Elmira High School (Oregon)
Academics
In 2008, 83% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 108 students, 90 graduated, 5 dropped out, 33 received a modified diploma, with 33 remaining in high school.
As of 2020, 92% of the school's 92 seniors received their high school diploma, a 9% increase since 2008. According to the Oregon Statewide Assessment System, EHS students had an overall math proficiency of 53% and a reading proficiency of 88%, both of which are higher than the state average.
Athletics
Elmira High School plays at the 3A level, and participates in sports such as soccer, football, baseball, softball, basketball, and track and field. The school also hosts an annual Powder Puff football match between the girls of the senior and junior classes, while the boys for the EHS football team do the cheerleading.
Clubs
- National Honor Society (NHS): The basis of NHS is to provide community service throughout the city and towns they serve for including participating and helping blood drives, serving food for the homeless, and many other charitable acts.
- Interact Club: Similar to NHS, Interact Club is a community service based club that allows anyone from EHS to join. So far in their repertoire they have most notably helped develop a greenhouse for Elmira Elementary School.
- Key Club: Another community service club with student volunteers. Their main focus is to raise money for Doernbecher's Children's Hospital with the people of Kiwanis. Currently led by a school staff member Julie Burton.
- Radio Club: This club allows the students of EHS to learn and experience the process of making and/or hosting a radio show.
- Film Club: This club allows the students of EHS to learn and experience the process of making and/or acting in film productions. The bulk of the EHS film club's work consists of recreated movie trailers and voice overs of popular movie scenes, which can be found on the Elmira High School YouTube channel along with the school's film class projects.
- Robotics Club: This club allows any EHS student to team up with others to build a battlebot to take on other schools.
Championships
- Softball: 1992, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2006
- Boys Track and Field: 1973, 1980
- Boys Basketball: 1964
- Cheerleading: 1989, 1990
- Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB): 2016, 2017
Notable alumni
- Nathan Sawaya - Lego Artist
References
- ^ "Elmira High School". www.osaa.org. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Elmira High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ "Two Teachers at Elmira". The Oregon Daily Journal. 16 February 1913. p. 43. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Elmira High School Campus Map 19-20" (PDF). Elmira High School Campus Map 19-20.
- ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Elmira High School". U.S. News & World Report.