Tigard High School is a public high school located in Tigard, Oregon

Tigard, Oregon

Tigard is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 48,035 at the 2010 census. As of 2007, Tigard was the state's 12th largest city. Incorporated in 1961, the city is located south of Beaverton and north of Tualatin, and is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

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United States

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Academics

Tigard High School has offered the International Baccalaureate curriculum since January 1987.

In 2008, 83% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma

High school diploma

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. Of 409 students, 339 graduated, 44 dropped out, 7 received a modified diploma

Oregon modified high school diploma

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, and 19 are still in high school.

Activities

The Band program has won numerous state championships. It is also the only public high school to offer a guitar program in the Northwest, led by Jerry King.

Tigard High School's Destination Imagination

Destination ImagiNation

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 team, coached by Bob McMillan, won Global Championships in creative problem solving in 2000 and 2002.

State championships

• Baseball: 1957, 1988
• Girl's Basketball: 1974, 1988
• Water Polo: 1984, 1987
• Boys Cross Country: 1985
• Football: 1990, 2003
• Girl's Soccer: 1991, 1992, 1993
• Boy's Basketball: 1993, 2002
• Dance team: 2000, 2008
• Marching Band: 2001, 2006, 2010
• Winterguard: 2008, 2011
• Winter Drumline:2009, 2010
• Boy's Track and Field: 2010
• Speech and Debate: 2010

Principal controversy

During the 2007–2008 school year at Tigard High School, then-principal Pam Henslee announced she was stepping down at the end of the school year. In March, the Tigard-Tualatin school board announced that Jon Schuhl was to be the new principal starting the following school year (2008–2009).

In April, Schuhl was pulled over for a traffic violation and refused to take a breathalyzer test, causing his driver's license to be suspended under Oregon law. The school board did not find out about the incident until Schuhl was arrested in November for driving with a suspended license. He resigned a few weeks later on November 21, 2008, with vice-principal Barb Proctor acting as principal for the remainder of the year. Mark Neffendorf, principal at Bend High School

Bend High School

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 and former basketball coach at Glencoe and Westview

Westview High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

Westview High School is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States in the Beaverton School District. It opened in 1994 and its first graduating class was in June 1996.-Students:...

, was chosen to replace Proctor at the beginning of the 2009–2010 school year.