South Albany High School

South Albany High School

"Rebel PRIDE"[1]
Address
3705 Columbus SE
Albany, Oregon, Linn County 97322
United States
Coordinates 44°36′28″N 123°04′40″W / 44.607778°N 123.077778°W / 44.607778; -123.077778Coordinates: 44°36′28″N 123°04′40″W / 44.607778°N 123.077778°W / 44.607778; -123.077778[2]
Information
Type Public
Opened 1971
School district Greater Albany Public School District
Principal Brent Belveal[3]
Number of students 1330[4]
Color(s) Red and grey         [5]
Athletics conference OSAA Mid-Willamette Conference 5A-3[5]
Mascot Rebels[5]
Website http://sahs.albany.k12.or.us/

South Albany High School (or SAHS) is a public high school located in Albany, Oregon, United States.

Built in 1970, South Albany occupies the largest facility in the Greater Albany Public School District, encompassing more than 167,000 square feet (15,500 m2) of classrooms and other facilities.

The schools motto Is "Rebel PRIDE" because students at South Albany wanted to make it a better place. They wanted the students to have more Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Excellence.

Sports

The South Albany sports program had a history of not ranking high in their conference and division. However, the program has been getting much better over the past few years. There has been a change in coaches at the school. The Football, Soccer, Dance and Cheerleading programs have all went to either District Playoffs/Championships or State Championships in the last two years. In 2016, the Cheerleading program qualified and competed at the National High School Cheerleading Competition. The dance team, the Southern Belles, have placed in the 5A OSAA Dance and Drill State Championship for quite a few years in a row.

Academics

In 2008, 75% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 308 students, 231 graduated, 42 dropped out, 13 received a modified diploma, and 22 are still in high school.[6][7]

April Fire's Day

On April 1, 2015, students and parents woke up to a news story that sounded like an April Fools' Day joke: Classes were cancelled for the day due to a large fire that had destroyed the school's choir room, band room and cafeteria. By 7 a.m., snorkel water cannons were being used to prevent the four-alarm fire from spreading to the rest of the school.[8] The man who had lit the school on fire, Zachary Lee Burghart, ended up being convicted a few months later for arson after pleading guilty to lighting the school on fire.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.albany.k12.or.us/sahs/welcome.php
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Albany High School
  3. ↑ http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_2c54fa32-8f7d-11df-b0d9-001cc4c03286.html
  4. ↑ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  5. 1 2 3 http://www.osaa.org/schools.aspx/SouthAlbany/
  6. ↑ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  7. ↑ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  8. ↑ "4-alarm fire at South Albany High School". KGW. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  9. ↑ "Arsonist Convicted of South Albany School Fire". The Oregonian.


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