Fastpitch, Football, Girls Bowling, Golf, Boys & Girls Soccer, Boys & Girls Swim & Dive, Boys & Girls Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Wrestling. [http://phs.psd401.net/sports/default.asp]

Programs, clubs, and activities

Peninsula has many clubs and organizations including ASB, ASL Leadership, Band, Cheerleading, Chess Club, Choir, Competitive Robotics, DECA, Debate, Dignity Club, Drama, Drivers Education, Environmental Club, FBLA, GSA, Honor Society, Key Club, KGHP (High School Radio Station), Knowledge Bowl, Math Club, Newspaper (The Peninsula Outlook), Phoenix Literary Magazine, Photo Club, Science Club, Speech and Debate, Sports Information Club, TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use), TEAM (Teens Empowered Against Meth), Teens For Life, Trap Shooting, Varsity Club, and Yearbook. [http://phs.psd401.net/clubs&org/default.asp]

KGHP-FM

*KGHP-FM

Notable alumni

*Doris Brown (1960) - Inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1990. Second female inducted into United States Track Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999. Inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 2002.
*Greg Copeland (1990) - Currently an anchor on Northwest Cable News.
*Paul Skansi (1979) [http://beckys-place.net/williams2.html] - played 8 seasons in the National Football League with the Seattle Seahawks
*Tom Sinclair, 1979 NCAA Javelin Champion, and state high school javelin record holder

External links

* [http://phs.psd401.net/ Peninsula High School]
* [http://phsoutlook.com/ The Peninsula Outlook Online]
* [http://www.awksijek.com/outlook/ The Faces of Outlook]
* [http://outlook.ebloggy.com/ The Outlook eBloggy]
* [http://www.kghp.org/ KGHP-FM]
* [http://www.wadollarsforscholars.org/chapters/Additional%20Chapter%20Info/peninsula.htm Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund]


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