Sheldon High School (Oregon)

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Sheldon High School
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Location
Sheldon High School (Oregon)
2455 Willakenzie Road

Eugene
,
(Lane County)
,
Oregon
97401

United States
Coordinates 44°04′55″N123°04′19″W / 44.0820828°N 123.0719105°W / 44.0820828; -123.0719105
Information
Type Public
School district Eugene School District
PrincipalMike Ingman [1]
Teaching staff72.54 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,521 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio20.97 [2]
Color(s)Green, white and navy [1]
   
Athletics conference OSAA 6A-7 Southwest Conference [1]
MascotFighting Irishman
Nickname Irish [1]
Rival South Eugene High School
NewspaperThe Talisman
Website Official website

Henry D. Sheldon High School (or simply just Sheldon High School) is a public high school in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Sheldon is one of four traditional high schools in the Eugene School District.

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Academics

In 2022, 87% of the school's seniors received a High School Diploma. Of 322 students, 288 graduated and 34 dropped out, received a modified diploma, or were still in school the following school year. [3]

Sheldon High School offers nine Advanced Placement (AP) classes and opportunities for college credit through Lane Community College and the University of Oregon. [4]

Academic awards

In June 2010, KGW and The Register-Guard reported that Sheldon had made Newsweek 's annual list of the nation's best public high schools of the year, ranking second best in Oregon and 665th in the nation. [5] [6]

Athletics

Sheldon High School athletic teams compete in the OSAA 6A-7 Southwest Conference (excluding football which competes in 6A-SD1). The athletic director is Ricky Rodriguez and the athletics secretary is Kristi Savage. [1]

State Championships: [7]

Athletic awards

Sheldon High School won the Oregonian Cup, an OSAA award for "overall school excellence in academics, activities, athletics and sportsmanship," in the 2001-2002 and 2002–2003 school years. [8]

Student media

Newspaper

The Talisman is the student newspaper. It is published twice per term. [9] It was given the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988. [10]

Radio

Sheldon is home to KRVM (AM) and KRVM (FM), a public access radio station which includes student involvement. [11]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sheldon".
  2. 1 2 3 "Sheldon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sheldon High School School Guide". OregonLive.Com. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sheldon High School Curriculum Guide 2021-2022" (PDF). Sheldon High School. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Newsweek ranks Corbett High 5th best in U.S." KGW. June 15, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tardy South Eugene absent from 'best schools' list: The school was late submitting data for Newsweek's annual list, which includes Sheldon and Churchill". The Register-Guard. June 23, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Records & Archives".
  8. ↑ "OSAA - Awards".
  9. ↑ "Sheldon High School". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Columbia Scholastic Press Association : 1988 Scholastic Crown Recipients". cspa.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on April 21, 2006.
  11. ↑ "Sheldon students keep real variety in sports talk radio. - Free Online Library".
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