Glacier Peak High School

Glacier Peak High School is a high school at the south end of the Snohomish School District, established in 2008. The high school's colors are navy blue, silver and white, and the mascot is the grizzly bear. Glacier Peak was built to relieve overcrowding at Snohomish High School and is a 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) facility designed by NAC Architecture and built by Lydig Construction with support from subcontractors Northwest Partitions, Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc., and Seahurst Electric.

Glacier Peak High School
Location
7401 - 144th Place SE
Snohomish, Washington 98290
Information
TypePublic
Established2008
School districtSnohomish School District #201
PrincipalJeffrey Larson
FacultyJoyce Scott (Asst. Principle)
James Carter (Asst. Principal L-Ri)
Lance Peters (Asst. Principal Rj-Z)
Teaching staff72.80 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,792 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio24.62[1]
Color(s)     Silver      Navy      White
MascotGrizzly
Information(360) 563-7500
Websiteglacierpeak.sno.wednet.edu

The school opened in an almost completed state on September 3, 2008 for grades 9-11.[2] It was completely finished by January 2009. Grades 9-12 have attended GPHS since September 2009, and the first senior class graduated June 17, 2010.

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.

References
  1. "Glacier Peak High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. Whitney, Michael. Mach Publishing - Snohomish County Tribune, 27 August 2008 edition. "Beautiful views await Glacier Peak High students"

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