Opened January 1959 Grades 9–12 Athletics conference OSAA Metro League 6A-1 Phone +1 503-356-2960 Founded January 1959 Color Purple and white | Principal John Huelskamp Campus Suburban Team name Apollos Number of students 2,046 School type State school | |
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Sunset high school beaverton oregon
Sunset High School is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It opened in 1959 and is the second-oldest of eight high schools in the Beaverton School District. Sunset's mascot is the Apollos.
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- Sunset high school beaverton oregon
- History
- Location
- Demographics
- Academics
- Academic achievement
- Notable alumni
- References
History
The school opened at the beginning of January 1959, initially with freshman and sophomore students only, adding juniors in the fall and, starting in September 1960, its first senior class. Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke at a student-organized mock Democratic Convention held at Sunset High School on May 17, 1968, less than three weeks before his assassination on June 5.
Location
Sunset High School is located in the predominantly unincorporated area known as Cedar Mill. Although it has always had a Portland street address, it has never actually been within the city of Portland proper. From 1959 until 1999, the school property was unincorporated land in Washington County, but in 1999 the Sunset High School grounds (including the adjacent swimming pool) were annexed by the city of Beaverton. Nevertheless, as of 2015 the school's mailing address remains a "Portland" address, as is the case for all of Cedar Mill.
Demographics
As of 2013-14, 59% of students are white, 17% Hispanic or Latino, 15% Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% African American, 1% American Indian, and 7% other. The 2013-14 enrollment was 1,954. The Oregon Report Card overall rating was Level 4.
Academics
In 1983, Sunset High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.
In 2008, 84% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 498 students, 409 graduated, 59 dropped out, 5 received a modified diploma, and 25 were still in high school.
Academic achievement
Over the years, several students have placed highly in prestigious competitions such as the Intel Science Talent Search, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Google Science Fair, the National History Bee and Bowl, and the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.