Nathan Hale High School

This article is about the school in Seattle. For other schools of this name, see Nathan Hale (disambiguation).
Nathan Hale High School
Location
10750 30th Ave NE
Seattle, Washington 98125 USA
Information
Type Public
Opened 1963
Principal Jill Hudson
Faculty 102[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,171[1]
Color(s)              Red, white, blue
Mascot Raider
Newspaper The Sentinel
Yearbook Heritage
Website halehs.seattleschools.org

Nathan Hale High School is a public high school in Seattle, Washington. Nathan Hale is part of Seattle Public Schools and is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools.[2]

History

Early years

The area northeast of Seattle, was part of the Shoreline School District until 1954. For a number of years that area had only one secondary school, Jane Addams. Steady population growth during the 1950s meant a new high school would soon be needed. In the planning stage, the school was given the temporary name of Northeast High School. This was later changed to Meadowbrook High School. The site for the new school, originally part of the Fisher Dairy, had most recently been the Meadowbrook Golf Course owned by the Tachell family. While the school was under construction, new guidelines and procedures for the naming of schools were adopted. As a result, the name Meadowbrook was replaced by Nathan Hale. Once built, the factory model school building and parking lot were positioned on either side of Thornton Creek, which runs west to east through the property. The site is directly across the street from Jane Addams. Nathan Hale High School was one of several schools for which the Seattle Parks Department paid a portion of the building construction in exchange for title to adjacent land to be used for recreational facilities. The first principal, Claude Turner, helped design the school. In its first year, Hale opened to sophomores and juniors only, with just 1,206 students. Two years later, it had a student body of 2,002. By the late 1960s, Hale’s enrollment had reached 2,400, and 24 portables were in use.[3]

1970s

A new learning resource center opened in fall 1972, nearly doubling the size of the school’s original library. The community chose to use bond money for the learning resource center, rather than for an auditorium, so the high school continued to use the Addams auditorium for its dramatic productions. From 1964 through the mid-1970s, Nathan Hale was a sports powerhouse, winning the Metro championships in several sports three out of four years in a row. The music department also excelled, with the stage band capturing numerous regional awards. The district’s 1978 desegregation plan cut the number of schools feeding Hale from ten to four. Some of these feeder schools were closed, drastically cutting into Hale’s enrollment, despite the addition of 9th graders in September 1979. Some students who would have attended Hale were sent to south end schools.[3]

Principals

State Testing Boycott

As of April 23, 2015, all 280 juniors at Nathan Hale boycotted the Smarter Balanced state tests. These tests are not a graduation requirements for the junior class, but will be for the sophomore class. Many of teachers, parents, and administrators previously questioned the worthiness of the new state testing requirements.[4]

Newspaper/Website

Nathan Hale's journalism class, headed by Ted Lockery, writes for the Sentinel, Nathan Hale's official newspaper and website.

Radio

Main article: KNHC

Nathan Hale is home to the nationally acclaimed radio station KNHC. It is mostly student-run, but has a full-time DJ. KNHC plays dance music, and is one of six stations monitored by Nielsen BDS for inclusion in Billboard Magazine's weekly Hot Dance Airplay chart. In addition, Nathan Hale boasts a Radio class taught by Simon Thwaits and Richard J. Dalton.

Sports

Nathan Hale is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). The school is currently in the second largest classification, known as 3A, and has been so since the 1984-85 school year. Prior to that it was in the largest classification. The Raiders are a member of the Metro league and Sea-King district.[5] Hale has traditionally been rivals with Ingraham High School[6] and Roosevelt High School due to the close proximity of the three schools, but the rivalry with Roosevelt diminished when the school changed classifications in 1997.[7] In 2014 the rivalry with Roosevelt was rekindled as Roosevelt returned to the Metro League.[8]

The school supports 16 WIAA activities, including: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheer, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, boys and girls soccer, softball, coed swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. Three non-WIAA sanctioned sports are also fielded, these include boys and girls lacrosse and ultimate. The boys lacrosse team was founded in 1992, making Hale the first Seattle public high school to field lacrosse team.[9]

WIAA State Championships

Nathan Hale has won four team state championships.[10]

Sport Year
Boys Cross Country 1966
Boys Gymnastics 1970
Girls Track & Field[11] 1971
Boys Soccer 1985

† = Boys gymnastics in now a defunct sport

Individual State champions

Ref:[10]

Name Sport Event Year
Dong, Ringstad, Parde, Booker Boys Track & Field 880 Yard Relay 1968
Dan Winger Boys Cross Country 2.5 Miles 1970
Dale Burson Boys Gymnastics All Around 1970
Dale Burson Boys Gymnastics Horizontal Bar 1970
Donna Armstrong Girls Track & Field High Jump 1970
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics All Around 1971
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Side Horse 1971
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1971
Jim Campbell Boys Track & Field 2 Mile Run 1971
Johnson, Donnell, Chase, Hardison Girls Track & Field 440 Yard Relay 1971
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics All Around 1972
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Pommel Horse 1972
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Horizontal Bars 1972
Dave Jackson Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1972
Johnson, Donnell, Chase, McCallum Girls Track & Field 440 Yard Relay 1972
Doug McDonald Boys Track & Field High Jump 1973
Lakshas, Ringo, Phillips, Johnson Girls Track & Field Mile Relay 1973
Lisa Johnson Girls Track & Field 100 Yard Dash 1973
Lisa Johnson Girls Track & Field 200 Yard Dash 1973
Frank Rabinovitch Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1973
Craig Staake Boys Gymnastics Parallel Bars 1974
Mike Radford Boys Track & Field Decathlon 1974
Name Sport Event Year
Eric Guion Boys Gymnastics Pommel Horse 1975
Michelle Williams Girls Track & Field 440 Yard Dash 1979
Amy Munger Girls Swimming 500 Freestyle 1985
Amy Munger Girls Swimming 500 Freestyle 1986
Cary Stidham Boys Track & Field 3200 Meter Run 1995
Lasina Smith Girls Track & Field Long Jump 1995
Bruce Jackson Boys Track & Field 400 Meter Run 2001
Bruce Jackson Boys Track & Field 800 Meter Run 2001
Abdi Hassan Boys Track & Field 1600 Meter Run 2006
Elise Knutzen Girls Track & Field Javelin 2006
Abdi Hassan Boys Track & Field 1600 Meter Run 2007
Abdi Hassan Boys Track & Field 800 Meter Run 2007
Jaakko Malmivirta Boys Track & Field 110 Meter Hurdles 2009
Reid deLaubenfels Boys Tennis Singles 2010
Reid deLaubenfels Boys Tennis Singles 2011
Naivasha Sophusson Smith Girls Track & Field 100 Meter Hurdles 2011
Sophie Hallam-Eames Girls Track & Field Hammer Throw 2011
Megan Mooney Girls Track & Field Javelin 2013
Winston Hallam-Eames Boys Track & Field Discus 2013
Winston Hallam-Eames Boys Track & Field Discus 2014
Max Leach Boys Track & Field 800 Meter Run 2014

Notable alumni

Athletics

Other

Notes

  1. 1 2 "School Report for the 2012–2013 School Year" (PDF). Seattle Public Schools. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. Lilly, Dick (November 20, 1996). "Six Notable Schools - They Shine With Creative, Unique Approaches". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Nile Thompson & Carolyn Marr (2002). "Building for learning - Seattle Public Schools Histories" (PDF).
  4. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/nathan-hale-high-school-juniors-boycott-state-test/
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Leutzinger, Rosie (March 18, 2003). "School Spotlight: Nathan Hale". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  6. Raley, Dan (January 6, 1997). "Reclassification Sets Off Scramble in State High Schools". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  7. Thomasseau, Allison. "Ballard, Garfield, and Roosevelt rekindle rivalries in Metro 3A League". USA Today High School Sports. USA Today. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  8. Smith, Craig. "Prep Beat -- Franklin And Hale Poised To Add To Lacrosse History". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  9. 1 2 WIAA Tournament History
  10. Spruill, Scott. "Girls Team State Meet Champions". Washington Track. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  11. Raley, Dan (April 23, 2008). "Where Are They Now? Swimming great now gets her kicks from soccer". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  12. Raley, Dan (July 15, 2008). "Where Are They Now? Colella left hanging on swimming replay". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  13. USATF Leadership Page
  14. Washburn, Gary (December 22, 2008). "Schmetzer to assist Schmid in 2009". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  15. RALEY, DAN. "Where Are They Now? Ed Simmons, former NFL tackle". Seattle PI. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  16. "History : 70 Greatest Redskins". Washington Redskins. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  17. Paynter, Susan (August 11, 2006). "NPR host proves what falls down can pop back up". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  18. Lewis, Mike (February 9, 2007). "Historian's voice still fighting to be heard". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  19. Diep, Eric. "Growing Up in Capitol Hill". Complex Music. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  20. Owen, Rob. "Hari Sreenivasan: From Nathan Hale High to 'PBS NewsHour'". Seattle Times. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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