Salmon High School

Infobox School
name = Salmon High School
location = 401 Challis Street
Salmon, Idaho 83467
district = Salmon School District #291
country = USA
coordinates =
superintendent = Tana Kelloggcite web |url=http://salmon.id.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=6&PHPSESSID=a3a279d3db4f3c48be45ee71e68b727e |title=Administration |publisher=Salmon School District |accessdate=2008-03-03]
principal = John Riddle
faculty = 19.9 (on FTE basis)cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=160285000504&ID=160285000504 |title=Salmon High School |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdate=2008-03-03]
ratio = 18.3
enrollment = 365
enrollment_as_of = 2005-06
type = Public
grades = 9–12
conference =
team_name =
colors =
established = 1980
homepage = [http://www.salmon.k12.id.us/high_school/ www.salmon.k12.id.us/high_school]

Salmon High School is a public secondary school located in Salmon, Idaho. The school serves about 365 students in grades 9 to 12 in Salmon School District #291.

General information

Salmon High School was built in 1980. This is the most recent school built in Salmon, Idaho. Salmon High School was built because of the overcrowding of the other schools. This school consists of 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. There are about 19 students per classroom. About 400 students attend the school, so it is considered a small school.

Salmon High School is called the Salmon Savages, but they do not have a mascot. The school is one floor level. There are many dances that people can attend when being a student at Salmon High School. This high school has two computer labs, one gym, one locker area, and one library. Salmon High School has one superintendent, one principal, one counselor, one vocational counselor, an athletic director, a clerk, a school secretary, and a guidance secretary.

Extracurricular activities

Some of the extracurricular activities at Salmon High School are girl's and boy's basketball, girl's volleyball, boy's football, cheerleading, student council, Key Club, wrestling, and band. To be in any of these extracurricular activities students must be under the age of 19 and be passing five classes per semester. For all of the athletic activities, students must try out. For student council, students must be voted in.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate from Salmon High School, students need to have 12 English credits, one speech credit, six mathematics and social studies credits, three lifetime sports or health credits, two fine art and practical art humanities credits, and 17 elective credits, totalling 56 credits that are required for a student to graduate. A student must keep “a “C” average in the Core subjects. (Salmon High School). Graduation is always set at the end of May.

Class Schedule

For the year of 2006 Salmon High School switched from trimesters to semesters. School is held four days a week (Monday through Thursday). Salmon High School serves free breakfasts from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. They have a 35 minute lunch break from 12:18 p.m. to 12:53 p.m. For lunch students can go off campus or they can have lunch in the commons. The students have seven class periods, each about an hour long. The first period starts at 8:05 a.m., and the last class (7th period) ends at 4:05, when students are finished with all their classes for the day. This class schedule changes if there is an assembly schedule or a class meeting going on. When this happens the classes the students attend will be shortened.

Academic Proficiency of 2006-2007

The advanced percent of proficiency for reading is 25%, proficient is 46%, basic is 23% and 7% is below. In 2006-2007 the reading percent of proficiency at Salmon High School’s goal was 78%. The 10th grade got 71% for reading. The economic disadvantage was 65% Salmon High School put out a goal for 100% for the year 2014. The advanced percent of proficiency for math is 22%, proficient is 49%, basic is 16% and below is 13%. The math % proficiency goal for 2007 was 70%. The 10th grade got 71% for math. The economic disadvantage was 60%. The goal for 2014 is 100%. The language proficiency percent for 10th graders was 56%. The economic disadvantage was 48%. The proficiency percent for language was 53%, the basic was 31%, and below is 13%.

Booster Club

The booster club is composed of people in the community and parents who are willing to help with the “activity groups of Salmon High School” (Salmon High School) by raising money. The Booster Club helps raise money for these activity groups because they know that the school district has a certain budget which makes it so the activity groups can’t do everything they want to do. The groups that get help from the booster club are the groups that have been involved with the club before and that show need for money. The booster club raises money at “home athletic events; Annual Orange Sale; Concessions at the Salmon High School; Select Horse Sale; Special Annual Fundraiser” (Salmon High School). The booster concessions stand sells candy, drinks, and food at home sports events. The group that helps with the concession stand that night gets all the money made. To become part of the booster club people fill out memberships and donate a little money. This usually happens in the fall.

References

External links

* [http://www.salmon.k12.id.us/high_school/ Salmon High School website]
* [http://www.sde.state.id.us/ipd/reportcard/SchoolReportCard.asp School Report Card]