Evergreen High School (King County, Washington)

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Evergreen High School
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Evergreen High School (King County, Washington)
830 SW 116th St.

Seattle
,
Washington
,
98146
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School typePublic High School
School districtHighline School District
Grades9–12
Years offered1959–2007, 2017–present
Color(s) Green  White 
MascotWolverine
Website EHS website

Evergreen High School is a public high school in the Highline School District and located in White Center, an unincorporated area of King County, Washington. The school is located just south of the heavily polluted Hicklin Lake. Evergreen High School's mascot is the wolverine. [1]

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Currently the principal is Simón Iñiguez. [2]

Small Schools

In 2007, Evergreen High School was closed and replaced by three small high schools, which was part of a district-wide effort (originally funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) to increase student achievement levels. [3] The three small schools were named: Technology, Engineering & Communications School (TEC), Health Sciences & Human Services High School (HS3), and Arts & Academics Academy (AAA). [4] Beginning in the 2017–2018 school year, the small schools were disbanded and the campus was re-unified as Evergreen High School. [5]

Athletics

Evergreen's sports teams are known as the Wolverines. Their colors are green and white. [6] [7]

Formerly members of the now defunct Seamount League, [8] Evergreen is a member of the Mountain Division of the 2A South Puget Sound League since the 2016–17 school year. [9] Evergeen was the 1968 North Puget Sound League Basketball champion, and finished 3rd in the State Basketball Championship.

From 1969–1982, the WIAA Boys State Cross Country Championships were held at Evergreen High School. [10] The WIAA Girls State Cross Country Championships were held at the Evergreen course from 1976 to 1982. [10]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Principal - Evergreen High School". ehs.highlineschools.org.
  3. ↑ "Policy No. 2200 HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN FOR RIGOR, RELEVANCE, AND RELATIONSHIPS" (PDF). highlineschools.org. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Robinson, Jerry (February 15, 2013). "Evergreen High name change is a question of tradition". Newspaper archive of West Seattle Herald. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Evergreen High School will celebrate its reunification on the first day of school Sept. 6". Westside Seattle. August 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Evergreen / About". www.highlineschools.org. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Evergreen High School (Seattle, WA) Varsity Football". maxpreps.com.
  8. ↑ Ringer, Sandy (January 27, 2016). "Four Seamount League teams will apply for South Puget Sound League 2A". The Seattle Times .
  9. ↑ "2A South Puget Sound League". spslathletics.com.
  10. 1 2 "WIAA | Washington Interscholastic Activities Association". wiaa.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017.
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