Davis High School (Washington)
| Davis High School | |
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| Address | |
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212 S. 6th Ave. Yakima, Washington USA |
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| Coordinates | 46°35′48″N 120°30′59″W / 46.5967°N 120.5163°WCoordinates: 46°35′48″N 120°30′59″W / 46.5967°N 120.5163°W |
| Information | |
| Type | IB World School high school |
| Established | 1884 |
| School district | Yakima School District |
| Principal | Ryan McDaniel |
| Faculty | 102 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,091 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Black & Orange |
| Mascot | Pirates |
| Yearbook | Lolomi |
| Website | http://www.ysd.wednet.edu/Davis/ |
Davis High School is a high school in Yakima, Washington, USA, serving students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Yakima School District and has approximately 2,000 students.
North Yakima High School (which was renamed Davis High School in 1957 when Eisenhower High School became the second senior high school in Yakima) began classes in 1884, and was housed in the Columbia Building. By 1896, the school's enrollment reached 40 students and classes were relocated to the Central School Building. With an ever-increasing student body, in 1900, the school was once-again relocated to the Lincoln School. In 1905, land was procured on South 7th Avenue and Walnut, with plans to build a new, larger high school. As it turned out, that foresight was well thought out, because after the Lincoln School burned on Jan. 6, 1907, the high school took up temporary residence at the Methodist Church on Fourth Street.
The new school building, which began construction in 1905, was completed in 1908. The new building cost $84,980, had 23 classrooms and increased capacity to 690 students. Angus Charles Davis served as principal from 1908 through 1913, and was superintendent until 1947. In 1978, after an extensive, thirteen-year remodeling project, which cost upwards of $5 million, the Yakima High School was re-dedicated as Davis High School, in honor of its early principal and long-time superintendent.
One of the keynote speakers at the school's re-dedication was Cathy Douglas Stone, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice, William O. Douglas who is, perhaps, Davis's most notable alumnus. Douglas, who played on the basketball team and was valedictorian of his graduating class, went on to teach English at North Yakima High School before pursuing his dream of being a lawyer and, ultimately, a United States Supreme Court judge.
In May 2009, a $114 million bond was approved by Yakima voters to remodel and renovate area schools. Davis was allocated $42 million of that bond money (plus another $42 million in State-matching funds), to refurbish the school.
Angus Charles Davis (1908-1913)
Alan Hickman
Frances Wesley Jones
Clarence Klise
Forest J. Dollinger (1913–1914, 1916–1918)
Arthur Church (Last Principal of Yakima High School)
Donald Davidson (First Principal of A.C. Davis High School, 1957
Rolla Gould
Dr. Warren Dean Starr
Dr. Raymond Lindley (1974-1977)
Robert Alexander (1977-1981)
Owen Hurst (1981-1985)
Dr. Robert McLaughlin (1985-1993))
Karen Garrison (1993-2000) - First Female Principal
Jose Vidot (2000-2002)
Lee Maras (2002–2007)
Ben Ramirez (2007-2013)
Ryan McDaniel (2013-present)
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