South Salem High School | |
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Address | |
1910 Church St SE , , 97302 | |
Coordinates | 44°55′21″N123°02′20″W / 44.922410°N 123.038963°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Opened | 1954 |
School district | Salem-Keizer School District |
Principal | Tara Romine [1] [2] |
Staff | 103.32 (FTE) [3] |
Grades | 9-12 [2] |
Number of students | 2,256 (2022-23) [3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 21.84 [3] |
Color(s) | Columbia blue and scarlet [1] |
Athletics conference | OSAA Mountain Valley Conference 6A-7 [1] |
Mascot | Saxons [1] |
Rival | Sprague High School |
Newspaper | The Clypian |
Website | south |
South Salem High School is a public high school in Salem, Oregon. It was built in 1954 as the second public high school in the city. After South Salem opened, the former Salem High School was renamed North Salem High School.
South Salem High School is not the first school to be built on the current site. The former Leslie Middle School was built in 1927, and South Salem was connected to it when it was constructed in 1954. The schools shared common facilities, including the cafeteria and auditorium. When the middle school was moved in 1997, the old building became home to Howard Street Charter School. The Howard Street building was demolished in 2020. [4] [5]
South Salem offers the International Baccalaureate program in the 11th and 12th grades, as well as a preparatory Honors program for 9th and 10th grades. The first graduating class to have spent 4 years with the IB program was the class of 2002.
In 1987, South Salem High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States. [6]
In 2008, 78% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 466 students, 364 graduated, 69 dropped out, 1 received a modified diploma, and 32 are still in high school. [7] [8]
The men's basketball team has been one of the most successful programs in Salem, Oregon. South Salem has produced 15 plus D1 basketball recruits in program history. Some previous Saxon players have chosen to play at Stanford, UCLA, BYU, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and other schools. South Salem has won state titles in 1996 and 2004. Travis Brown has been head coach since 2019.
South Salem High School's music department has been nationally recognized as a Gold [9] school in the Grammy Signature School program. [10] South Salem High School's top music groups, which include the symphonic choir, wind ensemble, string orchestra, symphony orchestra, and various jazz ensembles have combined for a total of 41 OSAA state championships (as of 2022), since the OSAA started sponsored music state championships starting in 1987. The Wind Ensemble also performed in Shanghai and Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. [11]
OSAA State Championships
Choir: 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023. (15 total state titles) [12]
Band: 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. (12 total state titles) [13]
String Orchestra: 2001, 2004, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024. (8 total state titles) [13]
Full Orchestra: 1995, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2022, 2024. (9 total state titles) [13]
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