Capital High School (CHS), commonly referred to as Capital, is a

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in Olympia,

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, United States. It is one of two comprehensive high schools in the

Olympia School District Olympia School District is a school district (Washington school district number 111) serving 9,829 students (as of the 2020-2021 school year) in the city of Olympia in Thurston County, Washington. The school district has approximately 1200 sta ...

. Capital is located on Olympia's Westside, and serves the entire northwest corner of Thurston County. High School students from the

and Griffin School District attend Capital.

History

The grounds of Capital High School were originally owned by the Yauger family which sold the land off in parcels, eventually becoming of use for the campus,

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, and Yauger Park. Capital High School started remodeling the building in 2005 and it was completed on 2006 costing about $10.5 million. The new remodel included a new student commons, a 400-seat auditorium, an auxiliary gymnasium, fitness room, modernization of the library, alternative education, administrative offices, and four pod areas. McGranahan Partnership of Tacoma designed the project. On Christmas morning of 2008 around 5 A.M., one of the remodeled sections of roof collapsed due to heavy snow. About 2,500 square feet of roof collapsed causing fire alarm to go off. The collapse also broke a natural gas line but crews were able to shut off the gas before it caused any damage to the building.

Sports

Capital High School is a 3A-division member of the

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. It is a member of the 3A South Sound Conference. (Capital High School was 4A-division until 2006–2007 season, 3A-division until 2007–2012 season, 2A-division until 2012-2014 and then moved back up to 3A Fall 2014). State Championships, 2nd place: Baseball - 1978, 1995, 1997; Boys Cross Country - 1996; Fastpitch Softball - 2007; Football - 2002; Boys Golf - 1987; Girls Golf - 1994; Girls Swimming - 2002; Boys Tennis - 1991, 1993; Girls Tennis - 1988, 1990; Girls Volleyball - 1994, 2013, 2014, 2019; Wrestling - 2000,

Notable alumni

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— film and Broadway actress * Bill Bryant — Seattle Port Commissioner *

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— American peace activist * Jed Hansen — former

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) *

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— former

player (

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) *

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— PGA golfer *

Adam Kasper Adam Kasper is an American, Seattle area record producer and engineer, with platinum and gold awards, working with such bands as Aerosmith, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, The Tragically Hip, R.E.M., Soundgarden and Pea ...

— record executive *

Travis Lee Travis Reynolds Lee (born May 26, 1975) is an American former professional first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball. Amateur career Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993, where he also ...

— former Major League Baseball player * Amanda Moll — pole vaulter * Hana Moll — pole vaulter * Jared Sandberg — former professional baseball player *

Tobi Vail Tobi Celeste Vail (born July 20, 1969) is an American independent musician, music critic and feminist activist from Olympia, Washington. She was a central figure in the riot grrl scene—she coined the spelling of "grrl"—and she started the z ...

— musician, Bikini Kill * Brodie Buckland — 2012 Olympic rower * David Ainuu — professional rugby player * Joshua Phillips — professional soccer player, politician

References

External links

Capital High School
{{authority control High schools in Thurston County, Washington Educational institutions established in 1975 Schools in Olympia, Washington Public high schools in Washington (state)