Marysville Pilchuck High School, located in
Marysville, Washington
Marysville is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The city is located north of Seattle, adjacent to Everett on the north side of the Snohomish River delta. It is the second-largest cit ...
, is a public secondary school serving grades 9–12. It is part of the
Marysville School District
Marysville School District No. 25 is a public school district in Marysville, Washington, United States. It serves the city of Marysville and members of the nearby Tulalip Tribes. In May 2013, the district had an enrollment of 11,426 students. I ...
.
History
MPHS is a combination of two local schools. The first high school in Marysville was called Marysville High School. To relieve overcrowding there, Pilchuck High School opened on September 8, 1970, although it was still under construction when it opened. Later the two student populations were combined and additions made to create one large high school called Marysville-Pilchuck High School. In 2007 the student population peaked at over 2,500. The original high school building was adapted for use as the city's junior high school and now operates as Totem Middle School.
As of 2018, the school served 1,274 students in grades 9-12.
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Four academies previously at the high school: Academy of Construction and Engineering, Bio-Med Academy, International School of Communications, and School for the Entrepreneur, were relocated to the newly constructed ]Marysville Getchell High School
Marysville Getchell High School is a public high school in Marysville, Washington, United States. It is part of the Marysville School District.
The campus has a student capacity of 1,600 in grades 9-12 and previously was organized into four sm ...
, which opened in 2010.
School days are organized into six periods. MPHS boasts the largest indoor swimming pool in Snohomish County
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and is a popular destination for high school indoor water sports fans.
2014 school shooting
On October 24, 2014, the high school was the location of a school shooting
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. Four students were killed and a fifth was seriously injured. The gunman, a freshman at the school, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Programs
Since September 2010, the school has a central program called Pathways of Choice. MPHS still offers specialized classes, some of which have been cancelled at other schools, such as auto shop
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Types
Automotive garages and repair shops can be divided into following categor ...
. MPHS also offers:
* Four band programs.
* Multiple art programs (Ceramics, Oil Painting, Sculpture, and Intermediate).
* Music Programs (drama and pit orchestra, choir, guitar).
* Language courses, including Lushootseed, French, Japanese, and Spanish (with Japanese offering college credit).
* Many AP Classes and other college-prep programs (AP-level classes include Art, Chemistry, Biology, Calculus AB, Statistics, Composition and Language, Literacy and Language, and U.S. History.)
* Sports Medicine (after school program)
The school offers "College in the High School" programs, which enable students to earn college credits by completing college-level classes taken at the high school. Such classes include Pre-Calculus, College Algebra, Chemistry, Physics, Japanese III, Child development, Advanced Child Development, MOS I,II; Horticulture II, Advanced marketing, and almost every AP class. NJROTC, Culinary Arts, Running Start, and Sno-Isle Skill Center are also offered.
Arts programs
The drama club won an award for "Outstanding Orchestra" by Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre
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Built in 1868, it was managed by Augustin Daly in the mid-1870s. In 1877, ...
for its production of Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...
's ''Into The Woods
''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story ...
'' as the 2008 spring musical, conducted by Brian Kesler. The actors playing The Princes were also nominated for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Group" for the same production. The drama club was also nominated for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Group" by Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre for the urchins in their production of "Little Shop of Horrors" in 2014 and received an Honorable Mention for "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Featured Ensemble Role" in 2015 for an actress in their production of Disney's "Mary Poppins."
In the 2012 Jazz Unlimited festival at Columbia Basin College
Columbia Basin College (CBC) is a public community college in Pasco, Washington. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The college offers English as a second language and General Educational Development (GED) ...
, MP won 1st in its division and a gold medal for Wind Ensemble out of 33 bands, 2nd for its Jazz I, the Don Paul "Excellence" award for best overall band in its division, best trombone section, best tuba section, outstanding soloist awards for Calvin White on alto sax and Brandon Pangalinan on tenor sax, and a bronze medal for its Symphonic band. During 2012 MPMEA Solo and Ensemble seven students received superior ratings. The Sax Quartet was declared 1st runner up for state and the Flute Trio received 2nd runner up for state.
Art students at MP entered 30 pieces of work into the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards contest. They received 28 prizes.
Athletics
The high school's main stadium hosted exhibition match
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es for the Seattle Sounders
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of the second-division A-League
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in 1998 and 1998. They lost 4–1 to the Colorado Rapids
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of Major League Soccer
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in the second 1998 match, which was relocated to Marysville due to its grass surface.
Notable alumni
* Larry Christenson
Larry Richard Christenson (born November 10, 1953), nicknamed "L.C.", is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Philadelphia Phillies (1973–1983).
Early life
Christen ...
– former MLB
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pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies
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)
* Haley Nemra
Haley Nicole Nemra (born October 4, 1989) is an American-born Marshallese track athlete from Marysville, Washington. She was the first woman to represent the Marshall Islands at the Olympics.
She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Oly ...
– 2008 Beijing Olympic runner representing The Marshall Islands
* Jarred Rome
Jarred Daniel Rome (December 21, 1976 – September 21, 2019) was an American discus thrower. His personal-best throw was 68.76 meters, achieved on August 7, 2011, in Chula Vista. He was the Throws Coach at Boston University in Boston, Massachu ...
– Olympic discus thrower
* Dave Stachelski – former NFL football player (New England Patriots – New Orleans Saints)
* Jeff Pahukoa
Jeff Kalani Pahukoa (born February 9, 1969) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Los Angeles Rams (1991–1993) and Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a pro ...
– Former NFL football player (St. Louis Rams – Atlanta Falcons)
* Shane Pahukoa – former NFL football player (New Orleans Saints)
* Jake Luton
Jake Luton (born April 11, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Early years
Born and rai ...
- NFL football player (Jacksonville Jaguars)
*Brady Ballew
Brady James Ballew (born July 3, 1992) is a retired American professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
Career Early career
A 2010 graduate of Marysville-Pilchuck High school and a four-year varsity starter, Ballew helped lead the T ...
– Professional Soccer Player (Tulsa Roughnecks)
References
External links
MPHS website
MPHS Band website
Chris Wall wins solo award
MPHS in solo and ensemble
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High schools in Snohomish County, Washington
Marysville, Washington
Public high schools in Washington (state)
Magnet schools in Washington (state)
Educational institutions established in 1961
1961 establishments in Washington (state)