Tahoma Senior High School
| Tahoma Senior High School | |
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| Address | |
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18200 SE 240th Street Covington, Washington 98042 United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°23′14″N 122°05′55″W / 47.3873°N 122.0986°WCoordinates: 47°23′14″N 122°05′55″W / 47.3873°N 122.0986°W |
| Information | |
| Type | High School |
| Motto | One School |
| Established | 1927 |
| School district | Tahoma School District |
| Principal | Terry Duty |
| Teaching staff | 90 |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,768 (May 2015) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Nickname | Bears |
| Website | tshs |
Tahoma Senior High School (or more frequently Tahoma (High) School or THS) is part of the Tahoma School District #409. THS is a public high school serving grades ten through twelve, adjacent to Tahoma National Cemetery, and mainly provides for students from the city of Maple Valley, Washington. The school's class schedule features six periods that alternate in three-period blocks every other day (known as Blue and Gold days).
Tahoma Senior High School is a suburban school located where the borders of the cities of Maple Valley, Covington, and Kent come together. It is generally viewed as having high academic standards. The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction reported the school's graduation rate as 87.8% for the 2005-06 school year with a 3.3% dropout rate, while the statewide graduation and dropout rates were reported as 75.0% and 5.7%, respectively, for the same year. Additionally, Tahoma High School consistently outperforms the state average on the tenth grade WASL examination by a wide margin. A table illustrating the percentage of students who passed the 2007 tenth grade WASL is shown below.
The school offers a wide variety of tech prep, honors, Advanced Placement, and University of Washington "college in the high school" courses, in addition to the district's school board-approved curriculum. Students may take courses in automotive repair, video production, theatre, culinary arts, woodworking, metalworking, and business and marketing. These classes take advantage of the school's fully furnished autoshop, advanced video editing equipment, wood and metal shops, student store, and up-to-date computer labs. Advanced Placement classes offered by the high school include Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Computer Science A, Computer Science AB, European History, US History, US Government and Politics, Environmental Science, Literature, Studio Art, and Psychology. These classes are usually offered at no cost to the student, and Tahoma High School encourages all students in AP classes to take the Advanced Placement exams corresponding to the classes they are enrolled in. The exams are given in early May. UW "college in the high school" courses that are offered include classes in Spanish, French, geology, English composition, and literature. These classes allow students to earn credits from the University of Washington, and a fee for each class is required. Tahoma High School's Outdoor Academy program which integrates Health and Fitness, Science, and Language Arts, has received recognition statewide for its work in changing the concept of Physical Education.
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