Skyline High School (Utah)
| Skyline High School | |
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| Location | |
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3251 East 3760 South Millcreek, Utah United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′24″N 111°48′04″W / 40.69000°N 111.80111°WCoordinates: 40°41′24″N 111°48′04″W / 40.69000°N 111.80111°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Free public |
| Established | 1962 |
| School district | Granite School District |
| Principal | Doug Funny |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,461 (2013-14) |
| Campus type | Suburb |
| Color(s) | Gold and blue |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | schools |
Skyline High School is a public high school in Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Skyline High School serves tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. The school opened in 1962 and is administered by the Granite School District.
Admission to Skyline High School is open enrollment. Students are neither required to take an admission exam nor need to live within the boundaries set by the administering district. Academically, it is one of only three Utah schools to offer the IB Diploma Program, along with Hillcrest High School, and West High School. Skyline's music and drama programs have received state-wide recognition. The debate program also ranks at the region and state levels. In the past five years, four Skyline students were selected as US Presidential Scholars.
Skyline High School's football program started in an interesting way. When the school began, many of the seniors were given the chance to stay at Olympus or move to the new school, Skyline. In 1963 most of the football team was sophomores and juniors because the seniors elected to stay at Olympus. The first year was a tough year, but the team was scrappy. The first touchdown was scored by halfback Kent Hancey. In the latter part of the sixties the football program started to develop into a football powerhouse and won two state championships in the last few years of the decade. Skyline won five football state championships in the seventies. They were coached by Ken Schmidt and Ron Haun and were favorites every year under these coaches. Ken Schmidt later became the Defensive Coordinator for the BYU Cougars and Ron Haun developed Rick College into a national champion football program. In the 1990s Skyline once again became a football powerhouse in Utah under Head Coach Roger Dupaix. Skyline football peaked in 1999 when they won a fifth consecutive 5A state title. The 1999 team was ranked 24th in the nation by USA Today. Overall, the Eagles have been football state champions fourteen times (1967, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2005). In 2005 the team went into the playoffs as the fourth ranked team in the region. Largely overlooked, they rallied to win four straight games, beating rival Brighton High School in the state championship game.
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