School type Public high school Principal Jeannie Paparella Color(s) Orange, Blue Mascot Chiefs | Established 1972 Grades 9-12 Phone +1 623-915-8900 Founded 1972 | |
Enrollment 1,503 (October 1, 2012) Address 1750 Thunderbird High School, Phoenix, AZ 85023, USA District Glendale Union High School District Similar Greenway High School, Glendale Union High School Di, Moon Valley High School, Sunnyslo High School, Washingt High School | ||
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Thunderbird High School is a public high school located in northwestern Phoenix, Arizona. The school is a part of the Glendale Union High School District.
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Welcome to thunderbird high school 2015
Feeder schools
Some schools in the Washington Elementary School District feed into Thunderbird High School.
Feeder junior high schools include Mountain Sky Junior High School and Cholla Middle School.
History
The school opened in 1972. Greenway High School opened the following year; both schools feature the same architectural blueprints. Thunderbird had rotating walls and open concept classrooms when it opened. By 1976, the school had filled up with more than 2,100 students, in 1977 the first class to have gone through all four years (freshman-senior) at the school graduated, and by 1979, that number reached its peak, with 2,742 students attending Thunderbird. Over time, enrollment declined, however; by the mid-1980s, the school's size increased at just below 2,000 students and has since slowly decreased to its current size.