Edmonds Woodway High School
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Edmonds-Woodway High School is one of five high schools in the Edmonds School District
in Edmonds
, Washington, USA. It serves students in grades 9-12.
Principal Michelle Trifunovic, and assistant principals Geoff Bennett and Rob Johnson, are the current administrative leadership team. Trifunovic replaced Edmonds-Woodway's long term principal, Alan Weiss, who retired in 2007.
The school's schedule was changed for the 2009-2010 school year. It is based on a 100-minute, 3-period block schedule, consisting of 1st, 3rd, and 5th periods on Monday and Wednesday and 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods on Tuesday and Thursday. On Friday, students go to all six classes for roughly 50 minutes each. This schedule was modeled on the one used by Edmonds Woodway's rival school in the same district, Meadowdale High School
. The school follows a semester schedule.
The school's mascot is the Warrior
.
Edmonds-Woodway was formed when Edmonds High School and Woodway High School, neighboring schools with a traditional rivalry, merged in 1990. The school used the old Woodway High School building until construction began on a new building to house the school. The new building has good public access, across from Swedish Edmonds Hospital, at the intersection of 76th Avenue and 212th St., close to Highway 99. The school is also accessible off 220th St., near exit 179 off El Camino Road. The new building opened in the fall of 1998, receiving several regional and national awards, including the 1990 Masonry Institute of Washington's Masonry Excellence Award, for the use of masonry throughout the project, as well as the prestigious national annual design award of the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International [1] for the 1999 year, the James D. MacConnell Award for outstanding new educational facilities serving the needs of students, staff, and the community, and facilitating student achievement.[2] Bassetti Architects of Seattle was the architectural firm for the new building.
is the language used by the Deaf community in the United States. Four years of instruction in ASL are offered to Hearing students at Edmonds-Woodway, who can take ASL in fulfillment of the World Languages requirement for high school graduation. Some students continue on to careers as Deaf Interpreters or as DHH Teachers (Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Nearby Shoreline Community College
offers a two-year training program for Deaf Interpreters.
The school hosts the only International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme
in the Edmonds School District
, which is one of only eight in the state of Washington to do so. The Edmonds-Woodway IB program is one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest
, with 600 IB-enrolled students and 60 full-IB Diploma graduates in 2009. Because of enrollment limitations in this popular and valuable program, in-district students whose home high school is not Edmonds-Woodway may participate in the program only as full-IB program students. Students whose home high school is Edmonds-Woodway may participate as partial-IB students (Certificate Candidates), taking IB classes they choose. Many Certificate Candidates take IB tests in several IB subject diplomas. These subject diplomas may qualify them for advanced placement in college coursework.
In 2009, Edmonds-Woodway student Sally Chu was named as the school's first US Presidential Scholar. In 2005, the school boasted 8 National Merit Scholar Finalists, the most of any high school in the state. In 2006, 94% of the tenth graders met or exceeded reading standards on the standardized test, the WASL
. 67% met or exceeded math standards. That same year, the Edmonds-Woodway Deaf Academic Bowl
Team competed for the first time. It was the first team in the history of the Academic Bowl to win a Regional competition their first year.
. The school has seen success recently in its football, undefeated for two seasons in a row before going 8-3 in the 2008 season, thus effectively ending the streak. The team has also made it to the state semi-finals in both 2006 and 2007. Most recently, the men's tennis team took 3rd in state and first in men's doubles in 2008. In addition, girl's volleyball, girl's tennis, and men's basketball programs, have either have made, advanced deeply or even won state tournaments in the past five years. The girl's basketball team took 5th in state in 2010.
, and has been accepted into the Essentially Ellington jazz festival on three occasions, in 2003, 2007, and 2010. The band also participates yearly in Moscow, Idaho
at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
, and has supported winning Jazz combos several times. In 2009 they were invited to take part in the Swing Central jazz festival in Savannah, Georgia
.
Edmonds-Woodway also supports three concert bands - the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony, which requires audition. Choirs include Bel-Canto, for all students interested in choir, and Mello-Aires, a small ensemble with audition required, which performs and competes. However, Mello-Aires has been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns Orchestral groups include Symphonic Orchestra, for grades 9-12, and Chamber Orchestra, a small group chosen by audition. For selected concerts, Full Orchestra includes advanced wind and percussion players from the Wind Symphony group. One academic music course is also offered: IB Music, music theory and music history for instrumental performers (although this class has also been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns/low enrollment)
Edmonds School District
Edmonds School District No. 15 is a school district that serves the communities of Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway and portions of Brier and unincorporated Snohomish County in the state of Washington.-High schools:*Edmonds Woodway High School...
in Edmonds
Edmonds, Washington
Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Edmonds has a view of Puget Sound and both the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range. The third most populous city in Snohomish County after Everett and Marysville, the population was 39,709 according to the 2010 census...
, Washington, USA. It serves students in grades 9-12.
Principal Michelle Trifunovic, and assistant principals Geoff Bennett and Rob Johnson, are the current administrative leadership team. Trifunovic replaced Edmonds-Woodway's long term principal, Alan Weiss, who retired in 2007.
The school's schedule was changed for the 2009-2010 school year. It is based on a 100-minute, 3-period block schedule, consisting of 1st, 3rd, and 5th periods on Monday and Wednesday and 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods on Tuesday and Thursday. On Friday, students go to all six classes for roughly 50 minutes each. This schedule was modeled on the one used by Edmonds Woodway's rival school in the same district, Meadowdale High School
Meadowdale High School
Meadowdale High School is a high school in the Edmonds School District, located in Lynnwood, Washington. It is sometimes called Meadowdale Senior High School, which is the only difference in the names of Meadowdale Senior High School and Meadowdale High School .The school has 1,560 enrolled...
. The school follows a semester schedule.
The school's mascot is the Warrior
Warrior
A warrior is a person skilled in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class.-Warrior classes in tribal culture:...
.
Edmonds-Woodway was formed when Edmonds High School and Woodway High School, neighboring schools with a traditional rivalry, merged in 1990. The school used the old Woodway High School building until construction began on a new building to house the school. The new building has good public access, across from Swedish Edmonds Hospital, at the intersection of 76th Avenue and 212th St., close to Highway 99. The school is also accessible off 220th St., near exit 179 off El Camino Road. The new building opened in the fall of 1998, receiving several regional and national awards, including the 1990 Masonry Institute of Washington's Masonry Excellence Award, for the use of masonry throughout the project, as well as the prestigious national annual design award of the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International [1] for the 1999 year, the James D. MacConnell Award for outstanding new educational facilities serving the needs of students, staff, and the community, and facilitating student achievement.[2] Bassetti Architects of Seattle was the architectural firm for the new building.
Deaf Community
Edmonds-Woodway has the largest Deaf student population in the Edmonds School District, due to special programs offered. A number of Deaf students attend from surrounding school districts, who may decide to contract with ESD for their students to attend the EWHS program in cases where they cannot offer a comprehensive program to meet the needs of their Deaf students. Because of the presence of the Deaf student program and its resources, Edmonds-Woodway also offers a highly regarded ASL language program. American Sign LanguageAmerican Sign Language
American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...
is the language used by the Deaf community in the United States. Four years of instruction in ASL are offered to Hearing students at Edmonds-Woodway, who can take ASL in fulfillment of the World Languages requirement for high school graduation. Some students continue on to careers as Deaf Interpreters or as DHH Teachers (Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Nearby Shoreline Community College
Shoreline Community College
Shoreline Community College is a community college in Shoreline, north of Seattle, Washington. It is located in a residential area east of Shoreview Park. The college contains 83 acres and continuously serves 12,000 full and part-time students....
offers a two-year training program for Deaf Interpreters.
Academics
Edmonds-Woodway is currently ranked as the # 318 high school in America, by Newsweek Magazine.The school hosts the only International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
in the Edmonds School District
Edmonds School District
Edmonds School District No. 15 is a school district that serves the communities of Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway and portions of Brier and unincorporated Snohomish County in the state of Washington.-High schools:*Edmonds Woodway High School...
, which is one of only eight in the state of Washington to do so. The Edmonds-Woodway IB program is one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
, with 600 IB-enrolled students and 60 full-IB Diploma graduates in 2009. Because of enrollment limitations in this popular and valuable program, in-district students whose home high school is not Edmonds-Woodway may participate in the program only as full-IB program students. Students whose home high school is Edmonds-Woodway may participate as partial-IB students (Certificate Candidates), taking IB classes they choose. Many Certificate Candidates take IB tests in several IB subject diplomas. These subject diplomas may qualify them for advanced placement in college coursework.
In 2009, Edmonds-Woodway student Sally Chu was named as the school's first US Presidential Scholar. In 2005, the school boasted 8 National Merit Scholar Finalists, the most of any high school in the state. In 2006, 94% of the tenth graders met or exceeded reading standards on the standardized test, the WASL
Washington Assessment of Student Learning
The Washington Assessment of Student Learning was a standardized educational assessment system given as the primary assessment in the state of Washington from spring 1997 to summer 2009. The WASL was also used as a high school graduation examination beginning in the spring of 2006 and ending in 2009...
. 67% met or exceeded math standards. That same year, the Edmonds-Woodway Deaf Academic Bowl
Deaf Academic Bowl
The Deaf Academic Bowl is an academic competition for deaf and hard of hearing students founded by Gallaudet University in 1997.-Past Champions:* 1997 National Champions: California School for the Deaf, Riverside...
Team competed for the first time. It was the first team in the history of the Academic Bowl to win a Regional competition their first year.
ASB
Edmonds-Woodway's Associate Student Body organizes events, and dances. There are 8 ASB officers including a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, clubs officer, publicity officer, historian, and technology officer. Additionally, each grade has their own set of officers; the seniors with 8 and the other two grades with 6. Throughout the year, ASB sponsors events such as Homecoming, Winter Wishes, and Spring Fling. Edmonds-Woodway is widely recognized for their Homecoming activities, surpassing the other schools in the district as far as spirit and festivities during the Homecoming season. Sherri Webster, has been the Activities Coordinator for 14 years but starting in the 2010-2011 school year, Becky Kern will take over.Athletics
Edmonds-Woodway hosts the Edmonds School District Stadium, which is the home field for all high schools in the Edmonds School District. EW's traditional in-district athletics rival is Meadowdale High SchoolMeadowdale High School
Meadowdale High School is a high school in the Edmonds School District, located in Lynnwood, Washington. It is sometimes called Meadowdale Senior High School, which is the only difference in the names of Meadowdale Senior High School and Meadowdale High School .The school has 1,560 enrolled...
. The school has seen success recently in its football, undefeated for two seasons in a row before going 8-3 in the 2008 season, thus effectively ending the streak. The team has also made it to the state semi-finals in both 2006 and 2007. Most recently, the men's tennis team took 3rd in state and first in men's doubles in 2008. In addition, girl's volleyball, girl's tennis, and men's basketball programs, have either have made, advanced deeply or even won state tournaments in the past five years. The girl's basketball team took 5th in state in 2010.
Music Program
Edmonds-Woodway's music program is best known for its Jazz Ensemble I. The ensemble is well-known throughout the greater Seattle areaSeattle metropolitan area
The Seattle metropolitan area in the US state of Washington includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, and Pierce County within the Puget Sound region. The U.S...
, and has been accepted into the Essentially Ellington jazz festival on three occasions, in 2003, 2007, and 2010. The band also participates yearly in Moscow, Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...
at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival, the largest west of the Mississippi, that takes place on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho in the month of February...
, and has supported winning Jazz combos several times. In 2009 they were invited to take part in the Swing Central jazz festival in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
.
Edmonds-Woodway also supports three concert bands - the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony, which requires audition. Choirs include Bel-Canto, for all students interested in choir, and Mello-Aires, a small ensemble with audition required, which performs and competes. However, Mello-Aires has been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns Orchestral groups include Symphonic Orchestra, for grades 9-12, and Chamber Orchestra, a small group chosen by audition. For selected concerts, Full Orchestra includes advanced wind and percussion players from the Wind Symphony group. One academic music course is also offered: IB Music, music theory and music history for instrumental performers (although this class has also been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns/low enrollment)
Craft Fair
On the first Saturday each December, the Parent Music Boosters hold a holiday craft fair. Held in the Great Hall since 1993, this is a fundraiser for the music program. Over 60 crafters participate, with a review committee choosing varied holiday arts and crafters from applications. Student groups from the orchestra, choir and wind programs perform, and many music students also volunteer.Big Band Dance
Held every year in May, the dance is set entirely to live swing music, mostly from the 1920s to 1950s. The school's two jazz bands perform, as well as the College Place Middle School jazz band and Madrona Middle School's jazz band. Nearly all five hours of the dance are live music, with a half-hour of professional swing dancing lessons held before the dance. Swing dance lessons are generally offered after school once a week beginning a month before the dance to help students prepare. The dance is open to the public.Notable alumni
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on a budget (graduated from the old Edmonds High School, before it merged with Woodway High School). - Anna FarisAnna FarisAnna Kay Faris is an American actress, singer and comedienne. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick , Lost in Translation , Just Friends , My Super Ex-Girlfriend , Smiley Face , and The House Bunny...
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and the drummer on their first 6 albums. - Robert ShannonRobert ShannonRobert Shannon is an American former professional boxer.-Background:Shannon had a white mother and black father, and started fighting in the streets as a young boy in Seattle's predominately black Central District, where he found kids who would start fights with him, because he was white...
, 1983-1984 U.S. Olympic Boxing team