Southern High School (Guam)

Southern High School
Address
Southern High School
#1 Jose Perez Leon Guerrero Drive
Santa Rita, Guam 96915
Coordinates Coordinates: 13°23′50.29″N 144°40′43.52″E / 13.3973028°N 144.6787556°E / 13.3973028; 144.6787556
Information
Type Public school
Motto "Home of the Dolphins"
School district Southern Guam
Principal Rosalin F. Meeks
Staff 23
Faculty 94
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,577 (SY 2012-2013)
Color(s) Black, teal, and white
Mascot Dolphins
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Website Southern High School, Guam

Southern High School is a public secondary school located at 1 Jose Perez Leon Guerrero Drive in the village of Santa Rita, in the United States territory of Guam.[1] The school, a part of the Guam Public School System, opened in 1997 and serves grades 9 through 12.[2] Southern High serves the villages of Santa Rita, Agat, Asan, Inarajan, Merizo, Piti, Talofofo, Umatac, and Yona.[3]

Student body

During the 1999-2000 school year, the school had 1,700 students: 83% Chamorro, 9% Filipino, 3% White American, 2% other Pacific Islanders, and 1% Asian.[3]

Athletics

Students may participate in interscholastic athletics if they are under the age of nineteen on September 1 of the applicable school year.[1]

School athletics, male and female, include:[1]

Coeducational:

Male only:

Female only:

The school has a varsity and a junior varsity team each for volleyball and basketball.[1]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Student Handbook." Southern High School. Accessed September 8, 2008.
  2. ↑ http://www.gdoe.net/rpe/annual_grad_ratesSY96_02.htm
  3. 1 2 "Guam's Public High Schools" (Archive). Guam Public School System. Accessed September 8, 2008.
  4. ↑ KUAM, Michael San Nicolas, Hagatna, July 2012.


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