Peninsula High School - Gig Harbor, Washington/WA

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Peninsula High School

14105 Purdy Dr Nw, Gig Harbor, WA, 98332-8627 -

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Definition of Terms

Peninsula High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Pierce County, WA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1482 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

68 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 418 students

Grade 10 - 364 students

Grade 11 - 361 students

Grade 12 - 339 students

This School

(WA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:22

1:21

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(WA) School Average

% American Indian	4%	6%
% Asian	3%	6%
% Hispanic	2%	12%
% Black	2%	5%
% White	88%	69%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(WA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

15%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(WA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Peninsula School District

This School's Agency

(WA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	16	5
Number of Students Managed	9,630 students	1,985 students
District Total Revenue	$82,618,000	$16,541,000
District Expenditure	$94,395,000	$16,470,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,579	$8,333
District Expenditure / Student	$9,802	$8,297
District Graduation Rates	95%	88%

Huddle up: Cross country programs consistently strong (Peninsula Gateway)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:34:50 am
Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools have exceptional cross country programs. The quality of talent starts at the top and works its way down to the incoming freshmen from the surrounding middle schools.
Kids corner: Middle school students learn the angles of photography (Peninsula Gateway)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:05:20 pm
Key Peninsula Middle School eighth-graders Ashlee Ricketts and Shaelyn McKenzie seek the best angle for unique portrait photos on campus.
H1N1 clinic vaccinates 610 (Peninsula Gateway)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 07:34:40 pm
Registered Nurse Tamara Johnson of Franciscan Health System gives Anthony Dulaney, 4, an H1N1 nasal flu vaccination last Wednesday at Key Peninsula Middle School. The clinic provided 610 H1N1 vaccines to students in five hours and only had to turn away 20 students.
Popular Drug and Alcohol Forum Returns to Gig Harbor (The Kitsap Sun)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 06:31:25 pm
GIG HARBOR — If you have questions about children and their possible use of drugs and alcohol, there’s a free community assembly coming that you won’t want to miss. The popular Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula Drug and Alcohol Forum will take place at the Peninsula High School auditorium on Nov. 10. The Gig Harbor Police Department, the Gig Harbor-based Community Empowerment Group –– a coalition of ...
NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR: November 6 to 12 (The Kitsap Sun)
posted on October 31, 2009 at 05:31:22 pm
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Peninsula High School is a public high school located in Purdy, directly north of the city limits of Gig Harbor, Washington. It is built on a hill overlooking Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon.
History
Peninsula High School was founded in 1947 in its current location. At the time it was the only high school serving the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsulas. After Gig Harbor High School was founded in 1978 4 miles to the south, students living south of North Harborview Drive in downtown Gig Harbor and Fox Island attended the new high school.
Historically, PHS beat GHHS in the 2009 Fish Bowl for the first time in 4 years! Go Hawks!
Athletics
Peninsula has many sports and club sports including, Baseball, Boys & Girls Basketball, Cross Country, Fastpitch, Football, Girls Bowling, Golf, Boys & Girls Soccer, Boys & Girls Swimming & Diving, Boys & Girls Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Wrestling. [2]
Programs, clubs, and activities
Peninsula has many clubs and organizations including ASB, ASL Leadership, Band, Cheerleading, Chess Club, Choir, Competitive Robotics, DECA, Debate, Dignity Club, Drama, Drivers Education, Environmental Club, FBLA, GSA, Honor Society, Key Club, KGHP (High School Radio Station), Knowledge Bowl, Math Club, Model United Nations, Newspaper (The Peninsula Outlook), Phoenix Literary Magazine, Photo Club, Science Club, Speech and Debate, Sports Information Club, TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use), TEAM (Teens Empowered Against Meth), Teens For Life, Trap Shooting, Varsity Club, and Yearbook. [3]
KGHP-FM
KGHP-FM
Notable alumni
Doris Brown (1960) - Inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1990. Second female inducted into United States Track Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999. Inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 2002.
Greg Copeland (1990) - Currently an anchor on Northwest Cable News.
Dean Shomshak (1982) - Prolific role playing game designer and author.
Nicholas Huff (1981) - Accomplished musician and author.
Paul Skansi (1979)[4] - played 8 seasons in the National Football League with the Seattle Seahawks
Tom Sinclair, 1979 NCAA Javelin Champion, and state high school javelin record holder
Neko Case - Alternative country singer-songwriter
Mark Fuhrman Attended PHS for one year before transferring to North Mason High School in Belfair, WA. His is an American author and conservative talk radio host who, as a former detective in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), found a bloody glove at the scene of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. He also found a matching glove in the yard of O.J. Simpson's home.
External links
Peninsula High School
The Peninsula Outlook Online
The Faces of Outlook
The Outlook eBloggy
KGHP-FM
Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund
Peninsula Seahawks Football

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