Barry Goldwater High School is a public

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located in

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, named after

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presidential candidate and well-known Arizona resident, US Senator

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. It is part of the

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and opened in 1986. The school offers the

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(IB) Diploma Programme, which has sent alumni to highly competitive universities such as the

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, and

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; it produced five

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semi-finalists in the class of 2007. The school is noted for a regional champion chess team for the year 2006–2007. It is an excelling school (top 15% of the state) and maintains an extremely high 68% AIMS pass rate and 99.7% AIMS attendance rate. The current principal is Anita Stulc, Ed.D.

The International Baccalaureate Programme

There are currently eleven IB schools in Arizona. Barry Goldwater received its IB charter in 1999 and graduated its first IB class in 2002.

Awards

*2015 and 2011: Named an A+ School of Excellence 2015 by the Arizona Educational FoundationBGHS Information
/ref> * 2011: Named a gold-level school in 2011 by the Beat The Odds Institute

Athletics

Barry Goldwater is a full member of the

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5A Conference. The school offers sports during the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Fall sports *Swimming *Cross country *Football *Golf *Chess *Volleyball (girls') *Badminton (girls') Winter sports *Soccer *Basketball *Wrestling/Wrestlerettes Spring sports *Baseball *Softball *Tennis *Track and field *Volleyball (boys')

References

External links

Barry Goldwater School website
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