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Kalama High School
Address
548 China Garden Road Kalama, Washington United States
Information
Type	Public
School district	Kalama School District
Superintendent	Jennifer McCallum
Principal	Heidi Bunker
Teaching staff	20.91 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Number of students	348 (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio	16.64
Color(s)	Orange, Black, and White
Nickname	Chinooks
Website	https://www.kalamaschools.org/o/khs

Kalama High School is a public high school located in Kalama, Washington. It is part of the Kalama School District. The school serves students in grades 9–12 and shares its campus with Kalama Middle School (which serves grades 6–8) and the district office. As of the 2021–2022 school year, Kalama High School had an enrollment of approximately 345 students, and a four-year graduation rate of 91%. Kalama Middle School had an enrolment of 266 students.

Voter-approved bond dollars and state grant funds awarded to Kalama School District enabled the middle and high school to receive facility upgrades in 2020 and 2021. In August 2020, the third floor of Kalama High School was transformed into science labs and a STEM classroom . Then, in the fall of 2021, a new 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m) secondary building opened to students featuring six classrooms, two learning commons, two science labs, two science prep rooms, a maker-space, library, media center, cafeteria and more.

Location

Kalama High School and Kalama Middle School are located at the top of a hill east of downtown Kalama. The hill has been nicknamed "High School Hill." The school gained additional recognition as it was used as the high school in the movie Twilight (2008).

Athletics & extracurricular activities

Middle and high school students in Kalama have the opportunity to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities. High school students are able to join clubs such as Drama Club and Future Farmers of America (FFA). High school athletics include: Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Girls Volleyball, Cross Country, Wrestling, Football, Girls Soccer, Boys Baseball, Girls Fastpitch Softball, Varsity Cheerleading and Track and Field.

State champions

• Basketball: 1949, 1950
• Football: 1952, 1998, 2017, 2018, 2021
• Soccer: 2021
• Softball: 1996, 2000
• Volleyball: 2016

State runners-up

• Baseball: 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009
• Basketball: 1948, 1951, 1977
• Football: 1999, 2019
• Softball: 1998
• Volleyball: 1995, 1998

Demographics (district-wide)

As of the 2021–2022 school year, Kalama School District had a student population that was 51.8% male and 48.2% female. The ethnic breakdown of students was as follow: 82.6% Caucasian, 11.9% Hispanic/Latino, 1.5% two or more races, 1.3% African American, 1.2% Native American/Alaskan Native, 1% Asian, 0.5% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

References

1. ^ "Kalama High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
2. "New secondary school building nears completion". www.kalamaschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
3. Movie-Locations, Twilight Film Locations. Retrieved 2013-11-17
4. ^ Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association. Tournament History: Champion Information Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Report Card - Washington State Report Card". washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

External links

• Kalama School District official site
• Kalama High School official site
• Kalama Middle School official site
• Washington State OSPI Report Card 2012-13

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