Emerald Ridge High School

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Emerald Ridge High School
Emerald Ridge High School front.jpg
The clock tower and Commons entrance
Address
Emerald Ridge High School
12405 184th Street East

, ,
98374

United States
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established2000
School district Puyallup School District
PrincipalEd Crow
Teaching staff80 (2022-23) [1]
Grades10–12
Enrollment1,574 (2023-24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.1 (2022-23) [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Green, Black & Silver
   
Fight song "Hail to the Victors"
MascotJaguars
Newspaper{JagWire}
YearbookJostens
Website erhs.puyallupsd.org

Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington, United States and is commonly referred to as ERHS or simply ER. Emerald Ridge opened in September 2000. It features green, black and silver as its primary colors and has a jaguar as its official mascot. As of the 2023-2024 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,574 students. Of these students, 71.9% met English standards, 30.5% met Math standards, and 38.6% met Science standards in state assessments. [1]

Contents

Inaugural Class of 2002

This first class to graduate from ERHS was in 2002, and had their 10-year class reunion in July 2012.[ citation needed ]

Commencement

Commencement, or graduation, is held every year at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in June.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

Mascot

Jake the Jaguar, sometimes known as Jake the Jag or simply Jake, is the costumed mascot of Emerald Ridge. The character is commonly portrayed by members of the school's leadership class and appears at football, volleyball, and basketball games. Jake is known for engaging with students at events and on social media platforms such as his TikTok and Instagram pages, where he has gained a notable following.[ citation needed ]

Jake the Jaguar poses with students at a Football Game Jakethejaguar.jpg
Jake the Jaguar poses with students at a Football Game

Athletics and activities

On October 8, 2010, the Jags defeated their crosstown rivals, the Puyallup Vikings, by a score of 20–17, earning their first victory since the 2008 season. The win snapped a 19-game losing streak for the team, and was the first time they had beaten the Vikings in the school's history.

Daffodil Festival

Every year, Emerald Ridge participates in the Pierce County Daffodil Festival. A competition is held in house to select the Puyallup Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Emerald Ridge band accompanies the float of Emerald Ridge's princesses every year in the parade, held annually in April. The Queen and runners-up receive scholarships for post-high school education, and 2009 was the first year that one of ERHS's princesses was selected as Queen (Melanie Stambaugh). [9] In the 2013–2014 school year ERHS selected two Daffodil princesses. One of them went on to become the Daffodil Queen (Marissa Modestowicz).[ citation needed ]

JagWire newsmagazine

Emerald Ridge's official newspaper is {JagWire} newsmagazine. The paper was named by a Puyallup High School teacher and the adviser of the Viking Vanguard.[ citation needed ]

{JagWire} published a 28-page monthly newspaper for many years until it was dropped to a 16-page newsmagazine in 2010. During that time the print publication followed mostly the same design, until a redesign in 2010 led by then Editor-in-Chief Allie Rickard, the 2010–2011 WJEA Journalist of the Year.[ citation needed ]

During the 2014–2015 school year, {JagWire} dropped down to six 16-page publications that year instead of the usual eight. That same year {JagWire} started its online addition to the print publication, erhsjagwire.com, and set up social media accounts for Twitter (@GetJagWired) and Instagram (@erjagwire). The print publication also featured a new design, the first since 2010. [10]

For the 2018–2019 school year the school district dropped the newspaper class at Emerald Ridge due to low student interest, marking the first year JagWire did not publish an issue. However, despite the continued absence of a newspaper class to run it, {JagWire} now exists as an exclusively online publication, with articles by volunteer students and staff. This online publication is found on jagwire.org, which replaced the old, now unavailable website.[ citation needed ]

{JagWire} has won various state and national awards for its print publication, as well as numerous individual write-off awards from its staff members.

2015 National Scholastic Press Association Best of Show Award for JagWire ERHS JagWire NSPA Award 2015.jpg
2015 National Scholastic Press Association Best of Show Award for JagWire

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Report Card - Washington State Report Card". washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  2. Three-star Emerald Ridge wide receiver Denzel Boston commits to Huskies
  3. Jendrick, Megan Quann; Jendrick, Nathan (January 2008). Get Wet, Get Fit. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9781416553809 . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  4. "Seattle News and Events - 24-Year-Old Republican Baffles Democrats, Heads to the State". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  5. "JagWire : Emerald Ridge jaguars defeat Rogers rams to become king of the hill". erhsjagwire.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. "High School Sports Blog". nwsource.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  7. "Despite heavy heart, ER's Maxfield closed out career strong". thenewstribune. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  8. "Timeline Photos - JagWire Newspaper - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  9. "Coronation/Queen_Coronation2009". daffodilfestival.net. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  10. "JagWire : The student news site of Emerald Ridge High School - Puyallup, Washington". {JagWire}. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  11. "JagWire : Awards and Honors". {JagWire}. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  12. "NSPA - Contest Winners". studentpress.org. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  13. "2015 NSPA Best of Show – Spring National High School Journalism Convention". studentpressblogs.org. Archived from the original on August 26, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.

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