Camas High School is an American

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

located in Clark County, in the city of Camas, Washington. The principal is Kelly O'Rourke. It has a grade span of 9th through 12th, and contains a total of 2,063 students as of March 2018. It is operated by the

Camas School District Camas School District No. 117 is a public school district in Clark County, Washington and serves the city of Camas. As of October 2018, the district had a total enrollment of 6,903 total students Camas School District is rated #9 out of 205 of W ...

and includes a complement of 90 classroom teachers. The Camas High School colors are red, black, and white, the mascot is a Mean Machine, and their team name is the Papermakers.

Demographics

As of the 2016 school year, Camas High School contained 50.6% male students and 49.4% female students. Student ethnicity: 0.4% Native American/

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; 6.9%

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; 0.9%

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; 7.4%

Hispanic The term ''Hispanic'' ( es, hispano) refers to people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad. The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...

; 77.0%

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; and 7.1% two or more races. The average years of teacher experience was 11.1. The percentage of teachers with at least a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

was 84.4%. The dropout rate for the 2008/2009 school year was 1.1%, with a 92.5% on-time graduation rate. As of May 2010, 10.2% of students were enrolled in some sort of

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program. In the 2012/2013 school year, CHS had 1,893 students. 50.8% were male while 49.2% were female. The student body this year was 0.4% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 6.4% Asian, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 1.2% Black, 5.9% Hispanic, 80.1% White, and 5.3% of two or more races.

Academics

CHS hosts a total of 156 total classes, as well as close to 15 different special education classes. All students are required to take four years of American English, two years of science, three years of mathematics, two arts classes, an occupational education class, and a physical education class. Incoming freshmen also take an orientation course to learn study, research, and technological skills, unless they are students in the school's Math, Science, and Technology Magnet Program. Students have the option of taking at-level courses, Pre-Advanced Placement, or regular Advanced Placement courses for many subjects in each grade level. CHS also hosts programs such as Advanced Placement (AP) classes, as well as the ability to take advanced classes at nearby

Clark College Clark College is a public community college in Vancouver, Washington. With 11,500 students, Clark College is the largest institution of higher education in southwest Washington. Founded in 1933 as a private two-year junior college, Clark Colleg ...

through taking such exams as

Running Start Running Start is a dual credit enrollment program in Washington, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Montana and Illinois which allows high school juniors and seniors to attend college courses numbered 100 or above, while completing high school. It is simila ...

, which when completed, will provide college money and credit for students. Another program at Camas High School is the

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(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Magnet program. CHS also has developed a Robotics Magnet program, known as CamTech. Also supported is the

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, which is a program completed by seniors in which students must apply skills they have learned to a culminating project and paper of, totaling at least 40 hours of work. Students often use this as a way to pursue their interests in individual projects or as job shadows of professionals in the community, or benefit their community through charity or community service work. Failure to complete the project and accompanying paper will result in the inability to graduate on time.

Athletics

Camas High School supports athletics, competing in the Greater St. Helens League of WIAA District IV in

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

, boys' and girls'

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

, girls'

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, girls'

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

, boys' and girls'

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

, cross country,

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

, boys' and girls'

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

, boys' and girls'

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, girls

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

, boys' and girls'

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, and girls'

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

. Their team name is the Papermakers, and their mascot is a humanized mechanical paper-rolling machine, which commemorates the town's founding industry, the production of paper goods at the

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paper mill.

State championships

* Boys' soccer: 2006, 2008, 2011Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association
Tournament History: Champion Information
/ref> * Football: 2016, 2019 * Girls' Cross Country: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 * Girls' Soccer: 2005, 2016, 2021 * Girls' Tennis: 1977 * Softball: 2002 * Boys' Swimming: 2017, 2018 * Gymnastics: 2018, 2019, 2020 * Boys' Track & Field 2018 * Boys' Cross Country 2019

Extracurricular activities

Clubs Besides sports, CHS also supports various clubs and non-sporting teams. Some major clubs include Key Club International
DECA

FIRST Robotics Competition FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year's game that weig ...

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the National Honor Society, FCCLA, an award-winning Mock Trial team, Science Olympiad, in which Camas is a National contender, and Knowledge Bowl, in which Camas is a state contender. Camas High School also operates school programs, such as yearbook, the
Camasonian
' (the school newspaper), and various plays (including a fall production, a spring musical, and student-directed productions). The drama department has a policy of not repeating a play once it has been performed.

Controversies

In February 2020, Principal Liza Sejkora remarked on the death of former professional basketball player

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on her Facebook page, writing, "Not gonna lie, seems to me that karma caught up with a rapist today."Alisha Ebrahimji, February 6, 2020, CNN
A high school principal was put on leave for saying Kobe Bryant's death was 'deserved'
Retrieved February 6, 2020 Immediately following that post, students protested and organized a walkout; while Sejkora issued an apology and was placed on administrative leave by the school board. In December 2021, A letter was released by Eric Knox, a high school basketball coach from Portland, Oregon high school Benson High, detailing racist language used by Camas High School students against Benson High players. This letter triggered an internal investigation, ending with a public apology from the Camas School District school board, admitting to racism from Camas High School students. In April 2022, The Camas High School junior varsity (JV) baseball team was under investigation for allegedly using racist words during a match against Skyview High School's JV team at Camas High School on April 20. During that game, witnesses alleged that some Camas JV players made racist comments and noises.

Notable alumni

* Michael R. Barratt *

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Alexa Efraimson Alexa Efraimson (born February 20, 1997) is an American professional middle distance runner from Camas, Washington who competes for Nike. During the 2014 indoor and outdoor season, as a junior, she set a pair of U.S. high-school records, break ...

Denis Hayes Denis Allen Hayes (born August 29, 1944) is an environmental advocate and an advocate for solar power. He rose to prominence in 1970 as the coordinator for the first Earth Day. Hayes founded the Earth Day Network and expanded it to more than ...

Brent Richards Brent Anthony Richards (born May 20, 1990) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Orange County SC in the USL Championship. Career High school Richards played for Camas High School of Camas, WA all four years of his high school ...

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...

Taylor Williams Taylor Grant Williams (born July 21, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017 and has also played for the Mariners, ...

References

Sources

Camas High School main pageCamas School DistrictCamas High School Report Card

External links

GSHL Football - Camas High School

Camas High School - GreatSchools
* http://camaschoir.org/ {{authority control High schools in Clark County, Washington Public high schools in Washington (state) Magnet schools in Washington (state) Camas, Washington