Aloha High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Aloha High School
| logo = Aloha High School logo.svg
| streetaddress = 18550 SW Kinnaman Road
| city = Aloha
| state = Oregon
| zipcode = 97078
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|45.4847|-122.8689|type:edu_source:googlemaps_region:US-OR|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| district = Beaverton School District
| type = Public
| campus = Suburban
| principal = Matt Casteel{{cite web |url= http://www.ode.state.or.us/pubs/directory/schooldirectory_20120904.pdf |publisher= Oregon Department of Education |date= September 2015 |title= Oregon School Directory 2015-16 |page= 82 |accessdate= October 31, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150707075338/http://www.ode.state.or.us/pubs/directory/schooldirectory_20120904.pdf |archive-date= July 7, 2015 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}
| students = 1,633 (2023-2024)
| mascot =
| teaching_staff = 91.58 (FTE)
| mascot image =
| team_name = Aloha Warriors
| rival = Mountainside High School
| nickname = Warriors
| colors = Blue, gold, and green
{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|green|border=darkgray}}
| conference = OSAA Metro League 6A-2{{cite web |url= http://www.osaa.org/schools/92 |title= Aloha High School |publisher= Oregon School Activities Association |accessdate= October 31, 2015}}
| established = {{start date and age|1968}}
| feeder_schools = Meadow Park Middle School,
Mountain View Middle School
| homepage = [https://aloha.beaverton.k12.or.us/ Aloha High School]
}}
Aloha High School (AHS) is a suburban public high school in Aloha, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Beaverton School District.
History
In the 1950s, the Beaverton area had separate high school and elementary school districts.{{cite web |url= https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/schools/aloha/about-us/Pages/default.aspx |title= The Origins of Aloha High School |publisher= Aloha High School |accessdate= October 31, 2015}} The high school district served Beaverton High School and Sunset High School. There were also twelve elementary school districts. In 1960, the thirteen districts were unified after a vote of the people.
The Beaverton area was one of the fastest growing in the state, and in 1962, the district determined that a new high school was needed. The former Kinnaman Dairy Farm was purchased, and in 1966, construction began on a new building. There were construction delays, so in September 1968, the first Aloha High School tenth and eleventh grade students used the former Merle Davies Elementary School and parts of Beaverton High School. The Aloha High School building, though incomplete, held its first classes in 1970.
=School crest=
The community of Aloha (pronounced Ah-LO-wa) was likely named for a place in the state of Wisconsin, and not for the Hawaiian word aloha.{{Cite OGN|7th|page=18}} The association with Hawaii, however, gives the school its mascot, a Hawaiian warrior, and the design of the school crest, which includes a warrior and a conch shell, a symbol associated with Hawaii. The crest was designed by students during the 1968–69 and 1969–1970 school years.
Demographics
As of the 2024–2025 school year, the school was 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 36% Hispanic, 44% White, and 6% other race.{{cite web |url=https://aloha.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us/school-info |title=Aloha High School School Info |website=Aloha High School official site |accessdate=January 10, 2025}} Approximately 62% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
Athletics and activities
School activities sanctioned by the Oregon School Activities Association include football, volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, swimming, wrestling, dance/drill, cheerleading, baseball, softball, track and field, tennis, golf, band, choir, solo music, and speech.
=State championships=
- Football: 2010{{cite news |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/aloha/index.ssf/2010/12/aloha_high_school_football_readers_join_the_celebration_after_warriors_seize_6a_championship.html |first= Kjerstin |last= Gabrielson |title= Aloha High School Football: Readers Join the Celebration After Warriors Seize 6A Championship |date= December 13, 2010 |newspaper= The Oregonian |accessdate= October 31, 2015}}
- Boys' track and field: 1978, 2012{{cite news |url= http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.com/news/article/121596365274186091/class-6a-boys-track-aloha-captures-first-state-championship-since-1978/ |title= Class 6A boys Track: Aloha Captures First State Championship Since 1978 |first= Jerry |last= Ulmer |newspaper= The Oregonian |date= May 26, 2012 |accessdate= October 31, 2015}}
- Boys' golf: 1977{{Cite web|url=http://www.osaa.org/archives|title=OSAA - Records & Archives|website=www.osaa.org|access-date=2016-10-29}}
- Cheerleading, 4A Coed: 1997; 6A/5A Large: 2013,2014; 6A Large: 2016{{cite web | url = https://www.osaa.org/docs/che/records/cheerleadingchampions.pdf | title = OSAA Cheerleading Championships| publisher = Oregon School Activities Association | accessdate = January 10, 2025}}
- Girls' cross country: AAA, 1980, 1981, 1983{{cite web | url = http://www.osaa.org/docs/bxc/history/girlsxcteamchampions.pdf | title = OSAA Girls Cross Country Championships | publisher = Oregon School Activities Association | accessdate = July 22, 2016 }}
- Band, 4A: 1992{{cite web | url = https://www.osaa.org/docs/bnd/records/BandOrchestraChampions.pdf | title = OSAA Band Championships| publisher = Oregon School Activities Association | accessdate = January 10, 2025}}
Notable alumni
- Wally Backman (Class of 1977), baseball player, member of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame{{cite web |url= https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-107712908 |title= Wally Backman Returns As Manager of the 51s |last= Gemma |first= Jim |publisher= Minor League Baseball |access-date= October 31, 2015}}
- Brandon Eisert (Class of 2016), baseball pitcher, currently with the Chicago White Sox
- Brad Fitzpatrick (Class of 1998), founder of LiveJournal{{cite web|url=http://brad.livejournal.com/profile |title=Brad's Life |publisher=LiveJournal |accessdate=October 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117155059/http://brad.livejournal.com/profile |archivedate=November 17, 2014 }}
- Jen-Hsun Huang (Class of 1979), co-founder and CEO of Nvidia{{cite news |last= Rogoway |first= Mike |url= http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2008/06/nvidia_v_intel_rivalry_heating.html |title= NVIDIA v. Intel: Rivalry Heating Up |newspaper= The Oregonian |date= June 2, 2008 |accessdate= October 31, 2015}}
- Brian Joelson, former tennis player{{cite news|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=76951|title=At age 12, he chose tennis and now Hall of Fame chooses Brian Joelson|last=Eggers|first=Kerry|date=October 25, 2008|work=Portland Tribune|accessdate=May 15, 2017}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- Greg McMackin, former head football coach at Hawaii from 1968 to 1972{{cite news |url= http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20080519/Sports/805190307 |date= May 19, 2008 |last= Goff |first= Kevin |title= McMackin Finds a Home |newspaper= Mail Tribune |accessdate= October 31, 2015}}
- Thomas Tyner, (Class of 2013), former football player at the University of Oregon{{cite news |first= Andrew |last= Theen |date= September 14, 2012 |url= http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.com/news/article/-1946564383230255207/alohas-thomas-tyner-scores-10-touchdowns-rushes-for-643-yards-in-84-63-win-over-lakeridge/ |title= Aloha's Thomas Tyner Scores 10 Touchdowns, Rushes for 643 Yards in 84–63 Win Over Lakeridge |newspaper= The Oregonian |accessdate= October 31, 2015}}
- Joe Wolfinger, basketball player
References
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External links
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- [https://aloha.beaverton.k12.or.us/ Aloha High School] (official website)
- [http://schools.oregonlive.com/school/Beaverton/Aloha-High-School/ Aloha High School] from The Oregonian "Your Schools" series
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Category:1968 establishments in Oregon
Category:Beaverton School District
Category:Educational institutions established in 1968