Skyview High School (Vancouver, Washington)

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Skyview High School
Skyview HS Main Entrance.JPG
The main entrance to Skyview High School
Address
Skyview High School (Vancouver, Washington)
1300 NW 139th St

,
98685

United States
Coordinates 45°43′19″N122°41′1″W / 45.72194°N 122.68361°W / 45.72194; -122.68361
Information
Type Public
Established1997 [1]
School district Vancouver Public Schools
SuperintendentSteven Webb
PrincipalAndy Meyer
Faculty85.41 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,865 (2018-19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio21.84 [2]
Color(s)Navy, silver and white
    [3]
Athletics conference Greater St. Helens League
Nickname Storm
NewspaperThe Horizon
Website skyview.vansd.org

Skyview High School is a high school in the Salmon Creek area of northern Vancouver, Washington. Opened in 1997, it is the second newest of seven high schools in the Vancouver School District. The building design incorporates an open classroom floor plan with the use of many windows and features a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) common area at the center of the school. The building is 292,000-square-foot (27,100 m2), including a 1,150-seat auditorium, [1] which has hosted speakers such as Howard Dean and is the current performance venue for the Vancouver Symphony. Skyview is home to the SMT (Science Math and Technology Magnet) for the Vancouver schools.

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Athletics

Football

Skyview's football team has competed in the 4A state playoffs every year since 2005 including three semifinal appearances (2009, 2011, and 2016) and one state championship game appearance (2011). [4]

Cheerleading

Skyview's varsity cheer team won state in 2009 bringing home Skyview's second state championship for the school.[ citation needed ]

Tennis

Skyview's girls tennis team won the 2013 4A state championship. Skyview's no-cut policy for the tennis team was recognized by the United States Tennis Association. [5]

Basketball

The girls varsity basketball team won the 4A state championship in 2012. [6]

In 2024 the boys basketball varsity team got 6th in state.

Baseball

Skyview's baseball team won the 2013 4A state championship. They made 3 consecutive state final four appearances from 2017-2019 and had a 17-0 record in the 2021 season. [7]

Boys Soccer

Skyview's boys soccer team won the 2012 4A state championship. [8]

Arts

Marching Band

The Skyview Marching Band competes in the Northwest Association for Performing Arts (NWAPA). The band competed in Open Class from 2000-2015. The band was selected to perform at the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, hosted in China. [9]

Winter Percussion

Skyview Percussion competes in the Northwest Association for Performing Arts (NWAPA), and Winter Guard International (WGI).

Dance Team

The Reign dance team were state champs in 2005, 2009, and 2011.[ citation needed ]

Student activities

Robotics

Skyview High School is home to the FIRST Robotics Competition team 2811, The Stormbots. They have been competing since 2008.

Demographics

In October 2012, the school's population was 52.9% male and 47.1% female. In the same report from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the racial breakdown was 77.0% white, 9.7% Hispanic, 5.6% Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.7% mixed race, 3.1% black and 0.9% Native American. [10]

September 2021 protest

On September 3, 2021, an anti-mask protest occurred outside the school, resulting in an hour-long lockdown for Skyview and the two schools adjacent to it after an attempt was made to escort a student with a medical exemption into the school. [11] [12] The student's mother, Megan Gabriel, said that her daughter had post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety and that masks could trigger panic attacks. The far-right groups Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys attended the protest, chanting "USA", according to a video posted on social media. [13] In a statement, Vancouver Public Schools communications director Pat Nuzzo said: "As a safety precaution, Skyview, Alki and Chinook were put into a lockdown on Sept. 3 due to a disturbance by protesters who attempted to come onto Skyview's campus". [14] Some students and staff members held signs in support of masks as a counter-protest, while protesters called female students by vitriolic names. [13]

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