Hockinson High School
Curriculum
Hockinson High School has a comprehensive curriculum of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Art, Foreign Language (Spanish and French), Physical Education, Health, Fine and Performing Arts (Band and Theater), along with Career and Technical education.
Hockinson High School students perform near or at the top in state testing.
Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses include AP English Language & Composition, AP World History, AP United States History, AP Comparative Government & Politics, AP Human Geography, AP Calculus, AP Literature & Composition, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Spanish Language & Culture, and AP Chemistry.
Hockinson High School participates in the College in the High School program through Central Washington University. Students in Pre-Calculus, Statistics, Environmental Science, Spanish, History of Rock and Roll, and Weightlifting can earn university credit directly from CWU free of charge. The courses are offered on campus and taught by high school teachers who receive adjunct professor status at CWU.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses are offered in computer science, construction, architecture, woodworking, stagecraft, video production, engineering, and health.
Hockinson High School students have the option of participating in the Running Start program with Clark College in Vancouver, Washington to provide juniors and seniors with an opportunity to attend college courses for both high school and college credit.
Specialized career and technical education courses are offered through the Cascadia Tech, a skills center. It is a Southwest Washington high school trade and business school open to Juniors and Seniors to provide classes for technical skills that are not available in most high schools.
Activities and clubs
The following activities are offered at Hockinson High School:
- ASB
- Band
- Band Council
- Board & Card Game Club
- Cheerleading
- Drama
- Equestrian Team
- Esports
- FBLA
- FIRST Robotics Competition
- GSA
- HHS Theatre Company
- Key Club
- Mock Trial Club
- National Honor Society
- Skills USA
- Tech Club
- Yearbook
Sports
Hockinson High School currently competes in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Greater St. Helens League at the 2A level. Despite being one of the smallest schools in the state’s 2A level, it is highly competitive.
The school currently fields these sports:
- Baseball
- Boys Basketball
- Boys Tennis (co-op)
- Girls Basketball
- Cross Country
- Equestrian
- Football
- Boys Golf
- Girls Golf
- Gymnastics (co-op)
- Boys Soccer
- Girls Soccer
- Softball
- Boys Swimming
- Girls Swimming
- Girls Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling