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Sherwood High School (Oregon)

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Opened
  
1970

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 503-217-5365

School type
  
State school

Principal
  
Ken Bone

Enrolment
  
1582 (2014–2015)

Number of students
  
1,726

Colors
  
Black, White, Crimson

Sherwood High School (Oregon)

School district
  
Sherwood School District

Athletics conference
  
OSAA Three Rivers League 6A-2

Address
  
16956 SW Meinecke Rd, Sherwood, OR 97140, USA

Sherwood High School is a public high school in Sherwood, Oregon, United States. As of 2014, the school competes in the 6A Oregon School Activities Association Three Rivers League.

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Academics

In 2015–2016, the school's four-year graduation rate was 89.82% and its five-year graduation rate was 95.17%. The state of Oregon's average graduation rates for that year were 74.83% (four-year) and 77.82 (five-year).

Additions

Sherwood High School underwent major renovations beginning in 2007. Additions include remodeling, new classrooms, new baseball and soccer fields, as well as the Aaron J. Contreras Memorial Stadium, which is dedicated to Sherwood High Alumni Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras who died serving in the Iraq War. Projects were completed in 2009.

Activities

Sherwood's chess club won the state title in 2008.

Aaron J. Contreras stadium

In 2004, the Sherwood High School stadium was renamed "The Aaron J. Contreras Memorial Stadium." Aaron played football, basketball and baseball at Sherwood High School and later graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, before joining the Marines. Captain Contreras died in 2003 while serving as a helicopter pilot on military duty in Iraq.

Athletics

Sherwood High School's athletic teams are known as the Bowmen. Sherwood was reclassified as an OSAA 5A team as of the 2006-2007 school year after being a 3A for several years. The Sherwood Bowmen had a large rivalry with Wilsonville before moving to 6A in 2014.

Fall sports

  • Football: 2010, 2012
  • Girls Soccer: 2007, 2011, 2016
  • Volleyball: 2010
  • Winter sports

  • Boys Swimming: 2005, 2006
  • Dance: 1994, 1998, 2006
  • Girls Swimming: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Cheerleading: 1999
  • Spring sports

  • Baseball: 1959, 1969, 2011, 2013
  • Alumni

  • Tom Parrott, baseball player
  • Jiggs Parrott, baseball player
  • Del Baker, baseball player, manager
  • Bud Podbielan, baseball player
  • Dave Edstrom,decathlette
  • Chuck Sun, motocross
  • References

    Sherwood High School (Oregon) Wikipedia