- Hillsboro High School (Hilhi) is a public high school in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States, and is the oldest high school in the Hillsboro School District. The current campus was built beginning in 1969. Prior to this, the senior high school was located at the current J.B. Thomas Middle School, which was built in 1928. Currently 1,515 students attend the school in grades 9-12. The official school colors are Blue, White and Red and the mascot is the Spartan.
- The athletics and activities of the school compete as a 5A school in the Northwest Oregon Conference under the Oregon School Activities Association. Alumni include professional soccer player Tiffeny Milbrett, hall of fame coach Ad Rutschman, and former professional baseball player Bob Beall among others. Hillsboro High's most recent team state championship came in 2006 for boy's soccer. Additionally, the school has an ASPIRE program, and offers IB courses. As of 2005, the graduation rate was 84%.
- History
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In September 1908, tenth grade was added to the Hillsboro school district, with the classes held on the top floor of the school. Eleventh and twelfth grades were soon added, and in June 1911 the first students to complete four years of high school were graduated by Hillsboro. This class totaled five students, four girls and one boy. A gymnasium was built beginning in 1915. The school grew in size, with the 1920 graduating class totally 36 students, the largest number up to that time.
- In 1929, a new high school building was completed, with additional buildings and the wings added in later years. Located near downtown Hillsboro, the site was a turned into a junior high once the current campus was built beginning in 1969.
[ In 1970, the new senior high school campus opened on on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year.][ Students complained that the new layout that consisted of classrooms spread out over the campus instead of a single central building was a poor choice for Oregon’s rainy and cold winters.] - thumb|left|Former campus, served as Thomas Jr. High/Middle School from 1969 until demolished in 2009.The school has been remodeled several times since opening in 1969. The first time was around 1980, when some minor updates such as the covered walkways were added. During the summer of 1999 the school received further updates. Blue and beige paint replaced the old brown colors on the buildings, the commons area was built adjacent to the cafeteria, a new auditorium was constructed, a new building was built to house technology related classes, and the main office was remodeled. During the summer of 2008 the locker rooms were remodeled improving the lighting, showers, and bathrooms. Future plans include the replacement of aging HVAC units and controls by 2011.
[ High School Projects. Hillsboro School District. Retrieved July 31 2008.] - In 2003, the school, along with all schools in the district, made national news when 17 days of classes were cut from the school year which allowed students to begin summer break in May due to budget cuts to education in Oregon.
[ Oregon schools cutting class. CNN.com, May 24 2003.] Teacher Don Domes won the Software Association of Oregon Foundation's Oregon Technology Educator of Year in 2004.[Blackmun, Maya. Teaching technology. The Oregonian, November 9 2006.] Since 2006 the school has participated in the MIT-Lemelson InvenTeam program. Through the program, the school has received a $10,000 grant for a team of students to invent a self-installable heads-up display for automotive use and a $4,000 grant to invent an industrial sized robotic vacuum/floor cleaning system.[ MIT: High School Invention Grants: Hillsboro High School InvenTeam. Lemelson-MIT. Retrieved on October 29 2007.] The former campus near downtown was demolished in 2009. - Academics
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thumb|Administration buildingHillsboro High School is the only school in the Hillsboro School District to offer International Baccalaureate classes as other Hillsboro schools offer AP classes.
- 2004-2005 Graduation Rate: 84.1%
[ Oregon Department of Education] - In 2008, 80% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 364 students, 293 graduated, 39 dropped out, 3 received a modified diploma, and 29 are still in high school.
- Athletics
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Hilhi, known as the Spartans, competes in the Northwest Oregon Conference at the OSAA class 5A level.
- Mouse Davis, an early proponent of the Run and Shoot football offense, coached Hillsboro High to the 1973 state championship.
[Delkin, Fred. "Mouse Returns to Join PSU Football Revival". Oregon Magazine. Retrieved on August 4 2008.] Oregon Sports Hall of Fame coach Ad Rutschman coached the baseball team from 1955 to 1968 before moving on to Linfield College.[Hillsboro to honor baseball coach Rutschman. The Oregonian, March 7 2007.] Rutschman also led the Spartans to a state championship in football in 1966 with a 17-2 victory over South Salem. Since 1965, the school has used Hare Field for football, baseball, and track.[McKinney, Dick. Sparts win first game at Hare. The Hillsboro Argus, October 19 1976.][Gaynair, Gillian. Hillsboro thinks things will go better with Coke. The Oregonian, May 21 1998.] - OSAA State Championships
- Team titles
[ Home page. Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved on August 4 2008.] - Wrestling: 1952, 1990
- Baseball: 1962 (tie), 1966, 1968, 1993
- Football: 1966, 1973
- Girls Basketball: 1979, 1980
- Girls Cross-Country: 1979
- Boys Soccer: 2006
- Individual
- 1944 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, High Hurdles
- 1945 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, High Hurdles
- 1945 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, Low Hurdles
- 1946 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, High Hurdles
- 1946 Jack Doyle, Boys Track & Field, Low Hurdles
- 1948 Jerry Doyle, Boys Track & Field, Low Hurdles
- 1952 Jerry Davis, Wrestling,
- 1952 Del Alexander, Wrestling,
- 1952 Duncan McInnis, Wrestling,
- 1958 Ron Medley, Wrestling,
- 1962 Don Angevine, Boys Track & Field, High Jump
- 1962 Wendell Cox, Boys Cross-Country
- 1963 Wendell Cox, Boys Track & Field, One Mile
- 1963 Chuck Cropp, Boys Track & Field,
- 1964 John Kruesl, Wrestling,
- 1965 Butch Rose, Wrestling,
- 1968 Bill Guthrie, Boys Track & Field, High Jump
- 1973 Paul Bender, Boys Track & Field,
- 1974 Greg Parson, Wrestling,
- 1974 Tracie Ranf, Girls Track & Field, Long Jump
- 1974 Kelly Jones, Girls Track & Field,
- 1974 Kelly Jones, Girls Track & Field,
- 1974 Girls Track & Field, Medley Relay
- 1975 Kelly Jones, Girls Track & Field,
- 1975 440 yd Relay
- 1975 One Mile Relay
- 1976 440 yd Relay
- 1976 George Koch, Boys Swimming, breaststroke
- 1978 Fred Nordgren, Wrestling,
- 1980 Thad Jensen, Wrestling,
- 1980 Bill Johnson, Boys Track & Field, Pole Vault
- 1984 Diana Requardt, Girls Track & Field, Shot Put
- 1991 Jason Fletcher, Boys Track & Field, 300M Im Hurdles
- 1992 Kelly LaClaire, Boys Track & Field, High Jump
- 1993 Warren McPherson, Wrestling,
- 1993 Jeremy Ensrud, Wrestling,
- 1994 Boys Track & Field, 4x400M Relay
- 1995 Warren McPherson, Wrestling,
- 1995 James Pfrehm, Boys Track & Field, Discus
- 1996 Mark Hoxmeier, Boys Track & Field, Discus
- 1996 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, 100M High Hurdles
- 1997 Mark Hoxmeier, Boys Track & Field, Discus
- 1997 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, Triple Jump
- 1998 Derek Smith, Wrestling,
- 1998 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, Triple Jump
- 1998 Erin Kelly, Girls Track & Field, 100M High Hurdles
- 2001 Ryan Voge, Boys Track & Field, High Jump
- 2003 Suzy Viducich, Girls Track & Field, High Jump
- 2004 Grant Dean, Boys Track & Field, Long Jump
- 2007 Jodi Ellis, Girls Swimming, 100 Butterfly
- 2007 Zach Nicholaides, Boys Swimming, 50 Freestyle
- 2007 Billy Butler, Boys Track & Field, High Jump
- 2007 Florina Perte, Girls Track & Field, Discus
- 2008 Mikie Rodriguez, Wrestling,
- 2008 Austin Ringquist, Boys Swimming, 200 IM
- 2008 Jodi Ellis, Girls Swimming, 100 Butterfly
- 2008 Billy Butler, Boys Track & Field, High Jump
- 2009 Mikie Rodriguez, Wrestling,
- 2009 Austin Ringquist, Boys Swimming, 200 IM
- 2009 Aaron Young, Boys Swimming, 50 Freestyle
- 2009 Aaron Young, Boys Swimming, 100 Freestyle
- 2009 Boys Swimming, 200 Freestyle Relay
- 2009 Boys Swimming, 400 Freestyle Relay
- Notable alumni
- Bob Beall - baseball player, Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates
- Rick Dancer - television anchor and politician
- David Edwards, politician
- Thomas Garrigus, Olympian
- Tom Hughes, politician
- Josh Inman, Olympian
- David Larsen, actor
- Tiffeny Milbrett, Olympic soccer player, FC Gold Pride
- Ad Rutschman, football/baseball coach
- Wes Schulmerich, baseball player
- Bruce Starr, politician
- See also
- Rood Bridge Park
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