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Sunset High School (portland, Oregon)




  Principal Todd Mckee
  Type Public secondary
  Grades 9–12
  Established 1959
  City Portland
  State Oregon
  Country USA
  Oversight Beaverton School District
  Enrollment 2122 (2006-2007)
  Faculty 90
  Campus Suburban
  Mascot Apollo
  Colors Purple and White
  Website wwwbeavtonk12orus/sunset/


Sunset High School is a Suburban High School in Beaverton , Oregon , USA. It is one of 8 high schools in the Beaverton School District . The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme . The class of 2006 includes 27 International Baccalaureate Diploma students, and over half of Sunset's seniors (class of 2006) are enrolled in at least one IB class. Sunset belongs to the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities.


STUDENTS

9% of all students are in ESL programs. On the SAT , students received an average of 558 on the verbal portion and 563 on the math, and have the highest average scores in the Beaverton area. Sunset students had a 3.4% drop out rate. (Unless otherwise stated, statistics are as of the 2002-2003 school year.) {Link without Title}


FACULTY

Sunset has 90 teachers with an average of 12.3 years of experience. 80.6% have at least a masters degree. Sunset also employs 4 administrators, 16 instructional assistants and 31 other staff members. {Link without Title}


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES


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Other Activities


The Sunset Rocketry Club is a student-initiated Model Rocketry club at the school. The club attended the 2003 Team America Rocketry Challenge finals in Manassas , Virginia . Sunset High School also hosted the 2004 State Thespian conference. Former members of the nationally-competitive chess club at Cedar Park Middle School earned top honors for Sunset in the state-wide Chess For Success tournament at the Oregon Convention Center in March, 2006 , placing first and second, respectively.

The Sunset Apollo Marching Band and Auxiliary were named AA Champions of the Northwest Marching Band Circuit , in November 2006, making Sunset one of the top marching programs in the entire northwestern United States, and the best band with under 100 members in the region.


Sports

  • Baseball

  • Basketball

  • Cross Country

  • Dragonboat

  • Football

  • Golf

  • Lacrosse

  • Racquetball

  • Roller Hockey

  • Soccer

  • Softball

  • Swimming

  • Tennis

  • Track

  • Volleyball

  • Water Polo

  • Wrestling



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TRIVIA

Sunset High School was the location of one of the last speeches given by Senator Robert Kennedy before his assassination in 1968 .


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