John R. Rogers High School
| John R. Rogers High School | |
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Front (north) entrance on Wellesley Avenue
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1622 East Wellesley Avenue Spokane, Washington U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 47°42′00″N 117°23′10″W / 47.700°N 117.386°WCoordinates: 47°42′00″N 117°23′10″W / 47.700°N 117.386°W |
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| Type | Comprehensive Public High School |
| Motto |
Familia Sumus (We Are Family) |
| Established | March 1, 1932 |
| Opened | 1932 |
| School district | Spokane Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Shelley Redinger |
| CEEB code | 481260 |
| Principal | Lori Wyborney |
| Faculty | 106 (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,456 (as of May 2011) |
| Campus size | 25.5 acres (10.3 ha) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold |
| Athletics | WIAA Class 3A |
| Athletics conference | Greater Spokane League |
| Mascot | Pirate |
| Newspaper | Treasure Chest |
| Yearbook | Treasure Chest |
| Feeder schools | John Shaw Middle School Chief Garry Middle School |
| Elevation | 2,040 ft (622 m) AMSL |
| Website | spokaneschools.org/rogers |
John R. Rogers High School is a four-year public secondary school in Spokane, Washington, part of Spokane Public Schools (District No. 81). Opened in 1932 in northeast Spokane, the school is named after John Rankin Rogers, the third governor of the State of Washington.
The 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 2011. In September 2009, extensive renovation was completed on the school, adding another 170,000 square feet (16,000 m2) to the three-story Art Deco structure.
Two movies have been filmed on location at the school: Vision Quest in 1984, and the thriller Hangman's Curse in 2002. Both movies included hundreds of current and former members of the student body of Rogers High School as extras, as well as former members of the Pirates championship wrestling team, including award-winning coach and social studies teacher, Ken Pelo.
John R. Rogers is located in the Nevada/Lidgerwood neighborhood, 3.25 miles (5.2 km) northeast of Downtown Spokane and about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Northtown Mall and Division Street, the north-south corridor, which separates the city into east and west. While the school is about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the Hillyard Historic District, it is often associated with the area, due to its close proximity to the former town and the site of the former Hillyard High School.
John R. Rogers High School was established in 1932, as the successor to the nearby Hillyard High School. Built in 1907, Hillyard High served a smaller community surrounding James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway train yards. In the late 1920s, Hillyard became overcrowded, making it abundantly clear to the city and the district that there was an urgent need to build a larger, more modern school to accommodate students on the north side of the city.
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