McMinnville High School is a

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located in

McMinnville, Oregon McMinnville is the county seat of and largest city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. The city is named after McMinnville, Tennessee. As of the 2019 census, the city had a population estimate of 34,743. McMinnville is at the confluence of ...

, United States.

History

Prior to 1876, high school students in the McMinnville area attended school at McMinnville College. From 1876 to 1910, McMinnville offered a two-year high school education through the Cook School (a single schoolhouse incorporating all grades). High school students took courses on the top floor of the building. The current four-year high school program was adopted in fall 1910 with the opening of McMinnville High School. It is to this school that the current McMinnville High School traces its lineage. The oldest wing of the current high school opened in 1956, and has since been remodeled eleven times to accommodate the growing student population of

.The latest renovation was completed Fall 2019. Hayden and Abby Catt attended the school, and participated on the swim team, before moving to Texas, where they stood trial for robbing banks there."I Would Only Rob Banks for My Family"
article; Skip Hollandsworth; June 2014 issue; ''

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Academics

In 2008, 75% of the school's seniors received their

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. Of 459 students, 343 graduated, 60 dropped out, 3 received a modified diploma, and 53 are still in high school.

Engineering and Aerospace Sciences Academy (EASA)

Engineering and Aerospace Sciences Academy (EASA) is a specialized program at McMinnville High School that offers students specialized courses in engineering and aerospace science. Students are instructed by engineers and technicians who lecture, serve as resources for student research, and work with students on a variety of real and simulated technical problems and projects.

Athletics

State championships

* COED Cheerleading: 2017 * Boys' swimming: 1997, 1998, 2002 * Girls' swimming: 1957, 2003, 2004 * Girls' track and field: 1996 * Boys' soccer: 2006 * Boys basketball: 1979 (led by future NBA player Charlie Sitton) * Girls' tennis: 1955, 1956, 1957

Notable alumni

Verne Duncan Verne Allen Duncan (born April 6, 1934) is an American politician from the state of Oregon. As an educator and moderate Republican, he has become outspoken in protest of policies of his own party he views as extreme. A former classroom teacher, ...

, American politician *

Bill Krueger William Culp Krueger (born April 24, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played from to for eight teams. He pitched for the Oakland A's, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners (twice), Minnesota Twins, Montr ...

, former Major League Baseball pitcher *

Ehren McGhehey Kenneth Ehren McGhehey Jr. (born November 29, 1976), also known as Danger Ehren, is an American stunt performer, actor and former professional snowboarder. He is best known as one of the cast members of the reality stunt franchise '' Jackass'' ...

, daredevil, actor, Jackass star * Grant Robison, Olympic track athlete * Joe Paterson, former Major League Baseball pitcher *

Raemer Schreiber Raemer Edgar Schreiber (November 11, 1910 – December 24, 1998) was an American physicist from McMinnville, Oregon who served Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II, participating in the development of the atomic bomb. He saw the fi ...

, American physicist * Charlie Sitton, American retired basketball player

References

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