Ballard High School (Seattle, Washington)
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1418 Northwest 65th Street Seattle, WA 98117 United States |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 47°40′36″N 122°22′30″W / 47.676564°N 122.375037°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational |
| Motto | To honor thee we trophies bring |
| Established | 1903, 114 years ago |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Seattle Public Schools |
| Principal | Kevin Wynkoop |
| Athletic Director | Carrie Burr |
| Staff | 137 |
| Faculty | 89 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,711 (2015-2016) |
| Average class size | 27 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Campus size | 12.71 acres (51,436 m²) |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Fight song | "Cheer Cheer" |
| Athletics | 18 varsity teams |
| Athletics conference | Sea-King: Metro 3A |
| Mascot | Beavers |
| Rival | Roosevelt High School |
| Newspaper | The Talisman |
| Yearbook | The Shingle |
| Budget | $9,012,087 |
| Communities served | Ballard, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Greenwood, Crown Hill, Phinney Ridge, Fremont, Interbay |
| Feeder schools | Marcus Whitman Middle School, McClure Middle School, Salmon Bay K-8 |
| Website | Ballard H.S. |
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Ballard High School is a high school in Seattle, Washington, located in the Ballard neighborhood.
"Ballard High School is an inclusive, supportive community that cultivates a tradition of excellence for all students." ~adopted May, 2008
Ballard High School got its start in the fall of 1901, when the Ballard School District added grades eleven and twelve to the already existing Central School, creating the first four-year high school in the Ballard area. The very small school, soon to be known as Ballard High School, was located at 5308 Tallman Ave. There were three people on the faculty, including the principal, Harry F. Giles. The first graduating class had four members and held its commencement on June 23, 1902.
By 1905, enrollment had grown to 80 students. Ballard became part of the city of Seattle in 1907 and the high school became part of the Seattle Public School System.
Ballard High School moved to its present location during Christmas vacation 1915. The school could accommodate 1,000 students. Three hundred of them were transferred from Lincoln. The building was remodeled three times, once in 1925, then again in 1941 and for the last time in 1959. At that time, the student body had grown to over 2,000.
That structure was demolished the summer 1997 due to asbestos contamination and was replaced with the current facility. The student body was housed in the old Lincoln High School building during the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years. Lincoln was undergoing a remodel to become a middle school, the students who attended Ballard at Lincoln High had no bells to mark classes, limited classrooms, and cubically separated classrooms in the library and gymnasium facilities for the 1997-98 school year. This was due to the fact half of the facility at Lincoln was still closed for renovations (the half that held the majority of the divided classrooms). Finally in September 1999, Ballard High School returned to 1418 NW 65th St. to occupy a brand new building with the ability to accommodate evolving technology and more than 1,500 students. There are several classrooms that do not have windows.
The first murder ever of a student on Seattle School District property happened in 1994 outside Ballard High School. Then 16-year-old Brian Ronquillo, a student at Shorewood High School (Washington), fired a gun eight times into a group of students as a car he was in drove by Ballard High School. Melissa Fernandes, a 16-year-old Ballard student, was shot and killed although she was not the intended target. Ronquillo was sentenced to 51 years in prison for the gang related shooting.
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