South Salem High School

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South Salem High School
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Address
South Salem High School
1910 Church St SE

Salem
,
Marion County
,
Oregon
97302

United States
Coordinates 44°55′21″N123°02′20″W / 44.922410°N 123.038963°W / 44.922410; -123.038963
Information
Type Public
Opened1954
School district Salem-Keizer School District
PrincipalTara Romine [1] [2]
Staff82.17 (FTE) [3]
Grades9-12 [2]
Number of students2,196 (2020-21) [3]
Student to teacher ratio26.73 [3]
Color(s)Columbia blue and scarlet    [1]
Athletics conference OSAA Mountain Valley Conference 6A-7 [1]
Mascot Saxons [1]
RivalSprague High School
Newspaper The Clypian
Website south.salkeiz.k12.or.us

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.

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History

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]

Academics

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]

Athletics

Boys' Basketball Program

The men's basketball team has been one of the most successful programs in 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.

State championships

Music

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. (7 total state titles) [13]

Full Orchestra: 1995, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2022. (8 total state titles) [13]

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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  5. ↑ "A Brief History". Howard Street Charter School. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  6. ↑ Archived: Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ↑ Christina Cassidy; Jaime Sarachit (April 19, 2011). "THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION® ANNOUNCES 2011 GRAMMY® SIGNATURE SCHOOLS". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  10. ↑ There are many schools in the nation that are selected as a GRAMMY Signature School by the GRAMMY Foundation. The top seven schools are designated Gold recipients. The best of the Gold recipients is named the National GRAMMY Signature School.
  11. ↑ Area musicians will play at Olympics, Salem Statesman Journal, January 7, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
  12. ↑ "OSAA State Choir Champions" (PDF). May 29, 2022.{{cite web}}: External link in |author-link= (help)
  13. 1 2 3 "OSAA State Band/Orchestra Champions" (PDF). May 29, 2022.
  14. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/michael.j.totten [ user-generated source ]
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