Marysville Pilchuck High School
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Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Art Mural in Forum, October 2009
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5611 108th St NE Marysville, Washington 98271 United States |
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| Type | Public Secondary School |
| Motto | Give respect, take responsibility, get results. |
| Established | 1971 |
| School district | Marysville School District |
| Principal | Rob Lowry |
| Faculty | 120 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,212 (2014) |
| • Grade 9 | 314 (2014) |
| • Grade 10 | 337 (2014) |
| • Grade 11 | 293 (2014) |
| • Grade 12 | 268 (2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22:1 (2012) |
| Campus size | 87 acres |
| Campus type | Suburban, co-educational |
| Color(s) | Red, White & Gold |
| Mascot | Tomahawk |
| Rival | Marysville Getchell High School |
| Newspaper | The Source |
| Yearbook | Quil Ceda Summit |
| Website | http://www.msd25.org/marysvillepilchuck |
Marysville-Pilchuck High School, located in Marysville, Washington, USA, is a public secondary school for grades 9-12 and is part of the Marysville School District. School days are organized into six periods. MPHS boasts the largest indoor swimming pool in Snohomish County and is a popular destination for high school indoor water sports fans.
MPHS is a combination of two local schools. The first high school in Marysville was called Marysville High School. Pilchuck High School was built in 1971. Later the two student populations were combined and additions made to create one large high school called Marysville-Pilchuck High School. In 2010 the MPHS had the second-largest campus and the largest high school student body in the state of Washington. In 2007 the student population peaked at over 2,500.
Four academies previously at the high school: Academy of Construction and Engineering, Bio-Med Academy, International School of Communications, and School for the Entrepreneur, were relocated to the newly-constructed Marysville Getchell High School, which opened in 2010.
The original high school building was adapted for use as the city's junior high school and now operates as Totem Middle School.
On March 21, 2008, The Herald in Everett ran a story about the effects of students posting material on a gossip website on the community of Marysville-Pilchuck High School. The site is run by a private company in North Carolina. The story reported that "students have used the site to bully, post compromising photos of their rivals and spread rumors about other kids' supposed sexual experiences, abortions, eating disorders, diseases and drug use." They also had posted comments about people's families.
The site's founder, Elizabeth Bloch, 25, was reported as saying, "[We have] no legal or ethical responsibility to protect kids by censoring gossip." Bloch also said that if enough users complain about certain gossip it will be taken down, but that site staff would not remove gossip just because it may be a lie or may be hurtful. The high school administration posted material on its website warning students and families about the site. The Everett Herald published an editorial on the issue on March 23, 2008, expressing concern about cyberbullying and urging parental care.
On October 24, 2014, the high school was the location of a school shooting. The gunman, Jaylen Fryberg, was a freshman student at the school and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Four other students were killed and a fifth was seriously injured.
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