Kamiakin High School
| Kamiakin High School | |
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Main entrance in 2008
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600 N. Arthur St. Kennewick, Washington 99336 United States |
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| Coordinates | 46°13′02″N 119°11′17″W / 46.2172°N 119.188°WCoordinates: 46°13′02″N 119°11′17″W / 46.2172°N 119.188°W |
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| Type | Public, four-year |
| Motto | Motto: Be the best you can be! |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | Kennewick S.D. (#17) |
| Superintendent | Dave Bond |
| Principal | Chris Chelin |
| Faculty | 88 |
| Grades | 9th-12th |
| Enrollment | 1,705 (May 2015) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Campus size | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Color(s) |
Scarlet Gold |
| Athletics |
WIAA Class 3A, Yakima Valley District Five |
| Athletics conference | Mid Columbia |
| Mascot | Braves |
| Nickname | KaHS |
| Rivals |
Southridge Suns Kennewick Lions |
| Newspaper | The TomaTalk |
| Yearbook | Totem |
| Feeder schools | Highlands Middle School Desert Hills Middle School |
| Information | 509-222-7000 |
| Website | Kamiakin.KSD.org |
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Kamiakin High School is a public high school in Kennewick, Washington, the second of three comprehensive high schools in the Kennewick School District. Kamiakin opened in the fall of 1970 and serves the district's northwest portion. The school colors are scarlet and gold and the mascot is the Braves.
The school is named after Kamiakin, a chief of the Yakama Tribe in the 19th century and a leader of the American Indian side in the Yakama War.
Kamiakin went through a remodel from 2002–04 that added 15 new classrooms, a new gymnasium and converted the existing lecture hall into an auditorium capable of seating 600 people as well as updating safety to meet standards throughout the campus.
Kamiakin is generally considered to be one of the highest ranked public high schools in all of southeastern Washington of size 3A or 4A (along with Hanford High School in nearby Richland) and is ranked among the top 1,500 best high schools in the nation by Newsweek. Kamiakin's four year graduation rate is 89.4% and 92.4% after five years, around 13% higher than the state average.
In 2014, 511 AP Exams were given with 87% of students enrolled in an AP classes electing to take the exam. (Kamiakin is subsidizing AP tests starting in the 2015–2016 school year. Some teachers do require an AP test as a portion of the class. Each student may choose whether or not to take the test and must pay the reduced price should he or she decide to take it.) The school's HSPE(High School Proficiency Exam) scores annually rank higher than district and state averages with a passing rate around five percent higher than the state average in both reading and writing.
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