School district Tacoma Public Schools Grades 9-12 Phone +1 253-571-5100 Mascot Eagle Color Black & Green | Principal John Jones Enrollment 250 District Tacoma Public Schools Number of students 250 Student to teacher ratio 17.7 (2007–2008) | |
Teaching staff 16 certificated classroom teachers; four certificated non-teaching staff (librarian, nurse, counselor, career counselor) Address 3319 S Adams St, Tacoma, WA 98409, USA | ||
Oakland Alternative High School is an alternative secondary school in Tacoma, Washington. It was built in 1912 by a prominent local architectural firm and is located at 3319 South Adams Street (South End).
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The school's building, designed by architect Frederick Heath and George Gove (of the Heath & Gove firm), and was built in 1912. The school served elementary students until 1988, at which time it became a high school. During 2009-10, approximately 250 students attended Oakland. OHS also added a middle school component in the 2009-10 school year.
Curriculum
The curriculum at OHS is the same as any Tacoma School District's comprehensive high schools. Oakland works on a quarter system, rather than a semester system. Student earn the same amount of credits at Oakland per quarter as students attending comprehensive high schools do in a semester. Oakland has a three period day vs. a six or seven period day.