Auburn High School | |
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Location | |
Auburn, Washington | |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 47°18′35″N 122°13′10″W / 47.309816°N 122.219583°W |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
Established | 1903 |
School district | Auburn School District #408 |
Principal | Richard Zimmerman |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,476 (May 2015) |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Green and gold |
Mascot | Trojans |
Rival | Auburn Riverside |
Newspaper | Troy Invoice |
Website | Auburn High School webpage |
Auburn High School, formerly Auburn Senior High School, is a public high school in Auburn, Washington, USA, founded in 1903. The school is situated on 18 acres (73,000 m2) of land in downtown Auburn. Its campus includes the Auburn Performing Arts Center (PAC), the Auburn Swimming Pool, Auburn Memorial Stadium (also known as Troy Field) and the Administration Annex. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, staff and students will move into the new Auburn High School located at 711 East Main Street in Auburn. Construction of the new school building began in February 2013, following the November 2012 Bond Election, in which Auburn District voters authorized the selling of bonds to fund the new high school building. The entire school, except the PAC and the autoshop building, will be replaced.
Auburn offers Advanced Placement classes in biology, calculus, language and composition, literature and composition, Spanish, U.S. history, European history and U.S. politics and government. Three foreign languages are taught - French, Spanish, and Chinese- up to the 7/8 (4th year) level.
Auburn Senior High School has one of the oldest troupes in the International Thespian Society and the oldest in the state of Washington, Troupe 17.
Auburn moved to the South Puget Sound League (SPSL) 3A in fall 2006. After only two years in the SPSL 3A Auburn, along with Auburn Riverside, moved to back to 4A in fall 2008. Auburn became part of the SPSL-North, returning to the same league they left after 2005. Auburn joined the Olympic Division of the newly resurrected North Puget Sound League in 2016.
Sports offered at Auburn are:
Auburn High School has a sports medicine program.
An October 2007 video of cheerleader Cali Kaltschmidt being trampled by the football team as she attempted to adjust the banner before they ran through during a game became a viral video. Kaltschmidt got a "web redemption" in season one of Tosh.0.
The Trojan football and boys' basketball teams have enjoyed great success and consistency under the leadership of the long time athletic director Bob Jones, football coach Gordon Elliott and basketball coach Ryan Hansen.