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Hillcrest High School (Idaho)
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Hillcrest High School is a high school
in Ammon, Idaho
. Hillcrest has one principal, Doug McLaren, and two assistant principals, Heath Jackson and Elisa Saffle. It is a public school servicing grades 9-12. The school currently has an enrollment of 1,320 students with 95 faculty members. The school mascot is the Knight and the colors are red, black, and white.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, overcrowding at Bonneville High School
and a rising population in the southern end of Bonneville School District #93 proved a need for a second school within the district's boundaries. The passage of a bond issue in 1990 in the amount of $10,880,000 provided the financial means for constructing Hillcrest High School, along with Iona Elementary School and a major addition to Falls Valley Elementary School. Students started classes in August 1992 in grades nine through twelve. Some areas were not completed when the school opened, including the gym
. The property adjoins the property of Sandcreek Middle School
and makes an acceptable middle school/high school campus configuration.
, Italian
, Spanish
, and French
. It also offers 5 different Advanced Placement
classes: Calculus
, U.S. Government, U.S. History, English Literature
, and English Composition. Hillcrest also affords students the opportunity to participate in vocational/technical
courses in conjunction with Bonneville High School and Eastern Idaho Technical College
. These courses include drafting, woodworking
, metalworking
, electronics
, auto body, auto tech, welding
, cabinet making
, robotics
, family science, and a Certified Nursing
Program. Hillcrest sponsors an ACT
preparation course in the spring and fall.
In 2006-2007, Hillcrest had a graduation rate of 98.39%, above that of their district average (97.41%) and the national average (about 70%).
The student teacher ratio is 21, a little above the state average of 18.
Team, Bible
Club, Business Professionals of America
(BPA), Chorale, Debate, Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
, French Club, Future Lawyers, German Club, History Club, HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), Idaho Falls Robotics Team, Interact Club, Italian Club, Knightline Dancers, The Knightly News, National Honor Society
, Operation Ping Pong, Pep Band
, Round Table, Ski
and Snowboarding
Club, Spanish Club, Spirit Squad, Student Council
, Swim Team, Tennis Club, Thespians
, Yearbook
, and Young Democrats of America
. Hillcrest High School is renowned for its highly successful speech and debate teams.
Hillcrest publishes a self-run newspaper, funded primarily by advertisements and fund raising, called The Knightly News. The school also produces a yearbook called Excalibur.
competition winner, the other going to the Policy debate
winner. Hillcrest won state championships in Lincoln-Douglas debate in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and state championships in Policy debate in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. Hillcrest currently sits atop the National Forensics League ranking for their respective district, over 100 points above the next school.
Hillcrest has consistently sent competitors to the NFL National Speech and Debate Tournament
to represent Idaho. Verifiable data shows Hillcrest sending contestants from 1993–1995 and 2001–2007, but the school has sent students in other years as well. Verifiable data also shows Hillcrest winning the NFL plaque at the Idaho district tournament from 2002–2006 and the NFL trophy in 2005, but the school has won the awards in other years as well. The plaque is awarded to the school whose top 15 entries compete in the most rounds in the district tournament and the trophy is awarded to the school who has amassed the most rounds from year to year, the winner’s round total being reset to zero upon receipt of the trophy.
Most recently, in 2008, the Debate squad placed second at the state tournament with two entries placing third and one entry placing second. Also in 2008, the Speech squad placed third at the state tournament with three entries placing first and two entries placing second.
(Scott Barr), Boys Basketball
(Don Baldwin), Girls Basketball
(Kieth Leppert), Cross Country Running
(Bob Hagert), Football
(Darin Owens), Golf
(Don Baldwin), Boys Soccer (Bryan Johnston), Girls Soccer (Dave Coffman), Softball
(Scott Hillyard), Tennis
(Doug Anderson), Volleyball
(Dean Goodworth), and Wrestling
(Bob Neal). The school participates in the High Country Conference in the IHSAA
in the 4A class. They compete against other schools in the conference, Blackfoot High School
, Bonneville High School, and Rigby High School
. Following is a list of Hillcrests' athletic achievements.
, in 2007.
The following are the time differentials for the individual winners:
Following is a list of Hillcrest's achievements in the Idaho State Football Championships
The following is a list of scores for the individual winners:
(3-2) then beating Bishop Kelly High School
(3-2). Finally, in the championship game, the team lost to Century High School (1-0).
, under the direction of Doug Anderson in 2006 and another in 2008. Hillcrest won 2nd place in 2007. In 2006, the tennis team also won the academic state championship with a 3.760 GPA. Since 1999, entries from Hillcrest have placed 1st seven times in their respective events, listed below:
The following is a list Hillcrest's individual champions at the Idaho State Track and Field tournament:
in three games.
, cafeteria
/commons, media center
, vocational
and regular classrooms, having approximately 178000 square feet (16,536.7 m²). The building has a maximum student capacity of approximately 1200 students.
The structure is a prefabricated metal structure. The music, speech, and drama rooms are separated from the other academic areas, as is the vocational wing. Hillcrest High School is built on 42 acres (169,968.1 m²). The property is relatively flat, with good draining into the improved parking lot area, which further meets all United States Environmental Protection Agency
requirements by draining into a lower softball field area.
A new, $5.3 million auditorium
was completed in August 2007 and officially opened October 15 of that same year. The auditorium, called the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Hillcrest, seats 883. The first performance in the PAC was a play called Our Town
, put on by Hillcrest January 28–30, 2008, followed by a musical called Camelot
on April 14–16, 2008. Hillcrest High School also constructed a new tennis court, softball field, art room, drama room, debate room, and weight room.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Ammon, Idaho
Ammon, Idaho
Ammon is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2000 census the population of Ammon was 6,187, with an estimated 2006 population of 12,065.Having nearly doubled in size since 2000, Ammon is among the fastest-growing cities in Idaho...
. Hillcrest has one principal, Doug McLaren, and two assistant principals, Heath Jackson and Elisa Saffle. It is a public school servicing grades 9-12. The school currently has an enrollment of 1,320 students with 95 faculty members. The school mascot is the Knight and the colors are red, black, and white.
School history
Bonneville High School (Idaho)
Bonneville High School is a high school in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Average annual enrollment is 1,000 students.-References:* http://idaho.schooltree.org/public/Bonneville-High-024071.html* http://www3.d93.k12.id.us/schools/bhs/...
and a rising population in the southern end of Bonneville School District #93 proved a need for a second school within the district's boundaries. The passage of a bond issue in 1990 in the amount of $10,880,000 provided the financial means for constructing Hillcrest High School, along with Iona Elementary School and a major addition to Falls Valley Elementary School. Students started classes in August 1992 in grades nine through twelve. Some areas were not completed when the school opened, including the gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
. The property adjoins the property of Sandcreek Middle School
Sandcreek Middle School
-Information:Sandcreek adjoins Hillcrest High School on the southern end of the city creating a middle school/high school campus. It is part of the Bonneville Joint School District #93. The school serves approximately 650 7th and 8th grade students from Ammon, Falls Valley, Hillview, TieBreaker,...
and makes an acceptable middle school/high school campus configuration.
Academics
Hillcrest offers a variety off scholastic opportunities for students. The school offers foreign language courses in GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
. It also offers 5 different Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
classes: Calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
, U.S. Government, U.S. History, English Literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, and English Composition. Hillcrest also affords students the opportunity to participate in vocational/technical
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
courses in conjunction with Bonneville High School and Eastern Idaho Technical College
Eastern Idaho Technical College
Eastern Idaho Technical College is a regional technical college in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. It was founded in 1969.The college's divisions include: Business, Office, and Technology; Health Professions; Trades and Industry; and General Education...
. These courses include drafting, woodworking
Woodworking
Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.-History:Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood...
, metalworking
Metalworking
Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts and delicate jewelry. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills,...
, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, auto body, auto tech, welding
Welding
Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes...
, cabinet making
Cabinet making
Cabinet making is the practice of using various woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture.Cabinet making involves techniques such as creating appropriate joints, dados, bevels, chamfers and shelving systems, the use of finishing tools such as routers to create decorative...
, robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
, family science, and a Certified Nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
Program. Hillcrest sponsors an ACT
ACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
preparation course in the spring and fall.
In 2006-2007, Hillcrest had a graduation rate of 98.39%, above that of their district average (97.41%) and the national average (about 70%).
The student teacher ratio is 21, a little above the state average of 18.
Clubs and activities
Clubs at Hillcrest include: Art Society, Ballroom DanceBallroom dance
Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....
Team, Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
Club, Business Professionals of America
Business Professionals of America
Business Professionals of America is a career and technical student organization that is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. BPA aims to develop leadership, academic, and technological skills in the workplace among students and leaders within the community...
(BPA), Chorale, Debate, Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America , formerly known as Future Homemakers of America , is a nonprofit U.S. career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education in public and private schools through grade 12 across the United States...
, French Club, Future Lawyers, German Club, History Club, HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), Idaho Falls Robotics Team, Interact Club, Italian Club, Knightline Dancers, The Knightly News, National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
, Operation Ping Pong, Pep Band
Pep band
A pep band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at functions or events with the purpose of entertaining and "pepping" up a crowd. Often members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble such as a marching band or a concert band. Pep bands are generally associated with...
, Round Table, Ski
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
and Snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
Club, Spanish Club, Spirit Squad, Student Council
Student council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
, Swim Team, Tennis Club, Thespians
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, Yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
, and Young Democrats of America
Young Democrats of America
The Young Democrats of America , founded in 1932, is the official youth arm of the Democratic Party of the United States, although it severed official ties with the Democratic National Committee following passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 and became an independent 527 group...
. Hillcrest High School is renowned for its highly successful speech and debate teams.
Hillcrest publishes a self-run newspaper, funded primarily by advertisements and fund raising, called The Knightly News. The school also produces a yearbook called Excalibur.
Speech and debate
The Hillcrest Debate squad won the state team championship in 1996, 1997, and 1998 and won the sweepstakes trophy in 1997 and 1998. In 2001, the championship split in two, one trophy going to the Lincoln-Douglas debateLincoln-Douglas debate
Lincoln–Douglas debate is sometimes also called values debate because it traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic, ethical values, and philosophy...
competition winner, the other going to the Policy debate
Policy debate
Policy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government or security discourse...
winner. Hillcrest won state championships in Lincoln-Douglas debate in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and state championships in Policy debate in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. Hillcrest currently sits atop the National Forensics League ranking for their respective district, over 100 points above the next school.
Hillcrest has consistently sent competitors to the NFL National Speech and Debate Tournament
National Speech and Debate Tournament
The National Speech and Debate Tournament is a week-long high school championship forensics competition hosted by the National Forensic League...
to represent Idaho. Verifiable data shows Hillcrest sending contestants from 1993–1995 and 2001–2007, but the school has sent students in other years as well. Verifiable data also shows Hillcrest winning the NFL plaque at the Idaho district tournament from 2002–2006 and the NFL trophy in 2005, but the school has won the awards in other years as well. The plaque is awarded to the school whose top 15 entries compete in the most rounds in the district tournament and the trophy is awarded to the school who has amassed the most rounds from year to year, the winner’s round total being reset to zero upon receipt of the trophy.
Most recently, in 2008, the Debate squad placed second at the state tournament with two entries placing third and one entry placing second. Also in 2008, the Speech squad placed third at the state tournament with three entries placing first and two entries placing second.
Athletics
Hillcrest offers the following sports, with their respective advisers in parentheses: BaseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
(Scott Barr), Boys Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(Don Baldwin), Girls Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(Kieth Leppert), Cross Country Running
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...
(Bob Hagert), Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
(Darin Owens), Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
(Don Baldwin), Boys Soccer (Bryan Johnston), Girls Soccer (Dave Coffman), Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
(Scott Hillyard), Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
(Doug Anderson), Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(Dean Goodworth), and Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
(Bob Neal). The school participates in the High Country Conference in the IHSAA
Idaho High School Activities Association
The Idaho High School Activities Association oversees high school athletics in the state of Idaho. Idaho high schools are classified in five categories based on their enrollment...
in the 4A class. They compete against other schools in the conference, Blackfoot High School
Blackfoot High School
Blackfoot High School is a high school located in Blackfoot, Idaho.- History :Blackfoot High School was founded in the early 1890s. The current school building, built in the 1950s, was given a new science wing in the mid-1990s and in the early 2000s, a new auditorium and gymnasium. The school,...
, Bonneville High School, and Rigby High School
Rigby High School
Rigby High School is a public high school located in Rigby, Idaho. The school serves about 840 student in grades 10 to 12 in the Jefferson County Joint School District. Its mascot is the Trojans, and its colors are gold, white, and maroon. The High School serves Rigby and its smaller surrounding...
. Following is a list of Hillcrests' athletic achievements.
Basketball
In 2007, Nancy Johnson of Hillcrest made the 4A girls basketball All-Idaho Second Team, averaging 14.5 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.8 steals a game and attaining a 42.2% field goal average. While neither team has won a state championship, the boys' team has won third and fourth place in 2004 and 2003 while the girls' team has won third and fourth place in 2003 and 2004 as well as second place, a loss to Burley High SchoolBurley High School
Burley High School is a high school in Burley, Idaho, part of Cassia County School District #151. Its official title is Burley Senior High School and it has only had its 2100 Park Ave. address since the doors opened for the Spring Semester of 1999...
, in 2007.
Cross Country
The Hillcrest boys' cross country team has won state championships four times in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. The boys' team also placed 2nd in 2005 and 2007. Although the girls' team has not won a collective championship, two individuals have won championships in three years: Janae Johnson (1999) and Karley Miekle (2000, 2001).The following are the time differentials for the individual winners:
| Boys | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Place | Time Diff. |
| 2004 | Gary Attebury | 2nd | 0:13.89- |
| 2005 | Ben Larsen | 2nd | 0:01.57- |
| Girls | |||
| Year | Name | Place | Time Diff. |
| 1999 | Janae Johnson | 1st | 0:32.1+ |
| 2000 | Karley Miekle | 1st | No Data |
| 2001 | Karley Miekle | 1st | No Data |
Football
In the years 1996-1999, the Hillcrest football team won the academic state championship with a 3.15, 3.28, 3.29, and 3.21 GPA respectively. Hillcrest won their first and only state championship in 2008, defeating Jerome, 55-35.Following is a list of Hillcrest's achievements in the Idaho State Football Championships
| Year | Result | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Semifinals | Blackfoot Blackfoot High School Blackfoot High School is a high school located in Blackfoot, Idaho.- History :Blackfoot High School was founded in the early 1890s. The current school building, built in the 1950s, was given a new science wing in the mid-1990s and in the early 2000s, a new auditorium and gymnasium. The school,... |
25-28 |
| 1999 | Quarterfinals | Rigby Rigby High School Rigby High School is a public high school located in Rigby, Idaho. The school serves about 840 student in grades 10 to 12 in the Jefferson County Joint School District. Its mascot is the Trojans, and its colors are gold, white, and maroon. The High School serves Rigby and its smaller surrounding... |
21-8 |
| 2008 | Champions | Jerome | 55-35 |
Golf
Though the Hillcrest High School Golf Team has never won a state championship, two individuals have placed first three times at the state tournament: Courtney Webb (2004) and Olivia Weber (2006 and 2008). The girls' team placed 2nd at the State Tournament in 2008 and 3rd in 2007, while the boys' team placed 3rd in 2005.The following is a list of scores for the individual winners:
| Year | Name | Place | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Courtney Webb | 1st | 76 |
| 2006 | Olivia Weber | 1st | 158 |
| 2008 | Olivia Weber | 1st | 145 |
Soccer
In 2006, the Hillcrest girls' soccer team won the academic state championship with a 3.725 GPA. Also in 2006, the girls' soccer team won second place in the 4A State Championship. The team entered the competition with a 12-2-2 record. They began the tournament by beating Emmett High SchoolEmmett High School
Emmett High School is a school in Emmett, Idaho.-Football:December 1, 1904 Emmett Was Defeated by Caldwell Football Team by the Score of 6-0. Jack Perry, Emmett's halfback, made a sensational run of 20 yards and would have scored had it not been for the muddy field. Jack Slipped and fell when near...
(3-2) then beating Bishop Kelly High School
Bishop Kelly High School
Bishop Kelly High School is a private Roman Catholic high school in Boise, Idaho, operated by the Diocese of Boise.-History:The school opened its doors in the fall of 1964, succeeding St. Teresa's Academy, which had closed that spring. Bishop Kelly is the only Catholic high school in the state of...
(3-2). Finally, in the championship game, the team lost to Century High School (1-0).
Tennis
The Hillcrest tennis team has won two state championships: One, a tie with Bishop Kelly High SchoolBishop Kelly High School
Bishop Kelly High School is a private Roman Catholic high school in Boise, Idaho, operated by the Diocese of Boise.-History:The school opened its doors in the fall of 1964, succeeding St. Teresa's Academy, which had closed that spring. Bishop Kelly is the only Catholic high school in the state of...
, under the direction of Doug Anderson in 2006 and another in 2008. Hillcrest won 2nd place in 2007. In 2006, the tennis team also won the academic state championship with a 3.760 GPA. Since 1999, entries from Hillcrest have placed 1st seven times in their respective events, listed below:
| Year | Name(s) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Tyler West | Boys Singles |
| 2006 | Trenton Baker and John Lindford | Boys Doubles |
| Brooke Sailer | Girls Singles | |
| 2007 | Brooke Sailer | Girls Singles |
| 2008 | Brooke Sailer | Girls Singles |
| Beth Ann Baker and Kallie Ball | Girls Doubles | |
| Olivia Weber and A Winkelmann | Mixed Doubles |
Track and Field
Though Hillcrest has never won a Track and Field State Championship, individuals since 1999 have placed first in ten events. The boys' team attained 2nd place overall in 2004 and 3rd place overall in 2005.The following is a list Hillcrest's individual champions at the Idaho State Track and Field tournament:
| Year | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Kevin Tallman | Boys 400 Meter Dash |
| 2000 | Janae Johnson | Girls 3200 Meter Run |
| 2004 | Ryan Tall | Boys 110 Meter Hurdles |
| Kellie Anderson | Girls High Jump | |
| Boys' Team | Boys 4 x 400 Meter Relay | |
| 2005 | Gary Attebury | Boys 1,600 Meter Run |
| Gary Attebury | Boys 3200 Meter Run | |
| 2007 | Kendal Pyper | Girls Shot Put |
| 2008 | Boys' Team | Boys 4 x 200 Meter Relay |
| Boys' Team | Boys 1600 Sprint Medley |
Volleyball
In 2002, the Hillcrest volleyball team placed second in the state championship, losing to Sandpoint High SchoolSandpoint High School
Sandpoint High School is a public high school in Sandpoint, Idaho, United States.-Academic Decathlon :The school's Academic Decathlon has been successful in statewide and national competitions...
in three games.
Wrestling
Two individuals from Hillcrest, Zarrick Wadsworth (2001) and John Siddoway (2006), were state champions in the 135 lb (61.2 kg). and 140 lb (63.5 kg). weight class, respectively.Building
Hillcrest High School is composed of an upper and lower gymGym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
, cafeteria
Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
/commons, media center
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, vocational
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
and regular classrooms, having approximately 178000 square feet (16,536.7 m²). The building has a maximum student capacity of approximately 1200 students.
The structure is a prefabricated metal structure. The music, speech, and drama rooms are separated from the other academic areas, as is the vocational wing. Hillcrest High School is built on 42 acres (169,968.1 m²). The property is relatively flat, with good draining into the improved parking lot area, which further meets all United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
requirements by draining into a lower softball field area.
A new, $5.3 million auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
was completed in August 2007 and officially opened October 15 of that same year. The auditorium, called the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Hillcrest, seats 883. The first performance in the PAC was a play called Our Town
Our Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
, put on by Hillcrest January 28–30, 2008, followed by a musical called Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
on April 14–16, 2008. Hillcrest High School also constructed a new tennis court, softball field, art room, drama room, debate room, and weight room.