Henry M. Jackson High School

Henry M. Jackson High School is a public high school in Mill Creek, Washington, United States. Construction of the school was completed in 1994 by the Everett School District. It is named after the late U.S. Senator from Washington State Henry M. Jackson, an Everett, Washington native.

Henry M. Jackson High School
Address
1508 136th St. SE

Mill Creek, Washington 98012
Information
TypePublic
Established1994
School districtEverett School District
PrincipalLance Balla [1]
Staff99.13 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Number of students2,278 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio22.98[2]
Color(s)Green and black
AthleticsWashington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)[3]
Athletics conferenceWesco 4A
MascotTimberwolf
Team nameTimberwolves[3]
RivalGlacier Peak High School
Websitehttp://www.everettsd.org/Domain/10

Other high schools in the Everett School District are Cascade High School, Everett High School, and Sequoia Alternative School.

Intermediate schools that feed into Jackson are Heatherwood Middle School, located adjacent to the high school, and Gateway Middle School, located in the Silver Firs area northeast of Mill Creek.

Academics

The school offers an array of academic options including Honors, College, and Advanced Placement classes such as Honors English, University of Washington English, UW Computer-Science, AP Literature and Composition, AP Language, AP Art, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, AP Capstone, and AP Environmental Science.

Activities

The school offers a variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities for students, including Band, FIRST Robotics, ASB, TSA, Science and Engineering Research, DECA, MIT Launch Club, FCCLA, HOSA, National Honor Society, Key Club, LINK Crew, French Club, German Club, Project Green, Hi-Q, Dance Team, Theatre Society, Knowledge Bowl, Math Club, Model UN, Mock Trial, Art Club, and Multicultural Club.

Each year, Jackson holds an annual food drive, collecting food from local grocery stores.

Hazing incident and food fight

In 2002 seven students were accused of paddling up to 30 freshmen as part of an apparent initiation rite and were suspended from school. The students targeted freshmen boys to spank with a wooden paddle, police and school officials said. Until this event, a paddle had been used to represent school spirit, but was changed because of this event.[4]

In 2009, 14 students were expelled for starting and participating in a food fight. Though most students tried hard to not get involved, this caused senior prom to be temporarily suspended, and a plan of action had to be drawn up so all students knew appropriate behavior.[5]

Sports

Throughout all of its past years, Henry M. Jackson has been well known for its sports. In 2006, boys' baseball won the 4A State championship. In 2008 and 2014, girls' swimming won first in state. In 2010 girls' volleyball won first in state. Also in 2008, both girls' and boys' basketball made it to state. In 2010 boys' basketball won second in state. In the fall of 2010, football won the WESCO championship for the third straight year. In addition, boys' cross country in the fall of 2009 was ranked first in the nation and was only beat by the second in the nation later on. This was the boys' second consecutive year placing 2nd in the 4A Washington State Cross Country Championships. In the fall of 2008, all of the fall sports except volleyball made it to the playoffs. Other sports like track have also met with success. In the 2009–2010 season for volleyball the girls won state. On March 2, 2013 the Jackson boys' basketball team placed second in state, losing the championship game to Curtis High School and finished the season with a 26–1 record, losing only the championship game. Six of the seven players used were juniors.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "H. M. Jackson High School". Everett Public Schools. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  2. "Henry M. Jackson High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. "Athletics". Jackson High School. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  4. La Monica Everett-Haynes (2002-09-12). "Seven students suspended in high school hazings". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  5. Lynn Thompson (2009-05-14). "14 Jackson High students expelled after food fight". Seattle Times.
  6. "Ramsey Nijem MMA Bio". Retrieved 19 July 2014.

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