Shadow Mountain High School
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Shadow Mountain High School is a public high school located in the north valley of Phoenix
, Arizona
, United States
. The school is part of the Paradise Valley Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Matadors. Shadow Mountain's school colors are navy blue and gold. 1,749 students attend Shadow Mountain as of 1 October 2010. It opened in 1974.
The Shadow Mountain Academic Decathlon team hosted the Arizona Region II competition on February 2–3, 2007. The team beat out 28 other schools, and took first place with 39,200 points narrowly defeating South Mountain High School
. The team tied for first place in the 2008 regional Super Quiz Competition.
The March of Dimes
club is number one in the nation for raising the most money for six years running to help pre-maturely born babies.
Shadow Mountain also has an AFJROTC (Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp.)
).
The Shadow Mountain Swim Team is one of the top ranking teams in the state and among many other great swimmers, Misty Hyman (Olympic Gold Medalist) swam for Shadow Mountain. After a hiatus from the competitive swimming world, Misty now is head coach of the team, along side coaching greats Edwin Hsu and Barb Shmuki.
Phoenix, Arizona
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, Arizona
Arizona
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, United States
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. The school is part of the Paradise Valley Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Matadors. Shadow Mountain's school colors are navy blue and gold. 1,749 students attend Shadow Mountain as of 1 October 2010. It opened in 1974.
Extra curricular
Shadow Mountain High School boasts the largest music program in the Paradise Valley Unified School District. Most notably, the SMHS Marching Matadors finished the 2006 competitive marching season with a several caption awards and having earned three Superior awards over the course of the season, with their King Kong marching showing arranged by then-director Jan M. Gardner II. In 2006 they finished the season earning a Superior with Distinction at the state competition, the highest rating attainable in the ABODA Marching Circuit. The Matadors performance of their show "Music for a Darkened Theater: The music of Danny Elfman" received captions in Visual Performance, Music Performance, General Effect, Percussion, and Music General Effect. Alumni of the Shadow Mountain High School meet regularly: upcoming is the Class of 1981 reunion, September 2–4, 2011.The Shadow Mountain Academic Decathlon team hosted the Arizona Region II competition on February 2–3, 2007. The team beat out 28 other schools, and took first place with 39,200 points narrowly defeating South Mountain High School
South Mountain High School
South Mountain High School is part of the Phoenix Union High School District. The campus is located at 5401 South 7th Street in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. South Mountain’s enrollment is 2000 students...
. The team tied for first place in the 2008 regional Super Quiz Competition.
The March of Dimes
March of Dimes
The March of Dimes Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies.-Organization:...
club is number one in the nation for raising the most money for six years running to help pre-maturely born babies.
Shadow Mountain also has an AFJROTC (Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp.)
Athletics
Shadow Mountain's main athletic strengths are in cross country; track and field; basketball and swim. (among this program's alumni is NBA player Mike BibbyMike Bibby
Michael "Mike" Bibby is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He is a 6'2" point guard, and he attended Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona and played collegiately at the University of Arizona. In...
).
The Shadow Mountain Swim Team is one of the top ranking teams in the state and among many other great swimmers, Misty Hyman (Olympic Gold Medalist) swam for Shadow Mountain. After a hiatus from the competitive swimming world, Misty now is head coach of the team, along side coaching greats Edwin Hsu and Barb Shmuki.
Fight Song
- It's Shadow Mountain,
- It's Shadow Mountain,
- The pride of every Matador.
- Sing of our honor,
- Sing of our glory,
- It's Shadow Mountain
- Now we're for.
- Now and forever
- Always endeavor
- To battle on to victory,
- For we will never stop
- Till we're on top,
- So fight, Shadow Mountain, fight!
Notable alumni
- Mike BibbyMike BibbyMichael "Mike" Bibby is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He is a 6'2" point guard, and he attended Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona and played collegiately at the University of Arizona. In...
, basketball player for the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
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. - Misty HymanMisty HymanMisty Dawn Marie Hyman is a former American swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-1996 Olympic Trials:...
, gold medal winning Olympic swimmer, and current coach for the Shadow Mountain High School swim team. - Shaun McDonaldShaun McDonaldShaun Terrance McDonald is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
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