Henry M. Jackson High School

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Henry M. Jackson High School
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Henry M. Jackson High School
1508 136th St. SE

Mill Creek, Washington 98012
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Type Public
EstablishedSeptember 7, 1994
School district Everett School District
PrincipalSechin Tower [1]
Staff92.38 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Number of students2,157 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio23.35 [2]
Color(s)Green & Black
  
Athletics Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) [3]
Athletics conferenceWesco 4A
MascotTimberwolves [3]
Rival Glacier Peak High School
Website http://www.everettsd.org/Domain/10

Henry M. Jackson High School is a public high school in Mill Creek, Washington, United States. Named after the late Henry M. Jackson, an Everett native and former U.S. Senator, the school opened on September 7, 1994, as the third and newest high school constructed in the Everett School District. [4] [5]

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Other high schools in the Everett School District are Cascade High School, Everett High School, and Sequoia Alternative School. The school initially served only grades 9–10 so that students at Everett and Cascade could graduate without transferring; it fully opened for grades 9–12 in 1996. [4]

Middle/intermediate schools that feed into Jackson are Heatherwood Middle School, located adjacent to the high school, and Gateway Middle School, located in the Silver Firs area northeast of Mill Creek.

Academics

The school offers an array of academic options including Honors, College, and Advanced Placement classes such as Honors English, University of Washington English, UW Computer-Science, AP Literature and Composition, AP Language, AP Art, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, AP Capstone, and AP Environmental Science.

Activities

The school offers a variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities for students, including Band, FIRST Robotics, ASB, TSA, Science and Engineering Research, DECA, MIT Launch Club, FCCLA, HOSA, National Honor Society, Key Club, LINK Crew, French Club, German Club, Project Green, Hi-Q, Dance Team, Theatre Society, Knowledge Bow l, Math Club, Model UN, Mock Trial, Art Club, and Music Production Club.

It also offers a variety of student associations/unions/clubs for multiple cultures and religions. The following are listed: Black Student Union (BSU), Chinese Culture Club, Christian Student Association (CSA), Ethiopian and Eritrean Student Association (EESA), Japanese Culture Club (JCC), Korean Student Association (KSA), Middle-Eastern Student Association (MESA), Muslim Student Association (MSA), South Asian Student Association (SASA), United Filipino Club (UFC), and the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA).

Each year, Jackson holds an annual food drive, collecting food from local grocery stores.

Incidents

In 2002, seven students were accused of paddling up to 30 freshmen as part of an apparent initiation rite and were suspended from school. The students targeted freshmen boys to spank with a wooden paddle, police and school officials stated. [6]

In 2009, 14 students were expelled for starting and participating in a food fight. The fight caused senior prom to be temporarily suspended, and a plan of action had to be drawn up so all students knew appropriate behavior. [7]

Sports

Throughout all of its past years, Jackson has been well known for its sports. In 2006, boys' baseball won the 4A State championship. In 2008 and 2014, girls' swimming won first in state. In 2010 girls' volleyball won first in state. Also in 2008, both girls' and boys' basketball made it to state. In 2010 boys' basketball won second in state. In the fall of 2010, football won the WESCO championship for the third straight year. In addition, boys' cross country in the fall of 2009 was ranked first in the nation and was only beat by the second in the nation later on. This was the boys' second consecutive year placing 2nd in the 4A Washington State Cross Country Championships. In the fall of 2008, all of the fall sports except volleyball made it to the playoffs. Other sports like track have also met with success. In the 2009–2010 season for volleyball the girls won state. On March 2, 2013 the Jackson boys' basketball team placed second in state, losing the championship game to Curtis High School and finished the season with a 26–1 record, losing only the championship game. Six of the seven players used were juniors. In the Spring 22-23 season of Softball The timberwolves went 28-1 Overall and 8-1 in Districts. They finished the last game of the season against Glacier Peak High School 5-1, winning the WIAA.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "H. M. Jackson High School". Everett Public Schools. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Henry M. Jackson High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Athletics". Jackson High School. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Parrish, Linda (November 9, 1993). "Everett District Juggles Borders For New Schools". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ McGaffin, Pam (September 6, 1994). "Students are facing some big changes for this year". The Everett Herald . p. 6A.
  6. ↑ La Monica Everett-Haynes (September 12, 2002). "Seven students suspended in high school hazings". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  7. ↑ Lynn Thompson (May 14, 2009). "14 Jackson High students expelled after food fight". Seattle Times.
  8. ↑ "Ramsey Nijem MMA Bio" . Retrieved July 19, 2014.

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