Sheldon High School (Oregon)
| Sheldon High School | |
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| Address | |
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2455 Willakenzie Road , , 97401 | |
| Coordinates | 44°04′53″N 123°04′21″W / 44.08145°N 123.07258°WCoordinates: 44°04′53″N 123°04′21″W / 44.08145°N 123.07258°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Eugene School District |
| Principal | Mike Ingman[1][2] |
| Teaching staff | 64.12 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,418 (2019–20)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.11[3] |
| Color(s) | Green [1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Southwest Conference 6A-6[1] |
| Mascot | Fighting Irishman |
| Nickname | "Fighting Irish" |
| Website | Official website |
Henry D. Sheldon High School is a public high school in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The school's nickname is the Fighting Irish.[4] Sheldon is one of four traditional high schools in the Eugene School District.
History[]
Sheldon High School opened in the 1963-64 academic year as the third high school in the Eugene School District.
The school gets its name from Dr. Henry D. Sheldon[5] (1874–1948).
Athletics[]
Sheldon plays at the 6A level. The football team was named twenty-fourth in the nation by USA Today in 2002.[6]
State championships[]
Includes team championships.
Team sports, fall[]
Team sports, winter[]
- Boys' basketball:[10] 1992
- Cheerleading:[11] 2004
- Dance/drill:[12] 2002, 2008, 2009, 2017
- Boys' swimming:[13] 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999
- Girls' swimming:[14] 1997, 1998, 2000
Team sports, spring[]
- Boys' track & field:[15] 2009, 2016
- Girls' track & field:[16] 1968
- Boys' tennis:[17] 1971, 1972, 2001
- Girls' tennis:[18] 1993
- Softball: [19] 2019
- Baseball:[20] 2013, 2015
- Boys' golf:[21] 2005, 2006
- Girls' golf:[22] 2013
Student media[]
Newspaper[]
The Talisman is the student newspaper. It is published twice per term.[23] It was given the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988.[24]
Radio[]
Sheldon is home to KRVM (AM) and KRVM (FM), a public access radio station which includes student involvement.[25]
Awards[]
Sheldon won the Oregonian Cup, an OSAA award for "overall school excellence in academics, activities, athletics and sportsmanship," in the 2001-2002 and 2002–2003 school years.[26]
In June 2010, KGW and The Register-Guard reported that Sheldon had made Newsweek's annual list of the nation's best public high schools of the year, ranking second best in Oregon and 665th in the nation.[27][28]
Notable alumni[]
- Jon Anderson - 1972 Summer Olympics runner, winner of 1973 Boston Marathon
- Alex Brink - quarterback, Houston Texans, Canadian Football League
- Greg Byrne - athletics director for the University of Alabama
- Kameron Canaday - NFL player
- Todd Christensen - football player, Los Angeles Raiders
- James Dutton - NASA astronaut pilot
- Justin Herbert - NFL quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers
- Dave Hunt - House Speaker, Oregon House of Representatives
- Jon Jaqua - football player, Washington Redskins
- Mike Luckovich - editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Chris Miller - football player, Atlanta Falcons
- Brent Primus - former Bellator MMA Lightweight Champion
- Lyllye Reynolds-Parker - civil rights activist
- Michael Walter - football player, San Francisco 49ers
- Craig Wasson - actor
- Taylor John Williams - singer on Season 7 of The Voice
References[]
- ^ a b c "OSAA - Error".
- ^ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 45. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ a b c "Sheldon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Sheldon High School web site.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.hsfdatabase.com/usat00.htm
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/fbl/history/footballchampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bsc/history/boyssoccerchampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bsc/history/girlssoccerchampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bbx/records/boyschamps.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "OSAA - Error" (PDF).
- ^ "OSAA - Error" (PDF).
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bsw/records/boysteamchamps.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bsw/records/girlsteamchamps.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/btf/records/btrackteamchamps.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/btf/records/gtrackteamchamps.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/btn/records/boysTennisTeamChampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/btn/records/girlsTennisTeamChampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.osaa.org/docs/programs/2018-19/spring/2019%20OSAA%20Softball%20Program.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bbl/records/baseballchampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bgf/records/bgolfteamchampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bgf/records/ggolfteamchampions.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://cspa.columbia.edu/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/1988-scholastic-crown.html
- ^ "Sheldon students keep real variety in sports talk radio. - Free Online Library".
- ^ "OSAA - Awards".
- ^ "Newsweek ranks Corbett High 5th best in U.S." KGW. June 15, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- ^ "Tardy South Eugene absent from 'best schools' list: The school was late submitting data for Newsweek's annual list, which includes Sheldon and Churchill". The Register-Guard. June 23, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
External links[]
Media related to Sheldon High School (Eugene, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons
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