Gig Harbor High School

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Gig Harbor High School
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Gig Harbor High School
5101 Rosedale St NW
Gig Harbor, Washington 98335 United States
Information
Type Public
MottoRoll Tide
Established1979
PrincipalMichele Suiter [1]
Teaching staff63.10 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,480 (2019-20) [2]
Student to teacher ratio23.45 [2]
Color(s)Navy, Columbia Blue & White
   
MascotTide Guy
Nickname Tides
RivalsPeninsula High School and Bellarmine Preparatory School
Website ghhs.psd401.net
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Main entry (September 2015)

Gig Harbor High School is a public high school in the Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor, Washington. The school opened in September 1979. The school enrolls 1611 students (2017) in ninth through twelfth grades.

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Facility history and remodel

Gig Harbor High School (GHHS) opened its doors in the fall of 1979 as the second high school in the Peninsula School District. The first graduating class was in 1981. In an effort not to split up the senior class from cross-town Peninsula High School during the first year of operation, GHHS enrolled grades 8-11 during the inaugural 1979–1980 school year. As a result, the graduating class 1984 had the distinction to attend the school for five years.

The initial design concept of GHHS was based on the co-teaching model in which the classrooms offered flexibility to expand or sub-divide their spaces to accommodate large or small class groups.

In 1990, the school was renovated with a 120,000-square-foot, three-phase addition and remodel while occupied. Phase 1 consisted of a new Masonry classroom building, gymnasium, and a new science addition. Phase 2 was the complete renovation of existing space, including upgrading portions of the food service area and a new administration area. Phase 3 consisted of renovation of the old, remaining administration area into classrooms and a music area. [3]

Athletics and activities

Tide Guy (school mascot) Tide Guy.jpg
Tide Guy (school mascot)

Speech & Debate Team The speech and debate team attends both state and national tournaments yearly. It won the statewide tournament in the 2007–2008 season. The team participates in policy debate, LD (Lincoln-Douglas), Congressional Debate, Public Forum, various interpretation events, platform speaking and limited prep events. [4]

Band The Gig Harbor Wind Symphony, Jazz Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Pit Orchestra and Percussion Ensembles perform around three concerts per school year, as well as many different festivals and competitions throughout the year, along with being required to perform in the Pep Band. The Pep Band is present at each home football and basketball game, performing short songs in between game plays and at half time. They visited Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in May 2011 and performed there, winning three awards as a group and multiple individual student awards at a competition. Every other April, they perform at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, most recently in April 2018. They attended the Festival of Gold in Chicago, Illinois in April 2019.[ citation needed ]

Cross-Country The Tides Cross-Country team has won numerous state titles, most recently three 4A boys titles in four years: 2011, 2013, and 2014, with the 2013 team additionally winning the Nike XC National Championship. The boys team previously made an appearance at NXN in 2011. The Tides girls had a run at the state 4A meet from 2005 to 2007 where they won three consecutive 4A state championships, narrowly missing further titles in 2004 (lost in a tiebreaker) and 2008 (lost by 1 point.) The girls also made an appearance at the NXN meet in 2005.

Football The Tides football team has won the Narrows League numerous times. In 2008, Gig Harbor lost to their cross town rival, Peninsula 33-0 and their league rival, South Kitsap 33–13. They finished 2nd in their league.

Tennis Both men's and women's teams have played in the Narrows league in the past few years.

Baseball The Tides baseball team were state champions in 1997. The Tides won their second title in 2017, beating Southridge in the championship game 5–1.

Track & Field Gig Harbor has won 11 total state championships in track and field since the school opened in 1980. The girls won Washington State AA titles in 1981, 1983, 1994, and 1995, with the boys winning in 1996.

The Tides boys won 4A titles in 2005, 2007, and 2012 with the girls winning in 2007 also. Gig Harbor was reclassified as 3A in 2017, and subsequently both boys and girls teams were state 3A champions in 2018.

Newspaper The school's newspaper is The Sound.

Water Polo The Tides water polo team has won three consecutive state champion titles as of 2012. [5]

Controversies

On April 23, 2007, the Dean of Students Keith Nelson released surveillance footage of LGBT students kissing to their parents [6] who also attended the same church as him; one of the parents subsequently pulled their daughter out of school.

This raised the question as to whether the employment of security cameras to monitor public displays of affection is a valid use of school resources, and whether or not reporting it to their parents was a violation of their rights. After an internal investigation the Peninsula School District concluded it would now only use security cameras for monitoring activities such as trespassing, bullying, and vandalism, and that school employees will now be barred from sharing security tapes with parents.

Keith Nelson later commented in an interview defending his actions stating "They're paying good money for us to make their kids good citizens. Whatever that means to the parents, I'll do it." [6]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ Welcome to Gig Harbor High School
  2. 1 2 3 "Gig Harbor High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ WPC Archived February 9, 2013, at archive.today
  4. ↑ Google Drive Viewer
  5. ↑ Gig Harbor claims third consecutive state title Archived February 4, 2013, at archive.today , The News Tribune, May 20, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012
  6. 1 2 "School security video use limited after flap over kiss | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News". Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

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