Clover Park High School
Encyclopedia
Clover Park High School located in Lakewood, Washington
, is one of two secondary school
s within the Clover Park School District
.
.
The cornerstone
of the first Clover Park High School was laid June 28, 1938. According to the 1981 Clover Park yearbook, Odyssey, on February 23 of that year a fire destroyed the gym (where the fire had been started), the music center and the business department. Junior Alphred Shropshire was arrested and convicted for starting the fire. One wing of the original school is now used for the school district's Student Services Center.
The class of 1963 was the leading edge of the Baby Boom and was the largest graduating class of CPHS. The class of 1964 was actually larger, but in 1963, the class of 1964 split in half and formed the rival school Lakes High School
.
Approximately 1100 students are enrolled each year. Their school mascot
is the Warriors and the colors
are kelly green and white with gold accents. During the 2005/2006 school year the current principal, John Seaton, took the reins from the former principal, Paul Tytler, who is now part of Stanford University
's School Redesign Network.
In 2006, CPHS was listed in the OSPI (Washington State Office of Public Instruction
) document The High Schools We Need: Improving an American Institution. The OSPI document states, "Clover Park is committed to maintaining high expectations for rigorous performance from students."
According to OSPI the evidence of effectiveness:
Out of the approximate 1100 student body, 68 percent are minorities, and 69 percent receive a free or reduced lunch
. 10.2% of the student population is transitional bilingual. 69% of the teachers hold Masters degrees and 100% are considered "highly qualified" according to No Child Left Behind Guidelines.
promised $540,000 over five years to the school to "support personalized learning environments where all students achieve." The school is thus sometimes referred to as a "Gates Grant school," in reference to the donation.
The highly diverse school used the grant to engage in major restructuring as part of the "Smaller Learning Communities Program" (SLCP) which is intended to help large schools create smaller and safer communities within themselves. The program has received criticism, as parents complained that dividing the school into separate "houses" limited the selection of courses, and that attempts to "Raise the Bar" for all students had the effect of "dummying down" the challenges available to more able students.,
CPHS is now recognized as a leader in high school reform by the School Redesign Network at Stanford University and OSPI for the improvements in student learning and for narrowing the achievement gap. (SRN case study/ OSPI High Schools We Need).
Daffodil Festival. A competition is held in house to select the Clover Park Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Clover Park band accompanies the float of Clover Park's princesses every year in the parade, held annually in April. Jaymee Marty is the only princess from Clover Park to become queen, in 1985.
and staff members include:
fight song.
Fight, fight, fight for Clover Park High
Win the victory
Fight, fight, fight for our green and white
Best in the west, you know we'll all do our best
So on, on, on, on, on to the end
Honor and glory we must win,
So fight, fight, fight, for Clover Park High and victory
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y up and at em' go and get em' Clover Park High
Lakewood, Washington
Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 58,163 at the 2010 census.-History:Lakewood was officially incorporated on February 28, 1996. Historical names include Lakewood Center and Lakes District...
, is one of two secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
s within the Clover Park School District
Clover Park School District
The Clover Park School District is the fourth largest school district in Pierce County, Washington and the 28th largest public school district in the state.-Location:...
.
History
The high school was established in 1938 due to the rapid expansion of nearby military posts at Fort LewisJoint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
.
The cornerstone
Cornerstone
The cornerstone concept is derived from the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or...
of the first Clover Park High School was laid June 28, 1938. According to the 1981 Clover Park yearbook, Odyssey, on February 23 of that year a fire destroyed the gym (where the fire had been started), the music center and the business department. Junior Alphred Shropshire was arrested and convicted for starting the fire. One wing of the original school is now used for the school district's Student Services Center.
The class of 1963 was the leading edge of the Baby Boom and was the largest graduating class of CPHS. The class of 1964 was actually larger, but in 1963, the class of 1964 split in half and formed the rival school Lakes High School
Lakes High School
Lakes High School is located in Lakewood, Washington. It serves students from 9th grade to 12th grade. It is one of the two major high schools in the Clover Park School District.-Daffodil Festival:...
.
Approximately 1100 students are enrolled each year. Their school mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
is the Warriors and the colors
School colors
School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. Most schools have two colors, which are usually chosen to avoid conflicts with other schools with which the school competes in sports and other activities...
are kelly green and white with gold accents. During the 2005/2006 school year the current principal, John Seaton, took the reins from the former principal, Paul Tytler, who is now part of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
's School Redesign Network.
In 2006, CPHS was listed in the OSPI (Washington State Office of Public Instruction
Terry Bergeson
Teresa "Terry" Bergeson is a former three-term Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction.-Biography:Dr. Bergeson graduated from Emmanuel College in 1964 with a B.A. in English. In 1969, she earned a master's degree in counseling and guidance from Western Michigan University...
) document The High Schools We Need: Improving an American Institution. The OSPI document states, "Clover Park is committed to maintaining high expectations for rigorous performance from students."
According to OSPI the evidence of effectiveness:
(1) Between 2002 and 2010, WASLWashington Assessment of Student LearningThe Washington Assessment of Student Learning was a standardized educational assessment system given as the primary assessment in the state of Washington from spring 1997 to summer 2009. The WASL was also used as a high school graduation examination beginning in the spring of 2006 and ending in 2009...
scores increased by 30.4 percent in reading, 4.4 percent in math, 43.7 percent in writing, and 6.9 percent in science.
(2) Over the past seven years, student achievement increased and the gaps narrowed between the racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, and economic class groups within the school.
(3) The annual dropout rate declined from 14.1 percent to 5.5 percent between 2001 and 2010.
(4) The school successfully made adequate yearly progress in all areas in 2005 and was not mandated to do a plan for improvement.
(5) The college retention rate of students who received the Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarship as high school juniors averaged more than 75 percent in each year 2002-2004.
(6) Retention of highly qualified faculty has increased over the last five years.
Students
National School Lunch Act
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act is a United States federal law signed by President Harry S. Truman in 1946. The act created the National School Lunch Program , a program to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools...
. 10.2% of the student population is transitional bilingual. 69% of the teachers hold Masters degrees and 100% are considered "highly qualified" according to No Child Left Behind Guidelines.
Smaller Learning Communities Program
In August 2003, the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family"...
promised $540,000 over five years to the school to "support personalized learning environments where all students achieve." The school is thus sometimes referred to as a "Gates Grant school," in reference to the donation.
The highly diverse school used the grant to engage in major restructuring as part of the "Smaller Learning Communities Program" (SLCP) which is intended to help large schools create smaller and safer communities within themselves. The program has received criticism, as parents complained that dividing the school into separate "houses" limited the selection of courses, and that attempts to "Raise the Bar" for all students had the effect of "dummying down" the challenges available to more able students.,
CPHS is now recognized as a leader in high school reform by the School Redesign Network at Stanford University and OSPI for the improvements in student learning and for narrowing the achievement gap. (SRN case study/ OSPI High Schools We Need).
Daffodil Festival
Every year, Clover Park participates in the Pierce CountyPierce County, Washington
right|thumb|[[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] - Seat of Pierce CountyPierce County is the second most populous county in the U.S. state of Washington. Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory...
Daffodil Festival. A competition is held in house to select the Clover Park Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Clover Park band accompanies the float of Clover Park's princesses every year in the parade, held annually in April. Jaymee Marty is the only princess from Clover Park to become queen, in 1985.
Notable alumni and staff
Notable Clover Park High School alumniAlumnus
An alumnus , according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university." An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor or inmate as well as a former student. In addition, an alumna is "a female graduate or former student of a school, college,...
and staff members include:
- John Greek and Rich Dangel, guitarists with The WailersThe Wailers (rock band)The Wailers, often credited as The Fabulous Wailers, were an American rock band from Tacoma, Washington. They became popular around the United States Pacific Northwest around the late 1950s and the start of the 1960s, performing saxophone-driven R&B and Chuck Berry rock and roll...
, who wrote "Tall Cool One" while at the school; - John Kelly, Chairman and CEOChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Alaska AirlinesAlaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines is an airline based in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, Washington in the United States. The airline originated in 1932 as McGee Airways. After many mergers with and acquisitions of other airlines, including Star Air Service, it became known as Alaska Airlines in 1944...
from 1995-2003. - Cap PettersonCap PetersonCharles Andrew "Cap" Peterson was an American Major League Baseball player. An outfielder who appeared in eight MLB seasons, he played with the San Francisco Giants from 1962 to 1966, the Washington Senators from 1967 to 1968, and the Cleveland Indians in 1969. He split time between left field and...
Major League baseball outfielder (1960 graduate) - William (Bill) Priedhorsky Los Alamos scientist (1969 graduate)
- Bryan MonroeBryan MonroeBryan Monroe is an award-winning journalist, educator and entrepreneur. He is currently the Editor of CNNPolitics.com, where he is responsible of the digital side of CNN’s political coverage...
(1983 grad), former president of the National Association of Black JournalistsNational Association of Black JournalistsThe National Association of Black Journalists is an organization of African American journalists, students, and media professionals. Founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C...
, former vice president and editorial director of EbonyEbony (magazine)Ebony, a monthly magazine for the African-American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has published continuously since the autumn of 1945...
and JetJet (magazine)Jet is an American weekly marketed toward African-American readers, founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois...
magazines, and editor of CNNPolitics.com. - Matt Elisara, co-vice-principal during the 1996-1997 school year. Played for Denver GoldDenver GoldThe Denver Gold was a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second major professional football league in the United States, playing a springtime season, from 1983 to 1985...
football team. - Jackie Kellogg (1989 grad), MLBMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
draft pick of the Kansas City RoyalsKansas City RoyalsThe Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
and CFLCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
Champion with the Calgary StampedersCalgary StampedersThe Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium... - Jane McCarthy (1990 grad) KREM 2KREM-TVKREM is the CBS television station affiliate serving the Spokane, Washington–Coeur d'Alene, Idaho market. Its digital signal is seen on UHF channel 20. The station is owned and operated by the Belo Corporation, and is sister station with KSKN-TV, The CW affiliate in the market. The two...
Television Anchor - Ira Jarmon (2003 grad), played at Eastern Washington UniversityEastern Washington UniversityEastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral...
where he won two Big Sky ConferenceBig Sky ConferenceThe Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...
Championships - Tavita PritchardTavita PritchardTavita Pritchard is a former college football quarterback for Stanford who is now a defensive assistant football coach at Stanford.-High school career:...
(2005 grad), former starting QB for Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. - Ropati PitoituaRopati PitoituaRopati Pitoitua [Roe-pot-ti Pito-it-tuah] is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2008...
- New York Jets Defensive End
Fight song
The CPHS fight song is performed to the music of the Washington State UniversityWashington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
fight song.
Fight, fight, fight for Clover Park High
Win the victory
Fight, fight, fight for our green and white
Best in the west, you know we'll all do our best
So on, on, on, on, on to the end
Honor and glory we must win,
So fight, fight, fight, for Clover Park High and victory
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y up and at em' go and get em' Clover Park High
Additional references
- http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?schoolId=2199&OrgType=4&reportLevel=School&year=2001-02
- Daffodil Festival Queens
- Taylor, Jayme. Clover Park School District Community Relations. (253) 583-5042.
- Aden, Carlin B. A Schoolhouse That Grew Wings.
- The Sounding Board. Volume 12, Number 3, January, 1981. Published by Clover Park School District No. 400.
- Odyssey. 1981 Clover Park High School Yearbook.