Copper Hills High School
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Copper Hills High School is located in West Jordan, Utah
, situated just east of the Oquirrh Mountains
in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley
near the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
. This modern educational facility opened its doors in the fall of 1995 and has an enrollement of 2,290.
The school operates on a rotating A/B block schedule consisting of 84 minute class periods. Copper Hills is the only high school in the district with a late-start schedule. Classes go from 7:55 – 2:25 with teachers available at 7:00 to assist individual students. This modification was created after student surveys revealed that over 80% of students hold after-school jobs.
is currently under the leadership of Superintendent
Barry L. Newbold. Newbold was appointed Superintendent of Schools in April 1996.
Jordan School District opened its doors in 1905 with 3,000 students. Today, Jordan School District
is the largest of Utah
’s 40 school districts. It serves over 80,000 grade K-12 students in 90 schools. Student enrollment
continues to grow at a steady pace with enrollments projected to increase 10,000 students by the end of this decade
. The District covers approximately 250 square miles (647.5 km²) in the southern half of Salt Lake County extending from the Wasatch Mountain range on the east to the Oquirrh range on the west. The District's boundaries encompass 10 municipalities and unincorporated areas of southern Salt Lake County. Jordan School District employs about 7,200 faculty and staff
, 3,700 being teacher
s.
The Jordan School District
is experiencing lopsided growth, with exceptional growth on the west side, but not near as much on the east. The municipalities of West Jordan, South Jordan
, Riverton
, Bluffdale
, Herriman
and Draper
are growing dramatically while other areas of the District such as Sandy
, Cottonwood Heights and Midvale
are experiencing moderate or no growth.
In 2007, the people on the East side of the Jordan School District, voted to split the district into two separate districts, with I-15 being the dividing line,. The West side will keep the name of Jordan School District, and the new East side district shall be called Canyons School District.
. Students enrolled in such classes must do so at the college campus, which then gives the high school the information provided by the student. Students attend the college-level classes at Copper Hills for either a quarter, semester, or full year (depending on the class). Credit is received based on overall grade performance and, in most cases, a cumulative exam of the information learned in the class. Additionally, Copper Hills offers nation-wide Advanced Placement (AP) classes to its students.
In an effort to improve further educational opportunities at the school, Copper Hills has and will be implementing new programs and procedures. Starting in the 2006-2007 school year, the school required students to take "Partner Adults With Students"(PAWS). PAWS is a mandatory 30 minute class taken every Wednesday. Students discuss concerns/issues with their teachers and teachers further instruct students on a provided topic. Starting in the 2007-2008 school year, Copper Hills will include academies within the school. All students will be required to choose an academy
. The school will group students of the same academy to take classes geared toward that particular academy. The five academies will be geared toward either Business
and Information technology
, Performing arts
/crafts, Industry
/Mathematics
and Science
, English
/Social studies
, or Athletics
.
Copper Hills offers clubs and extracurricular activities for its students. Such include:
American Sign Language
, Cheerleading
, Chess
Club
Dance
, DECA
/FBLA, Drama
, Future Farmers of America, French
Club, Chasms literary magazine, Yearbook
, FCCLA, Social Ballroom Dance
, Student Government, Band
, National Honors Society, Newspaper
, Skills USA/VICA, Spanish
Club, Technology Student Association
, and Science
Club.
The ACT includes testing in the areas of Math, Science, Reading and English. Scale scores range from 1 (low) to 36 (high) for each of the four tests and for the Composite. The Composite score is the average of the four test scores, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Advanced Placement Test (AP)
Advanced Placement classes are college-level classes offered at the high school campus. Advanced Placement is a national program administered by the College Board. Many colleges and universities around the nation award credit based on scores from the AP Exams.
The Orchestra has achieved many state titles since 2002.
In the 2006-2007 school year, the Chamber Orchestra attended a tour of San Diego, California
, playing Handel
's Concerto Grosso 1 as well as Paul Hindemith
's Acht Stuke. They achieved superior ratings at the Utah State level competition for orchestras held at Brigham Young University
in Provo, Utah
.
In 1998, while on tour in Las Vegas, NV, both the Symphonic Band and the Jazz Band took first place in a national competition (additionally, at that same festival the Copper Hills High School Band took first place overall).
The Band is currently under the direction of Jon Simpson.
The Current Band President is Kara Eddington, and the Drum Major is Cody Bills.
The officer corps is made up of eight Student Body Officers and Twelve Class Officers, all elected during April of each year. The current Presidents include, Andrew Newbold(Student Body President), Mack Bawden(Senior Class President), Jacob Smith(Junior Class President), and Joseph Sukhan(Sophomore Class President).
The choir program at Copper Hills High is currently conducted my Gail Richardson.
The choral department is one of the largest in the school. It includes the Acappella Choir(made up of more than sixty students), Madrigal Choir(made up of twenty eight students), Mixed Choir(made up of more than thirty students), and Vocalise(made up of nine students.) These choirs are led by small councils. These councils current Presidents are, Tessa Zaragoza, Joseph Branca, James Wright, and Ashlee Stapel respectively.
State Championships
National Championships
West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. West Jordan is a rapidly growing suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 103,712, placing it as the fourth most populated in the state. The city occupies the...
, situated just east of the Oquirrh Mountains
Oquirrh Mountains
The Oquirrh Mountains is a mountain range that run north-south for approximately 30 miles to form the west side of Utah's Salt Lake Valley, separating it from Tooele Valley. The range begins in northwest Utah County and stops at the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. The highest elevation is...
in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably West Valley City, Murray, Sandy, and West Jordan; its total population is 1,029,655 as of 2010...
near the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
Bingham Canyon Mine
The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. It is the deepest open-pit mine in the world. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group, an...
. This modern educational facility opened its doors in the fall of 1995 and has an enrollement of 2,290.
The school operates on a rotating A/B block schedule consisting of 84 minute class periods. Copper Hills is the only high school in the district with a late-start schedule. Classes go from 7:55 – 2:25 with teachers available at 7:00 to assist individual students. This modification was created after student surveys revealed that over 80% of students hold after-school jobs.
District
Jordan School DistrictJordan School District
Jordan School District was the largest of Utah school districts , It now employs 2,631 teachers and other licensed personnel who educate more than 48,000 students. An additional 2,610 employees provide support services for the system...
is currently under the leadership of Superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
Barry L. Newbold. Newbold was appointed Superintendent of Schools in April 1996.
Jordan School District opened its doors in 1905 with 3,000 students. Today, Jordan School District
Jordan School District
Jordan School District was the largest of Utah school districts , It now employs 2,631 teachers and other licensed personnel who educate more than 48,000 students. An additional 2,610 employees provide support services for the system...
is the largest of Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
’s 40 school districts. It serves over 80,000 grade K-12 students in 90 schools. Student enrollment
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
continues to grow at a steady pace with enrollments projected to increase 10,000 students by the end of this decade
Decade
A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek dekas which means ten. This etymology is sometime confused with the Latin decas and dies , which is not correct....
. The District covers approximately 250 square miles (647.5 km²) in the southern half of Salt Lake County extending from the Wasatch Mountain range on the east to the Oquirrh range on the west. The District's boundaries encompass 10 municipalities and unincorporated areas of southern Salt Lake County. Jordan School District employs about 7,200 faculty and staff
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
, 3,700 being teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
s.
The Jordan School District
Jordan School District
Jordan School District was the largest of Utah school districts , It now employs 2,631 teachers and other licensed personnel who educate more than 48,000 students. An additional 2,610 employees provide support services for the system...
is experiencing lopsided growth, with exceptional growth on the west side, but not near as much on the east. The municipalities of West Jordan, South Jordan
South Jordan, Utah
South Jordan is a city in the U.S. state of Utah. The city lies in the Salt Lake Valley between the peaks of the Oquirrh Mountains and the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains and is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area...
, Riverton
Riverton, Utah
Riverton is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 38,753 at the 2010 census. Riverton is one of the fastest-growing cities in the state of Utah, and was ranked by CNN Money Magazine as the 60th best...
, Bluffdale
Bluffdale, Utah
Bluffdale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,700 according to the 2000 census...
, Herriman
Herriman, Utah
Herriman is a city in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 21,785 as of the 2010 census. Although Herriman was a town in 2000, it has since been classified as a fifth-class city by state law. The city has experienced rapid growth since incorporation in 1999, as its...
and Draper
Draper
Draper is the now largely obsolete term for a wholesaler, or especially retailer, of cloth, mainly for clothing, or one who works in a draper's shop. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher. The drapers were an important trade guild...
are growing dramatically while other areas of the District such as Sandy
Sandy, Utah
Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....
, Cottonwood Heights and Midvale
Midvale, Utah
Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 27,029 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Midvale is located at ....
are experiencing moderate or no growth.
In 2007, the people on the East side of the Jordan School District, voted to split the district into two separate districts, with I-15 being the dividing line,. The West side will keep the name of Jordan School District, and the new East side district shall be called Canyons School District.
Academics
Copper Hills offers concurrent enrollment classes at the school via Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake Community College
Salt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...
. Students enrolled in such classes must do so at the college campus, which then gives the high school the information provided by the student. Students attend the college-level classes at Copper Hills for either a quarter, semester, or full year (depending on the class). Credit is received based on overall grade performance and, in most cases, a cumulative exam of the information learned in the class. Additionally, Copper Hills offers nation-wide Advanced Placement (AP) classes to its students.
In an effort to improve further educational opportunities at the school, Copper Hills has and will be implementing new programs and procedures. Starting in the 2006-2007 school year, the school required students to take "Partner Adults With Students"(PAWS). PAWS is a mandatory 30 minute class taken every Wednesday. Students discuss concerns/issues with their teachers and teachers further instruct students on a provided topic. Starting in the 2007-2008 school year, Copper Hills will include academies within the school. All students will be required to choose an academy
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
. The school will group students of the same academy to take classes geared toward that particular academy. The five academies will be geared toward either Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and Information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, Performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
/crafts, Industry
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
/Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
/Social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, or Athletics
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
.
Copper Hills offers clubs and extracurricular activities for its students. Such include:
American Sign Language
American Sign Language
American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...
, Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, Chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
Dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, DECA
DECA (organization)
DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
/FBLA, Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, Future Farmers of America, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
Club, Chasms literary magazine, Yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
, FCCLA, Social Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....
, Student Government, Band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, National Honors Society, Newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, Skills USA/VICA, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Club, Technology Student Association
Technology Student Association
The Technology Student Association is an international Career and Technical Student Organization made up of over 150,000 Middle School and High School Technology Education Students. TSA is the premier CTSO dedicated to STEM Standards: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...
, and Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
Club.
Test scores
American College Test (ACT)The ACT includes testing in the areas of Math, Science, Reading and English. Scale scores range from 1 (low) to 36 (high) for each of the four tests and for the Composite. The Composite score is the average of the four test scores, rounded to the nearest whole number.
| School Year | 2004–2005 | 2003–2004 | 2002–2003 | 2001–2002 | 2000–2001 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Composite | 21.7 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 21.4 | ||||||||
| District Composite | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 21.8 | ||||||||
| Utah Composite | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 21.4 | ||||||||
| National Composite | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.0 | ||||||||
| Data is from Jordan School District Website | |||||||||||||
Advanced Placement Test (AP)
Advanced Placement classes are college-level classes offered at the high school campus. Advanced Placement is a national program administered by the College Board. Many colleges and universities around the nation award credit based on scores from the AP Exams.
| School Year | 2004–2005 | 2003–2004 | 2002–2003 | 2001–2002 | 2000–2001 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School % Passing | 72 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 72 | ||||||||
| District % Passing | 70.9 | 75.2 | 70.8 | 70.0 | 70.3 | ||||||||
| State % Passing | 65.5 | 68.1 | 67.2 | 69.0 | 66.1 | ||||||||
| National % Passing | 59.6 | 61.6 | 61.7 | 63.0 | 61.6 | ||||||||
| Data is from Jordan School District Website | |||||||||||||
Orchestra program
The Orchestra is led and conducted by Jenna Baumgart.The Orchestra has achieved many state titles since 2002.
In the 2006-2007 school year, the Chamber Orchestra attended a tour of San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
, playing Handel
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
's Concerto Grosso 1 as well as Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
's Acht Stuke. They achieved superior ratings at the Utah State level competition for orchestras held at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
.
Band program
The band program began in the summer of 1995 under the tutelage of Manuel Bueno (he served as band director from 1995–2000). Within the band program there were several ensembles: Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Color Guard, Pep Band, and Percussion Ensemble. Additionally there was the Band Council (a leadership group) and occasionally various smaller ensembles were formed (primarily for the purpose of Solo and Ensemble Festival).In 1998, while on tour in Las Vegas, NV, both the Symphonic Band and the Jazz Band took first place in a national competition (additionally, at that same festival the Copper Hills High School Band took first place overall).
The Band is currently under the direction of Jon Simpson.
The Current Band President is Kara Eddington, and the Drum Major is Cody Bills.
Student Government
The Student Government of Copper Hills High is currently advise by Dennis Randall, the former mayor of West Jordan City, and Charlotte Vanwagenen.The officer corps is made up of eight Student Body Officers and Twelve Class Officers, all elected during April of each year. The current Presidents include, Andrew Newbold(Student Body President), Mack Bawden(Senior Class President), Jacob Smith(Junior Class President), and Joseph Sukhan(Sophomore Class President).
Acappella and Madrigal Choirs
The Accapella and Madrigal choirs have attained many region, state, and national titles since its beginning.The choir program at Copper Hills High is currently conducted my Gail Richardson.
The choral department is one of the largest in the school. It includes the Acappella Choir(made up of more than sixty students), Madrigal Choir(made up of twenty eight students), Mixed Choir(made up of more than thirty students), and Vocalise(made up of nine students.) These choirs are led by small councils. These councils current Presidents are, Tessa Zaragoza, Joseph Branca, James Wright, and Ashlee Stapel respectively.
Athletics
Region Championships- 1998 Boys Basketball
- 2005 Girls Cross Country
- 2006 Girls Cross Country
- 2007 Wrestling: David Williams; Nickolas Branca
- 2008 Boys Cross-Country
- 2009 Boys Soccer
- 2009 Women's Tennis: Eva Maria Jahn
- 2011 Cheerleading
State Championships
- 2000, Boys Basketball (5A)
- 2007, Wrestling: David Williams
National Championships
- 2010 Drill Team 2nd at Nationals
- 2011 Drill Team 1st at Nationals
Dance controversy
In 2004, the school adopted a "policy requiring same-sex couples to get parental permission before attending school dances." This prompted a complaint from the ACLU on December 7, 2004. Two weeks later, the school revoked the policy.Notable alumni
- Kelly Chapman, 2002 Miss Utah USAMiss USAThe Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
, Class of 1997; Contestant on Miss USA Fear FactorFear FactorFear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
; Reporter with KMAX-TV in Sacramento - Matt Mattson, lead singer of SweetHavenSweetHaven (Band)SweetHaven is a regionally-notable band based in Utah. The band has consistently provided soundtrack music for LDS cinema, such as The R.M., Mobsters and Mormons, Church Ball, and Baptists at our Barbecue, as well as several independent films. Members have also appeared in LDS cinema movies.-See...
, Class of 1997 - Gentry Lee, lead guitarist of SweetHaven, Class of 1999
- Zach Pendleton, original bassist of SweetHaven, Class of 2001
- Brenden Whitney, Actor in Blood Fare (starring Gil Gerard), class of 2006