Hermiston High School

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Hermiston High School
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Address
Hermiston High School
600 S 1st Street

Hermiston
,
(Umatilla County)
,
Oregon
97838

United States
Coordinates 45°50′09″N119°17′34″W / 45.835921°N 119.292882°W / 45.835921; -119.292882
Information
Type Public
School district Hermiston School District
PrincipalTom Spoo [1]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,697 (2023-24) [2]
Color(s)Purple and gold   
Athletics conferenceWIAA 3A Mid-Columbia League [3]
MascotBulldog [4]
Team nameHermiston Bulldogs
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Hermiston High School (HHS) is a four-year, public high school in Hermiston, Oregon, United States.

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Building

The main building is a seventy-classroom structure with computer laboratories, one large auditoriums, a library and physical education spaces. In 2016, three modulars were added to the layout in order to keep up with a rapidly increasing class size. [5] A new parking lot was opened on January 2, 2018. [6] The modulars were then removed and replaced with a parking lot and the new annex building was built during the summer and opened August 24, 2023 [7]

Academics

In 2008, 81% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 273 students, 220 graduated, 33 dropped out, and 20 were still in high school the following year. [8]

Hermiston High School works enables students to become "program completers". Blue Mountain Community College, based in Pendleton, Oregon, works with Hermiston High School in a dual enroll program to allow students to be simultaneously working for their high school degree as well as their AAOT, or Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree.

Athletics

In 2017, Hermiston announced that it will begin competing in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association in the 2018–19 school year. The decision was made in order to cut down on travel distances, especially when competing against teams in the Portland, Oregon area. [9]

Hermiston's wrestling team has won ten championships in the state's 5A division. Its cross-country team won a state championship in 2010 and its American football team won a state championship in 2014.

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References

  1. ↑ "School Web Page" . Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Hermiston High School (2024 Ranking) - Hermiston, OR". 8 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "WIAA Website" . Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  4. ↑ "School Web Page" . Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  5. ↑ "Hermiston High to add three modulars to keep up with enrollment boom". East Oregonian. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  6. ↑ "Hermiston High School to open new parking lot" . Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  7. ↑ Now, MICHAEL KANE Northeast Oregon (2023-08-27). "Crowd celebrates new Hermiston High School annex". East Oregonian. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  8. ↑ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian . 30 June 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
    - "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian . 30 June 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Joyce, Nathan (June 5, 2017). "Hermiston becomes first out-of-state school to join WIAA". The Seattle Times . Retrieved June 5, 2017.


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