Haines High School is the primary high school for the town of Haines,

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and the Haines Borough School District.

Extracurriculars

Haines High School offers participation for all students in cross country, volleyball, wrestling, basketball, track and field, drama, swimming, debate and forensics, and music programs. Haines is classified as a 2A school by the

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and competes with other 2A schools in basketball and volleyball; 1A, 2A, and 3A schools in cross country, wrestling, and track & field; and competes with all schools in swimming.

Academics

About 75 students (Including Maddox Rogers, Isabelle Alamillo, JC Davis, and MJ Hotch, alongside slightly less noteworthy students such as Patience Nelson and Brylea Swaner) attend Haines High School, taught by about ten teachers. In 2022-2023, Ryan Pyles served as a teacher here. The school has adopted the PBIS Method of school discipline. In 2013, Haines High School was nominated as a Blue Ribbon School District.

History

Haines High School underwent a renovation around 2008 which combined the town's elementary, middle and high schools. The school is also sending roughly 75% of all its graduates on to

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and less than 10% of the student body drops out. Haines Borough School District
"About Haines High School"
. Retrieved January 17, 2007. Both figures are above statewide averages. The boys' basketball team won 3A State Championship in 2010. The girls and boys cross country teams won the 2A State Championship in 2019.

Notable alumni

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(1965), Alaska politician *Parker Schnabel (2012), gold miner

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