Hunter High School
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4200 South 5600 West, West Valley City, Utah United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′45″N 112°01′36″W / 40.67917°N 112.02667°WCoordinates: 40°40′45″N 112°01′36″W / 40.67917°N 112.02667°W |
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| Type | Free public |
| Motto | Touch Not The Claw Without A Glove - The 'glove' of a wolverine is the pad. If the wolverine is 'ungloved', its claws are unsheathed. The motto serves as a warning that one should beware when the wolverine's claws are 'without a glove'. |
| Established | 1990 |
| School district | Granite School District |
| Principal | Craig Stauffer |
| Faculty | 164 faculty and staff members |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,800 students |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Navy, silver and white |
| Mascot | Wolverine |
| Website | www |
Hunter High School is a public high school located at 4200 South 5600 West, West Valley City, Utah, United States. It was opened in 1990 with its first graduating class graduating in 1991. During the first school year (1990–1991), the enrollment was below capacity, largely because seniors and juniors (classes of '91 and '92, respectively) were allowed to choose whether to come to Hunter or complete their high school education at their current schools. The school celebrated its 25th anniversary at the end of the 2014–2015 school year.
The school was heavily featured in the TV movie Wish Upon A Star, starring Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris. The main gym was also used for the filming of an LA Gear shoe commercial featuring Utah Jazz player Karl Malone.
Hunter High's mascot is the Wolverine and the school's colors are navy, silver, and white. The mascot and school colors were selected by a student vote prior to the school opening, from among a number of alternatives (including the Knights and the Hunters) previously chosen by an ad hoc committee of prospective students. Michigan's uniform colors were among some of the various color-combination suggestions (which also included hunter green and white) considered by the ad hoc committee, but most members of the committee voted against the colors because of neighboring Cyprus High School's colors of blue and gold. The school colors of navy, silver, and white were eventually selected.
The school's fight song is the same as the University of Michigan's. The current lyrics to the school song were written in 1990 by Brian Sorensen, who submitted the lyrics as part of a school-wide contest.
As of 2015 the school expanded. Portable classrooms were added to the student parking lot, which lessened the parking space available.
Hunter high offers a broad range of scholastic disciplines ranging from core classes (English, Math, the Sciences, Foreign Languages) to art and trade classes (Auto Mechanics, Electronics, Photography, Video Productions, Drama). Hunter High School is highly regarded for its wide array of foreign language classes. Students have the option of studying Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, and American Sign Language. Hunter has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program since 2005, but due to lack of funding and student interest, is shutting it down after the class of 2010 graduates. Hunter also offers a wide array of off-campus programs ranging from Travel and Tourism to Aviation to Home Building. Many of these courses are provided in conjunction with Salt Lake Community College.
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