- Hillsboro High School (Oregon)
Infobox Education in the United States
name=Hillsboro High School
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streetaddress=3285 SE Rood Bridge Road
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city= Hillsboro
state= OR
zipcode=97123
url= [http://www.hsd.k12.or.us/hilhi/ www.hsd.k12.or.us/hilhi]
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district=Hillsboro School District 1J
superintendent=
principal=Sloan Presidio
viceprincipal=Olga Acuña, Anne Erwin
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fundingtype= Public
schooltype=high school
grades=9-12
language=English
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campus=Suburban
mascot=Spartans
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colors=Blue, White, and Red.
founded=1929
enrollment=1515
enrollment_as_of=2006-2007Hillsboro High School (colloquially known as Hilhi) is a public secondary school in
Hillsboro, Oregon ,United States . The school is the oldest high school in theHillsboro School District . Rival schools are Glencoe, Century, and Liberty. The Principal is Sloan Presidio. The current campus was built beginning in 1969. Prior to this, the senior high school was located at the current J.B. Thomas Middle School, which was built in 1928. Currently 1,515 students attend Hilhi in grades 9-12. The official school colors are Blue, White and Red and the mascot is the Spartan.The athletics and activities of the school compete as a 5A school in the
Northwest Oregon Conference under theOregon School Activities Association . Alumni include professional soccer playerTiffeny Milbrett , hall of fame coachAd Rutschman , and former professional baseball playerBob Beall among others. Hilhi's most recent team state championship came in 2006 for boy's soccer. Additionally, the school has an ASPIRE program, [ [http://www.aspireoregon.org/highSchools.html ASPIRE High Schools in Oregon.] ASPIRE. Retrieved onAugust 4 2008 .] and offers AP and IB courses. As of 2005 the graduation rate was 84%.History
In 1929, Hillsboro’s first high school was completed, with additional buildings and the wings added in later years.Philpott, Betty. Hillsboro school began in one-room log cabin in 1854. "Hillsboro Argus",
October 19 1976 .] Located near downtown Hillsboro, the site was a turned into a junior high once the current campus was built beginning in 1969. In 1970, the new senior high school campus opened on 48 acres on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year. Students complained that the new layout that consisted of classrooms spread out over the campus instead of a single central building was a poor choice for Oregon’s rainy and cold winters.The school has been remodeled several times since opening in 1969. The first time was around 1980, when some minor updates such as the covered walkways were added. During the summer of 1999 the school received further updates. Blue and beige paint replaced the old brown colors on the buildings, the commons area was built adjacent to the cafeteria, a new auditorium was constructed, a new building was built to house technology related classes, and the main office was remodeled. During the summer of 2008 the locker rooms were remodeled improving the lighting, showers, and bathrooms. Future plans include the replacement of aging HVAC units and controls by 2011. [ [http://www.hsd.k12.or.us/district/construction/high_projects.asp High School Projects.] Hillsboro School District. RetrievedJuly 31 2008 .] In 2003, the school, along with all schools in the district, made national news when 17 days of classes were cut from the school year which allowed students to begin summer break in May due to budget cuts to education in Oregon. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/05/24/oregon.schools.ap/ Oregon schools cutting class.] CNN.com,May 24 2003 .] Teacher Don Domes won the Software Association of Oregon Foundation's Oregon Technology Educator of Year in 2004. [Blackmun, Maya. Teaching technology. "The Oregonian",November 9 2006 .] Since 2006 the school has participated in theMIT -Lemelson InvenTeam program. Through the program, the school has received a $10,000 grant for a team of students to invent a self-installable heads-up display for automotive use and a $4,000 grant to invent an industrial sized robotic vacuum/floor cleaning system. [ [http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2007/hillsboro.html MIT: High School Invention Grants: Hillsboro High School InvenTeam.] Lemelson-MIT. Retrieved onOctober 29 2007 .]Academics
Hillsboro High School is the only school in the
Hillsboro School District to offerInternational Baccalaureate classes as other Hillsboro schools offer AP classes.:2004-2005 Graduation Rate: 84.1% [ [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/schoolanddistrict/students/docs/dropouttables2004-2005.xls Oregon Department of Education] ]
Athletics
*Class: 5A
*League:Northwest Oregon Conference Mouse Davis , an early proponent of the Run and Shoot football offense, coached Hilhi to the 1973 state championship. [Delkin, Fred. [http://oregonmag.com/PigPete407.html "Mouse Returns to Join PSU Football Revival"] . "Oregon Magazine". Retrieved onAugust 4 2008 .]Oregon Sports Hall of Fame coachAd Rutschman coached the baseball team from 1955 to 1968 before moving on toLinfield College . [Hillsboro to honor baseball coach Rutschman. "The Oregonian ",March 7 2007 .] Rutschman also led the Spartans to a state championship in football in 1966 with a 17-2 victory over South Salem. Since 1965, the school has usedHare Field for football, baseball, and track. [McKinney, Dick. Sparts win first game at Hare. "The Hillsboro Argus ",October 19 1976 .] Gaynair, Gillian. Hillsboro thinks things will go better with Coke. "The Oregonian ",May 21 1998 .]OSAA State Championships
=Team titles [http://www.osaa.org/ Home page.] Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved onAugust 4 2008 .] =*Wrestling: 1952, 1990
*Baseball: 1962 (tie), 1966, 1968, 1993
*Football: 1966, 1973
*Girls Basketball: 1979, 1980
*Girls Cross-Country: 1979
*Boys Soccer: 2006
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