Haines High School
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Haines High School is the primary high school for the town of Haines
, Alaska
and the Haines Borough School District
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, debate
, and forensics teams over the years, most recent awards include 1st overall in drama for small schools, and coach of the year to Tim Shields. More recently, there have been several regional champion cross-country
teams and the basketball team won the Alaska State Tournament in the 3A division during the 2007-08 and 2009-2010 school years, making for a first in the history of the school.
Haines is classified as a 3A school by the Alaska School Activities Association
and competes with other 3A schools in Basketball and Volleyball; 1A, 2A, and 3A schools in Cross Country, Wrestling, and Track & Field; and competes with all schools in swimming.
The school is also sending roughly 75% of all its graduates on to higher education
and less than 10% of the student body drops out. Both figures are above statewide averages.
The Boys Basketball Team won 3A State Championship for 2010.
Haines, Alaska
Haines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
and the Haines Borough School District
Haines Borough School District
The Haines Borough School District is the school district administrating education in both the city of Haines, Alaska, but the Haines Borough as well.-Schools:* Haines High School* Haines Junior/Elementary School* Mosquito Lake Elementary School...
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Extracurriculars
Haines has produced state championship dramaDrama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
, and forensics teams over the years, most recent awards include 1st overall in drama for small schools, and coach of the year to Tim Shields. More recently, there have been several regional champion cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
teams and the basketball team won the Alaska State Tournament in the 3A division during the 2007-08 and 2009-2010 school years, making for a first in the history of the school.
Haines is classified as a 3A school by the Alaska School Activities Association
Alaska School Activities Association
The Alaska School Activities Association is the regulating body for Alaska high school interscholastic activities and is Alaska's member to the National Federation of State High School Associations.-History:...
and competes with other 3A schools in Basketball and Volleyball; 1A, 2A, and 3A schools in Cross Country, Wrestling, and Track & Field; and competes with all schools in swimming.
Current status
Haines High School has recently undergone a major renovation that has combined the town's elementary, middle and high schools.The school is also sending roughly 75% of all its graduates on to higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
and less than 10% of the student body drops out. Both figures are above statewide averages.
The Boys Basketball Team won 3A State Championship for 2010.