South Mountain High School
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South Mountain High School is part of the Phoenix Union High School District
. The campus is located at 5401 South 7th Street in Phoenix, Arizona
, USA. South Mountain’s enrollment is 2000 students. The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary district Roosevelt.
Phoenix Union High School District
The Phoenix Union High School District is a school district based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is one of the state's oldest school districts and its largest high school-only district, serving 26,000 students in 17 schools and employing more than 2,800 people...
. The campus is located at 5401 South 7th Street in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, USA. South Mountain’s enrollment is 2000 students. The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary district Roosevelt.
Magnet programs
South Mountain High School teaches five of the eleven Magnet programs in the Phoenix Union High School District.- Aviation and Aerospace Education: The program provides students with the opportunity to attain a Private Pilot's Certificate without cost, as part of the curriculum. Since its inception, the program has produced over 400 pilots. The program also provides students with academic and hands-on training in such areas as air traffic control, airframe and power plant maintenance and pre-engineering. Students can earn college credit in the Air Traffic Control courses and build time towards their Airframe and Power Plant License. The pre-engineering courses offer students the opportunity to learn aerodynamics, power plant operation and theory, aerospace systems, and stability and control. A course in Aircraft Design is also provided. All of the courses provide students with the academic rigor necessary in the areas of mathematics and science associated with the field of aerospace.
- Law-Related Studies: The Center for Law Related Studies at South Mountain High School. This program offers the student a chance to explore career opportunities in law and law-related fields and occupations through course work and involvement with the various legal professions in the community.
- Performing Arts (Dance, Music, and Theater): The Center for Performing Arts is located at South Mountain High School. Learning situations are provided through the use of equipment, nationally and internationally recognized artists as guest teachers, field trips and community performances.
- Visual Arts: The Center for Visual Arts offers students a four-year sequenced program of study in art disciplines. Students develop their style in ceramics, computer art, drawing/painting, jewelry and fiber arts, photography or sculpture. Students exhibit their work, participate in field trips and interact with local and national professional artists.
- Communication Arts: South Mountain is one of a small number of schools in Arizona with a magnet program featuring its own radio station: KJAG 1640AM, Jaguar News. This program teaches students to operate the devises used behind the scenes in T.V.
Facts
- South Mountain is a Performing school, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
- South's Academic Decathlon team has qualified for State 18 of the last 19 years and won its first Regional title in 2008, and came in second in 2007 and 2009. Not since 2006 have they not been out of the top 4.
- There are eleven Nationally Board Certified Teachers among South Mountain's staff.
- South has won 33 State championships in interscholastic athletics, including Girls Basketball, and a fourth-consecutive title in Girls Track and Field in 2008.
Athletic achievements
- Girls Track and Field - First big school in Arizona to win the State Title 4 consecutive years. State Champions 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008.
- Boys Basketball State Champions 1956, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1992, 2006.
- Girls Basketball State Champions 1985, 1995, 2008.
- Step Team State Champions 2007, 2008
- Metro Region Champions:
- 1982-Boys Basketball
- 1983-Boys Basketball
- 1987-Boys Basketball
- 1990-Boys Basketball
- 1991-Boys Basketball
- 1992-Boys Basketball
- 2006-Boys Basketball
- 2005-Girls Basketball, Girls Track and Field
- 2006-Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Girls Track & Field, Boys Track & Field
- 2007-Girls Basketball, Girls Softball, Girls Track & Field, Boys Track & Field,Wrestling
- 2008-Football, Volleyball, Girls Cross Country, Girls Basketball, Girls Track & Field, Boys Track & Field
Notable alumni
- Raymond Perryman, NFL Player - Oakland Raiders
- Rashad BaumanRashad BaumanLeddure Rashad Bauman is a former American football player in the National Football League who played cornerback. He attended the University of Oregon and was a third team All-American selection by the NFL Draft Report , as well as an All-Pac 10 Conference second-team choice...
, NFL Player - Washington Redskins - Manny HendrixManny HendrixManuel Hendrix is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...
, NFL Player - Dallas Cowboys - Steve JordanSteve JordanSteve Jordan is the name of:*Steve Jordan , American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and music producer from New York City*Esteban Jordan , American conjunto and Tejano musician...
, NFL Player - Minnesota Vikings - Frank Camacho, Arizona Channel 3 Anchor/Reporter
- Barbara Mundell, Presiding Judge, Maricopa Superior Court
- Sandra KennedySandra KennedySandra Kennedy is an American Democratic politician. , she serves as the city clerk of Fort Wayne, Indiana, a job she had held since May 1983. -Political career:...
, former Minority Leader, Arizona State Senate - Alisha Villa, Phoenix Municipal Court Hearing Officer (Judge)
- Byron EvansByron EvansByron Nelson Evans is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles defense of the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, former linebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
for the Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Dwayne EvansDwayne EvansDwayne Evans was an American athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres.He competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres event. That same year, he had just graduated from South Mountain High School in...
, 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist (200 meter) - Terry FairTerry FairTerrance Delon Fair is a former National Football League cornerback for the St. Louis Rams. He was drafted in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. He has been out of the league since the 2002 NFL season, with a brief comeback attempt with the Rams.Fair is the current co-host...
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for the New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Anne MontgomeryAnne MontgomeryAnne Butler Montgomery is an American female sportscaster, sports official, author and teacher. She was among the first women sportscasters on television, and is reported to be the only woman high school football referee in the state of Arizona....
- South Mountain teacher, journalist and author, former Network Sportscaster - Willam "Willy Northpole" Adams, Rapper - Disturbing Tha Peace Records
- David GraceDavid GraceDavid Grace is a British racing driver and businessman. He was the CEO at Rockingham Motor Speedway between 2000 and 2002, and oversaw the opening of the track and the return, after many years, of CART racing to Britain.As a driver his greatest successes came in hillclimbing, where he was five...
, Former South Mountain Teacher/Basketball Coach 2006 State Champions, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Oregon State University