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Prescott High School (Arizona)

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Type
  
Public

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 928-445-2322

District
  
Prescott Unified District

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Principal
  
Stephanie Hillig

Website
  
Prescott High School

Mascot
  
Badger

Color
  
Blue and Gold

Highest grade
  
Twelfth grade

School district
  
Prescott Unified School District

Enrollment
  
1,667 (October 1, 2012)

Address
  
1050 Ruth St, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA

Prescott High School is a public high school located in the city of Prescott, Arizona. It is the only high school in the Prescott Unified School District. Historically, Prescott High School drew students from various adjacent school districts, mostly in Prescott Valley (Humboldt Unified School District) and Chino Valley, Arizona (Chino Valley Unified School District), via bussing; those districts later established their own high schools.

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Academics and programs

PHS offers a solid academic program, including Advanced Placement and Honors courses. Courses offered include Business & Technology, English, Family & Consumer Science, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Industrial Technology, Air Force Junior ROTC, Mathematics, PEAK, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, and Special Education. Students also have the opportunity to participate in athletics, theater, orchestra, choir, band, jazz band, Academic Decathlon, and vocational education programs.

Awards and accreditation

The Arizona Department of Education has awarded Prescott High School the distinguished label of "Excelling School" for the last two years. Since 1917, the school has been continuously accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Athletics

Prescott High School is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is classified in the 4A Conference for schools with an enrollment of 950–1899 students.

SPRING sports include Track and field-Boys / Girls (Var/JV), Tennis-Boys / Girls (Var/JV), Softball-Girls (Var/JV/Frosh), and Baseball-Boys (Var/JV/Frosh).

FALL sports include Badminton-Girls (Var/JV), Cross Country-Boys / Girls (Var/JV), Golf (Varsity only), Football (Var/JV/Frosh), Swimming-Boys / Girls (Varsity only), and Volleyball-Girls (Var/JV/Frosh).

WINTER sports include Basketball-Boys (Var/JV/Frosh), Basketball-Girls (Var/JV/Frosh), Soccer-Boys (Var/JV), Soccer-Girls (Var/JV), and Wrestling (Var/JV/Frosh).

Fine arts

Prescott High School has a Fine arts program. It consists of:

Art: Art 1–2, Art 3–4, Art 5–6, Art 7–8, Art AP, Sculpture, Adobe photoshop

Drama: Drama 1–2, Methods of Theater, Music Theatre

Drama productions: Drama Productions 1–2, Drama Productions 3–4

Choir: Women's Choir, Chorale, Show Choir

Band: Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Percussion/Guard, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band,

Foreign languages

Prescott High School offers four different languages, whose levels combined total 11 classes.

Offered languages: French 1–2, French 3–4, French 5–6, German 1-2, German 3-4, Japanese 1–2, Japanese 3–4, Spanish 1–2, Spanish 3–4, Spanish 5–6, Spanish 1–2 for native speakers

Notable alumni

  • John Denny, Major League Baseball pitcher 1974-86, won the Cy Young award in 1983
  • Jason Pridie, Current MLB player (Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies)
  • Nat Russo, fantasy fiction author, Class of 1988
  • Brian Stauffer, Award winning illustrator
  • Kevin Hendzel, Presidential Hotline Translator, Class of 1976 (US-Russia Direct Communications Link)
  • Ken Bennett, Secretary of State of Arizona
  • Robert M. Brutinel, Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
  • References

    Prescott High School (Arizona) Wikipedia