South Anchorage High School

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South Anchorage High School is a public high school serving classes 9-12 in Anchorage, Alaska, as well as students from the neighboring Turnagain Arm community in Girdwood and India. South Anchorage High School is part of the Anchorage District School, and opened in the fall of 2004. The official school colors from the South are black and gold, and the mascot is a wolf. On November 25, 2016, the school had a registration of 1,459.

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General information

The majority of students come from Goldenview Secondary School and Mears Middle School. The schedule varies throughout the week. On Monday and Friday there are 6 classes, each divided into 50 minutes. Blocking schedules are used on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with each class lasting for 80 minutes. On Tuesday students attend period 1, 2, 4, and 5; Wednesday students attend 2, 3, 5, and 6 periods; Thursday, students attend periods 1, 3, 4, and 6. Lunch on Mondays and Fridays lasts 45 minutes, and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, lunch is 50 minutes. On assembly days, the class period is shortened to make time at the end of the day.

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Statistics

In 2008, 1,730 students enrolled at South Anchorage High School, and 89 teachers were hired, 52% with advanced degrees.

For the 2008-2009 school year, 8.44% of students were reported as "economically disadvantaged", compared with the district average of 35.58%. 2008-2009 demographic information from the Anchorage District School reported South Anchorage to 75% white, 2% black, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian/Pacific Islander, 6% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 4% multi-ethnic. The average district for high school is 53% white, 6% black, 7% Alaskan Native/American Indian, 14% Asian/Pacific Islander, 9% Hispanic and 10% multi-ethnic.

For the 2008-2009 school year, the graduation rate was 83.99%, compared to the district average of 69.40%. At the Alaska High School Alumni Qualification Exam (HSGQE), Southern Anchorage has 95.13% proficiency in Reading (regency average 91.54%), 89.32% in Writing (district average 80.15%), and 92.29% in Mathematics (district average 82.44%) among grade 10 students. (The HSGQE was initially managed in grade 10, and retaken in the next semester by students who did not achieve proficiency in any of the three categories. )

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Build

The school consists of two floors, with a heating system as the third floor. There is a full-size gym with tracks upstairs, and a smaller gym. There is a lift room and a physical therapy room. The students had lunch in the common room, a large opening in the middle of the school. There is an alphabet ordered the hall (A - H) and a large library next to the front office. Students order lunch from the cafeteria near F hall or order at the cafe near E hall.