Summit High School (Bend, Oregon)
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2855 NW Clearwater Drive Bend, Oregon, Deschutes County 97703 United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°03′28″N 121°21′41″W / 44.057639°N 121.361284°WCoordinates: 44°03′28″N 121°21′41″W / 44.057639°N 121.361284°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 2001 |
| School district | Bend-La Pine School District |
| Principal | Dr. Alice Dewittie |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1500 |
| Color(s) | Green, black & silver |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Intermountain Conference, 5A-6 |
| Mascot | Storm |
| Website | www.bend.k12.or.us/shs/ |
Summit High School is a public high school located in Bend, Oregon, United States.
Summit High School was the third traditional high school built in Bend, with construction completed in 2001. It joined Mountain View High School, which opened in 1979,Bend High School which opened in 1904, and Marshall High School—a magnet high school also located in Bend.
In September 2007, the freshman class at the high school had about 320 students, a significant increase over the school's other classes, which had less than 300 each. The school hired more teachers to keep the numbers of students in each classroom below 30 students.
In 2008, 86% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 319 students, 273 graduated, 39 dropped out, 4 received a modified diploma, and 3 remained in high school.
Summit High School is located on a 48-acre (190,000 m2) site that includes 30 acres (120,000 m2) of solid ground amid an area which had been mined for pumice since the 1940s (by 1998 the mining had stopped and the land was sold). Another 18 acres (73,000 m2) over a former pumice mine were later bought for athletic fields. Rather than renovate the land so that it would remain stable, the school district decided to fix any problems as they arose. Construction was finished on the campus in 2001, with a total cost of $29.3 million. After a December 2005 storm, the football field became riddled with sinkholes, requiring expensive fixes before it was again usable. Additional storm damage occurred in classrooms, the gym, parking lots, and the theater. At the start of the 08-09 year, Summit had finished its new field and turf stadium.
The school installed a 32-panel solar power system in November 2004 that was projected to provide 7,315 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. The project was funded through a grant from the Energy Trust of Oregon.
Summit's mascot has changed significantly throughout the high school's brief history. In the school's opening ceremony in 2001, Storm Man was revealed as a Batman look-alike with a large "S" emblazoned on his chest, a lightning bolt in one hand, and a shield in the other. In late 2003, the school changed its mascot to a Thundercat. . The official mascot is the Storm.
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