Glacier Peak High School
Glacier Peak High School is a high school in Snohomish, Washington, United States, operated by the Snohomish School District. Glacier Peak was opened in 2008 to relieve overcrowding at Snohomish High School; the facility designed by NAC Architecture and built by Lydig Construction. It is the other high school in the Snohomish School District alongside Snohomish High School.
The site is adjacent to the former Cathcart Landfill, which opened in 1980 and closed in 1992 after reaching capacity. The high school was built on supplemental land that had been reserved for a future expansion but was later sold to the Snohomish School District. The site has a view of Glacier Peak in eastern Snohomish County.
The school opened in an almost completed state on September 3, 2008, for grades 9–11. It was completely finished by January 2009. Grades 9-12 have attended GPHS since September 2009, and the first senior class graduated on June 17, 2010.
Its name was decided by a naming committee from names submitted by community members. The three names that were in the final vote were Eagle Ridge, Glacier Peak and Three Rivers. The mascot and colors were voted on by students from the Snohomish Freshman Campus and Valley View Middle School.
GPHS has a large arts department; students can choose from performing and fine arts classes. A performing arts center provides a venue for GPHS's performances, including plays and musicals as well as jazz band, concert band, and choir concerts.
Academics
Glacier Peak offers an array of academic programs, including College in the High School, Running Start, classes at the Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center, & 19 Advanced Placement classes:Extracurriculars
Sports and athletics
Glacier Peak is a member of the WESCO 4A division in Washington state.It offers a wide range of sports, including football, cross country, volleyball, tennis, soccer, swim and dive, wrestling, basketball, gymnastics, baseball / softball, track and field, golf, and badminton.
The boys soccer team won the state championship in 2010 and the girls cross country team won the state championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, & 2019
Clubs
Glacier Peak offers a total of 41 clubs:Band
Glacier Peak boasts three concert bands: Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble. There is also a percussion ensemble and the Grizzly Marching/Pep Band for sports events, as well as two jazz bands. Jazz I is audition only and Jazz II is open to all. Tadd Morris directs the bands at Glacier Peak and Joel Orsen directs Jazz II.Choir
Glacier Peak has two choirs directed by Nancy Lamont: Concert Choir and Symphonic Choir.Incidents
On June 10th, 2018, an 18-year-old man crashed his truck through the front doors of Glacier Peak. He was arrested for first-degree DUI. It did not affect anything, including graduation, for the last week of school.On November 30th, 2018, two students created derogatory Wi-Fi names during the winter pep assembly. They were disciplined, but their punishment was disclosed due to federal privacy law. This incident resulted in the creation of the Black Student Union club.
There have also been multiple bomb threats made over the years but none of them have resulted in actual bombs on campus.
Fight song
Grizzlies fight for our dear Glacier PeakFor our alma mater cheer!
Let’s hear for the mighty Grizzly team
For victory is near!
All across the valley hear us shout
We will reign fore’er beyond all doubt!
So fight, fight, fight for the blue and white
''And onward to victory!''