Flowing Wells High School

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Flowing Wells High School
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Flowing Wells High School
3725 N. Flowing Wells Road

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85705

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School type Public high school
MottoF-Dub, you Know!
School districtFlowing Wells Unified School District
CEEB code 030485
PrincipalJim Brunenkant
Staff79.40 (FTE) [1]
Grades 912
Enrollment1,744 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.96 [1]
Color(s)Blue and Gold
MascotCaballeros
Rivals Amphitheater High School
Website www.fwhs.flowingwellsschools.org

Flowing Wells High School (est. 1954) is a secondary school in Tucson, Arizona. It is the primary high school in the Flowing Wells Unified School District, the other being Sentinel Peak High School.

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Curriculum

Flowing Wells offers several AP courses, including Biology, Psychology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, U.S. History, European History, Human Geography, Macro/Micro Economics, English III and IV, Pre-calculus, Calculus AB, Computer Science Principals, Spanish, and Statistics. [2] AP Music Theory has also been offered in the past. The school also offers many CTE and fine arts classes for students, along with having JTED classes. Flowing Wells also has a dual-enrollment programme with Pima Community College.

The high school also places a high value on arts education and never charges students fees for sports participation, with items such as sports uniforms being free for all participating students.

Flowing Wells awards two different kinds of diplomas, [3] a standard or "blue" diploma matching state graduation requirements, [4] and a "gold" advanced studies diploma, earned by having two foreign language credits and having at least a 3.0 GPA [5] . A valedictorian, salutatorian, seniors graduating with distinction, Arizona Academic Scholars, and a Seal of Biliteracy are also recognised upon graduation.

Traditions

The Flowing Wells High School has many traditions, such as large and loud pep assemblies every quarter of the school year with the game lover's leap being played beforehand. Spirit Week (where a theme is chosen every day that students are encouraged to dress as) is similarly done before pep assemblies. Every day during morning announcements, Jim Brunenkant asks a trivia question. A number is also given, and whoever the nth student to correctly answer the question is given a prize. Other traditions include:

Awards

Notable alumni

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