Evergreen High School was a secondary institution in the Highline School District located in unincorporated King County, Washington, United States, specifically White Center. The school served unincorporated areas, including White Center, between Seattle and Burien. The school's mascot was the wolverine. In 2007, its last year of existence, 22.4% of students passed the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, and 75.1% of students graduated. The school has been replaced by three autonomous small schools located on what is now called the Evergreen Campus. They share certain campus facilities, including the cafeteria, gyms and library, and maintain the mascot since all three join together for sports as Evergreen Campus.
Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the small schools will disband and will reform Evergreen High School once again. [1]
Small schools
Evergreen Campus currently consists of three small schools - Technology, Engineering & Communications School (TEC), Health Sciences and Human Services High School (HS3), and Arts and Academics Academy (AAA). These schools are part of a district-wide movement originally funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in an effort to increase student achievement levels. HS3 was identified as a Bronze Medal School on the 2010 list of America's Best High Schools published by U.S News and Report. Only two schools in South King County and only thirty schools in Washington received this recognition.
Athletics
Evergreen's sports teams are known as the Wolverines. Their colors are green and white.
Formerly members of the now defunct Seamount League, Evergreen is a member of the Mountain Division of the 2A South Puget Sound League since the 2016-17 school year.
From 1969-1982, the WIAA State Cross Country Championships were held at Evergreen High School.
Notable alumni
- Jack Thompson -Alum of Evergreen High School, high school jersey number 14(now retired jersey) - class of 1974- Quarterback for Washington State University and played in NFL from 1979 to 1984
- Senio Kelemete - class of 2008 - Offensive Tackle for University of Washington. Currently plays for the New Orleans Saints
References
External links
- Evergreen Campus website
- Arts & Academics Academy webpage
- Health Sciences & Human Services High School webpage
- TEC High School
- Highline School District
- The Seattle Times: School Guide
- AAA - OSPI School Report Card 2010-11
- HS3 - OSPI School Report Card 2010-11
- TEC - OSPI School Report Card 2010-11