North Bend High School

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North Bend High School
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Address
North Bend High School
2323 Pacific Avenue

North Bend
,
Coos
,
Oregon
97459

United States
Coordinates 43°23′55″N124°13′58″W / 43.398687°N 124.232841°W / 43.398687; -124.232841
Information
Type Public
Established1908
School district North Bend School District
PrincipalChris Pendleton
Teaching staff32.67 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Number of students812 (2017–18) [1]
Student to teacher ratio24.85 [1]
Color(s)Brown and gold    [2]
Athletics conference OSAA 4A-2 Midwestern League
MascotBulldog (Hesper and Hessie)
Team nameBulldogs [2]
Rival Marshfield High School
NewspaperThe Bulldog Barker
YearbookHesperia
Website http://www.nbhs.nbend.k12.or.us/

North Bend High School is a public high school in North Bend, Oregon, United States.

Contents

History

The North Bend school district awarded its first four-year diplomas in the spring of 1908, the first high school in Coos County, Oregon, to do so. The school was operating out of the Central School building at that time. Even prior to that, in the fall of 1907, the school colors of brown and gold were chosen for the school. The superintendent at the time, A.G. Rabb, had graduated from Baldwin College in Ohio, which had those same colors. Raab also instituted a tradition of annually tying a ribbon with the name of each year's graduates to a shovel used to plant a sprig of ivy or a tree to beautify the schools campus. [3]

By the 1909-1910 school year a new building, Kinney High, was built to provide a place of higher education in North Bend, Oregon. Only one student graduated from Kinney High in 1910. A year later the school was renamed North Bend High School when it was discovered that the man who donated the property for the school, Lorenzo D. Kinney, did not have clear title to the land. [4]

In 1928, the high school's letterman club (Order of North Bend) suggested a Bulldog mascot for the school. It was first mentioned in the local newspapers in the fall. It remains the school's mascot. [5]

A history book about North Bend High School was published in 2016. Extracurricular: A History of Athletics and Activities at North Bend (OR) High School by Steven Greif, has 455 pages of content, hundreds of photographs, and an index. Copies of the book are available through the NBHS athletic office. Proceeds from sales go directly to the North Bend School Foundation. The North Bend School Foundation was established in 2007. The purpose of the NBSF is to enhance and augment the North Bend School District’s curricular and co-curricular programs by conducting fundraising campaigns and pursuing donations. Monetary awards are awarded on a regular basis to staff members who submit innovative grant requests for student programs and activities for which federal, state, district and local funding is inadequate. Together donors and the Foundation can leave a legacy that will benefit future generations and make a bold statement to the students in our district that the community supports them. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) and donations are tax deductible. The NBSF website is at: www.nbschoolfoundation.org.

In October 2020, a number of students were placed into quarantine following coronavirus cases being reported at the school. [6]

Academics

In 1987, North Bend High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States. [7]

In 2008, 78% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 198 students, 154 graduated, 28 dropped out, 3 received a modified diploma, and 13 are still in high school. [8] [9]

Sports

The first athletic team to win any sort of championship was the girls' basketball team of 1908-1909 which won the Coos County League title that winter. [10]

State championships

Notable alumni

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<i>Liberty</i> (sternwheeler)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "North Bend Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "North Bend High School". Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. ↑ Coos Bay Harbor (North Bend), January 29, 1926>
  4. ↑ <Nancy Weybright, The No Beginning, Possibly 100 Year History of Coos County School District 1, pp 8-11>
  5. ↑ Coos Bay Harbor (North Bend), February 17, 1928 and October 19, 1928>
  6. ↑ "How did North Bend High School students get exposed to coronavirus?". 21 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Archived: Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  8. ↑ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian . 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  9. ↑ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian . 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  10. ↑ Coos Bay Times, February 27, 1909
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