Palmer High School (Alaska)

Last updated

Palmer High School
Photo if the iconic blue moose outside the entrance to palmer highschool- 2014-04-08 15-04.jpg
Photo of the iconic blue moose outside the entrance to Palmer High School
Address
Palmer High School (Alaska)
1170 W. Arctic Ave

99654

United States
Information
School type Public secondary school
MottoFearless[ citation needed ]
School district Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
CEEB code 020105
PrincipalDavid Booth [1]
Faculty42.00 [2]
Grades 9 12
Enrollment760 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio18.10 [2]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Blue and white [3]
  
Mascot Moose
Website www.matsuk12.us/phs

Palmer High School is a high school located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the city of Palmer, Alaska. It offers classes in fine arts, mathematics, world languages, physical education and health, science, English, social sciences, and career and technical education. Student support services are available for students.

Contents

Sports

Palmer High School's sports include, baseball, tennis, wrestling, swimming, diving, cross country running, cross country skiing, track and field, football, ice hockey, volleyball, e-sports, and soccer.

Machetanz Field is located on campus. [4]

History

The school was established in 1936. [5]

Curriculum

The foreign languages offered are French and Japanese. IB classes (see below) are offered in Humanities/Literature, Math, Biology, Chemistry, History, Music, Art, Agriculture, and Foreign Languages. In 2012 the school began offering the APEX online education program. [5]

International Baccalaureate

Palmer High School has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 1999. [6] It is one of two International Baccalaureate schools in Alaska.

Notable alumni

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska</span> Borough in Alaska, United States

Matanuska-Susitna Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its borough seat is Palmer, and the largest community is the census-designated place of Knik-Fairview. As of the 2020 census, the borough's population was 107,801.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Butte, Alaska</span> CDP in Alaska, United States

Butte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,589, up from 3,246 in 2010. Butte is located between the Matanuska River and the Knik River, approximately 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Palmer. It is accessible via the Old Glenn Highway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lazy Mountain, Alaska</span> CDP in Alaska, United States

Lazy Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. Located east of Palmer along the Matanuska River. At the 2020 census the population was 1,506, up from 1,479 in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palmer, Alaska</span> City in Alaska, United States

Palmer is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley. It is the ninth-largest city in Alaska, and forms part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 5,888, down from 5,937 in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Alaska Anchorage</span> Public university in Anchorage, Alaska, USA

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public university in Anchorage, Alaska. UAA also administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska: Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna College, and Prince William Sound College. Between the community campuses and the main Anchorage campus, roughly 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are currently enrolled at UAA. It is Alaska's largest institution of higher learning and the largest university in the University of Alaska System.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trinity High School (River Forest, Illinois)</span> Private school in River Forest, Illinois, United States

Trinity High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for girls located in River Forest, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, it was founded in 1918 by members of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. Originally the school was built on the grounds of Rosary College, which is now Dominican University, but in 1926 the campus was relocated a few blocks away from the original site. Today, Trinity High School has an enrollment of 500 young women divided among four grade levels. Trinity students come from 45 zip codes and 144 different grade schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Millbrook High School (North Carolina)</span> Public school in North Carolina, United States

Millbrook Magnet High School, commonly known as Millbrook High School (MHS), is a public magnet high school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of thirty-two high schools in the Wake County Public School System. In 2006, Millbrook finished the renovation of its campus which includes a new three-level building, a courtyard for students, and a larger cafeteria making MHS one of the largest and up to date facilities in the area. In 2009, Millbrook High School was granted International Baccalaureate status by the North Carolina Board of Education. The school was named a Magnet School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America in 2020 and 2024 for its innovative curriculum, strong community building, and success in removing barriers to student success.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mat-Su Regional Medical Center</span> Hospital in Alaska, United States

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center is a 125-bed general hospital in the U.S. state of Alaska. The hospital is owned by Community Health Systems (CHS). Located in the Gateway census-designated place, between Palmer and Wasilla, it is the principal hospital for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Owing to its location a short distance from the interchange of the Glenn and Parks Highways, Mat-Su Regional serves as a principal hospital for many of the Glenn Highway communities in northern Anchorage, such as Chugiak, Eagle River, Eklutna and Peters Creek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Susitna River</span> River in Alaska, United States

Little Susitna River (Dena'ina: Tsałtastnu) heads at Mint Glacier on Montana Peak, in Talkeetna Mountains at 61°51′30″N149°03′30″W, flows southwest to Cook Inlet, 13 miles (21 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska Cook Inlet Low.

Twindly Bridge Charter School (TBCS) is a charter school located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Wasilla, Alaska. It serves grades K-12. It has an indoor gym that has archery and air pistol shooting. It has classes in yoga and robotics which many other schools lack. It is funded by the State. They have a coffee shop there open weekdays 6:30am–10:00am. Most kids will do their work at home and have grade conferences at the school. There are however supplemental sessions that run k-12 and include: science labs, music, art, pottery, robotics, archery, physical education, and geography. Parents get allotments ranging from $2000-$2500.

Seoul Foreign School is a Pre-K/Reception to Grade 12 international school located in Seoul, South Korea. The school was founded in 1912 by Christian missionaries to Korea and emphasizes Christian values. The Elementary, Middle and High Schools offer an international curriculum within the International Baccalaureate framework of PYP, MYP and DP. The High School offers the IB Diploma Programme. The British School offers the English National Curriculum - Key Stages 1–3. Seoul Foreign School has been located in Yeonhui-dong, Seodaemun-gu, since 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anchorage metropolitan area</span> Metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Alaska

The Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of the Municipality of Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the south central region of Alaska.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wasilla High School</span> Public secondary school in Wasilla, Alaska, United States

Wasilla High School (WHS) is a public secondary school in Wasilla, Alaska, United States, serving students in grades 9–12. The school is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) is a school district based in the city of Palmer, Alaska. It serves 40 schools across Mat-Su Borough, which each enroll from 15 to 1300 students. The estimated sum of the total number of students attending schools in this district is 15,969. MSBSD is the second-largest school district in Alaska, with the largest district being Anchorage School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wasilla, Alaska</span> City in Alaska, United States

Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 398,328 in 2020.

Colony High School (CHS) is a public secondary school in Palmer, Alaska, United States, serving students in grades 9–12. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. Colony High School's rivals include Wasilla High School and Palmer High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beijing City International School</span> Ib international school, private school in Peoples Republic of China

Beijing City International School (BCIS) is an independent co-educational not-for-profit day school offering an international curriculum for toddler to twelfth grade students.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matanuska-Susitna Valley</span> Valley in Southcentral Alaska, north of Anchorage

Matanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the Alaska State Fair. It includes the valleys of the Matanuska, Knik, and Susitna Rivers. 11,000 of Mat-Su Valley residents commute to Anchorage for work . It is the fastest growing region in Alaska and includes the towns of Palmer, Wasilla, Big Lake, Houston, Willow, Sutton, and Talkeetna. The Matanuska-Susitna Valley is primarily the land of the Dena'ina and Ahtna Athabaskan people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Windhoek International School</span> High School in Windhoek, Namibia

Windhoek International School is an independent, co-educational, international school located in Windhoek, Namibia. The school provides education from Early Years 1 through to Grade 12. It offers the IB Primary Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme as well as the International General Certificate of Secondary Education. As an IB World School it is the only school in Namibia to offer International Baccalaureate programmes and is one of the first schools worldwide to be authorised to offer these programmes. The school also boasts an international community of students from 45 countries. Unlike other schools in Namibia, the International School's school year runs from mid-August to mid-June.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International School Augsburg</span> School in Germany

The International School Augsburg (ISA) is an English-speaking private all-day school in Gersthofen, a town near Augsburg. As an “IB World School” the ISA belongs to a worldwide network of international co-educative schools which offer the International Baccalaureate in English. Established in 2005, the ISA is the only international school within an area of around 60 kilometres around Augsburg. In school year 2011/2012, 320 students were taught by 50 teachers from 15 nations.

References

  1. "Contacts". Palmer High School. Palmer High School. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Palmer High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  3. "Wasilla High School". Alaska School Activities Association . Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
  4. "Stars Football Faces Palmer In Division II Playoffs Saturday". radiokenai.net. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Executive Summary Palmer High School Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District." AdvancED. p. 2 (PDF p. 4/11). Retrieved on March 12, 2017. Archived August 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Palmer High School". IB World Schools. IBO. Retrieved September 4, 2008.

61°36′19″N149°08′16″W / 61.6054°N 149.1377°W / 61.6054; -149.1377