Todd Beamer High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Todd Beamer Campus
established = 2003
city = Federal Way
state = Washington
country = USA
campus = Suburban
type = Public Secondary
principal = Liz Drake
grades = 9–12
enrollment= 1,810 (2005)
district = Federal Way School District
mascot = Titan
colors = Blue, Green, and Silver
website = [http://schools.fwps.org/tbhs/ schools.fwps.org/tbhs/]

Todd Beamer Campus is a four year secondary school located in Federal Way, Washington within the Federal Way School District. The school opened in September 2003 and is named after Todd Morgan Beamer, a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Todd Beamer Campus received a $675,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for staff development during the school's first three years. cite web | publisher = Everett Community College | title = Ten Washington State Schools Recognized as High Achievement Models Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $3.36 million to Northwest Schools | url = http://www.everettcc.edu/template.cfm?doc_id=1509 | accessdate = 2007-04-24 ]

Academics

The school has a four separate academies. Each academy has its own choice of teachers and electives. The four academies include the Puget Sound Business and Industry Academy; the Math, Science, Health and Fitness Academy; The School of Global Leadership & Economics (formerly Humanities & Arts) ; and The Northwest College Preparatory Academy.

However, when the school first opened there were only three academies and have only just recently added on the fourth academy; The Northwest College Preparatory Academy. (academy X)

Fight Song

To the tune of University of Michigan's "The Victors"

Hail to the fearless Titans
Hail to triumphant heroes
Hail, Hail to Beamer High School
Fight with all your might (fight, fight, fight)
Hail to the fearless Titans
Hail to triumphant heroes
Hail, Hail to Beamer High School
Bring us victory!

Federal Way Department of Public Safety

Todd Beamer High School opens its facilities to the Federal Way Police Department for the annual law enforcement exploring competition hosted by FWDPS. The competition is hosted outside of school hours and utilizes multiple classrooms, the gymnasium and the football field and track.

Gun Scare

TBHS made national news as a student brought three guns to school on April 19th, 2007. The school was put into a lockdown for an hour. [ [http://seattle.about.com/b/a/000124.htm Todd Beamer High School Gun Scare ] ]

PETA Incident

After a TBHS student followed up a campaign promise by swallowing a live goldfish, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)approached the school. PETA felt that "people who harm small animals, often go on to harm larger animals or even people." The incident made statewide news, and eventually onto national news. Radio talk shows such as Howard Stern and many others everywhere discussed the issue as to how "blown-out-of-proportion it was." Will Smith had claimed to know nothing about the incident, though it had been announced during the student's speech at an assembly in front of some 300 plus students and dozens of staff. Many had claimed that it was "just as unethical as eating sushi, or fishing". This led to laws throughout school systems about mistreatment of animals. Fact|date=December 2007

References

External links

* [http://schools.fwps.org/tbhs/ Todd Beamer High School]
* [http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7105451.html/ Loaded Weapons Incident]
* [http://www.peta.org/about/victoryItem.asp?VictoryID=441 PETA "Victory"]