King's High School
King's High School is a private, interdenominational Christian school, located in Shoreline, Washington, just north of Seattle. It enrolls approximately 470 students in 9th through 12th grade. King's High School also has elementary and middle schools on the same campus.
King's High School | |
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Address | |
19303 Fremont Ave N. , , Washington 98133 | |
Coordinates | 47°46′10″N 122°21′14″W |
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Type | Private, Coeducational, High School |
Motto | Inspiring hearts and equipping minds to serve God for His glory |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Established | 1950 |
Founder | Mike Martin |
Principal | Bob Ruhlman |
Grades | 9th-12th grade |
Enrollment | 470 (2009-2010) |
Average class size | 24 |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Red and White |
Athletics conference | Cascade Conference 1A/2A |
Sports | cross country, football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, golf, track & field, Baseball, tennis |
Mascot | Knight |
Accreditation | Northwest Association of Accredited Schools[1] |
Test average | 85 |
Newspaper | The Quill |
Yearbook | Sceptre |
Tuition | $17,000, International: $21,000 |
Website | http://www.kingsschools.org |
Academics
King's offers Advanced Placement courses in art, biology, calculus, chemistry, English language and literature, U.S. and European history, and Spanish. In 2009, King's students took 97 AP examinations.[2]
Ninety-eight percent of King's students go on to higher education.
Athletics
King's competes at the 1A classification level as part of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. King's has won 51 state championships and 39 academic state championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track & field and volleyball.[3] Most recently, the Knights have won the 2018 boy's track state championship.
In 2005, Sports Illustrated named King's the top high school athletic program in Washington State.[4]
The seven state championships won by the girls' cross country team (2001-2003, 2006-2009) are the most by any school in WIAA history.[5]
Two-time LPGA tour winner Jimin Kang led the King's girls' golf team to the 1999 state title.[6]
Controversy over Anti-LGBTQ stance
In September 2019, it was revealed through multiple media sources around the globe that King's Schools (and their parent organization Crista Ministries), had hardened their stance on acceptance of homosexuality at the school. [7] [8][9][10] This policy required teachers to disavow same-sex relationships, both on the job and in their personal lives.[11] It further required that they teach that homosexuality is “a result of the failure to worship God,” [7] Once notified of this policy, numerous teachers left of their own accord and more were forced out of the school.[12] However, non-disclosure agreements prevented many of those teachers from speaking about the issue and the true impact on the school. [8] Megan Troutman, an English teacher who left as a result of the new policy, noted that she "cannot, in good faith or conscience, teach in a place that creates policies that negatively impact an entire section of the student population...I could not be complicit in a policy that could harm or ostracize any student.” [8] As a result of these actions, many families left the school because they did not support or did not want to fund a discriminatory organization. [12] It was expected that many more teachers and families would follow suit, raising questions about the direction that doctrinal direction that King's School would take, with many concerned over extreme right-wing influences. [13] Comments on social media and other platforms indicated an increasing divide between groups supporting King's anti-LGBTQ stance and those opposing it. [14][15] Much of the blame for the new policy was attributed to Jacinta Tegman, the new CEO of Crista Ministries.[8] Tegman was formerly the Executive Director of "Sound the Alarm," which sought to use political action to repeal gay marriage as well as legal protections for LGBTQ citizens.[16] Tegman's effort, Referendum 65, ultimately failed as she was unable to obtain enough signatures to place it on the ballot.[17]
References
- NAAS. "Northwest Association of Accredited Schools". Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.khsathletics.com/
- "SI.com". CNN.
- http://www.jcrawford.net/allstateccmeetresults.html
- http://wiaa.com
- "Teachers quit in protest over what they consider anti-gay policy at Christian school in Shoreline". The Seattle Times. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- "Teachers quit over anti-gay policy at Christian high school". HeraldNet.com. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- "Teachers are quitting a Christian school which teaches children that homosexuality is 'unnatural'". PinkNews - Gay news, reviews and comment from the world's most read lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans news service. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- US News. "Teachers Resign Over Policy Considered Anti-Gay".
- Press, Associated (2019-09-09). "Seattle-area teachers resign over policy considered anti-gay". KOMO. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- Grande, Alison (2019-09-10). "Teachers, students leave King's Schools over anti-gay religious beliefs". KIRO. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- Bollinger, Alex (2019-09-09). "This Christian school is getting more anti-LGBTQ. So teachers are quitting". www.lgbtqnation.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- Facebook. "King's Schools is Anti-Lgbt+". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- Faith and Freedom Net. "CRISTA Ministries and King's High School Labeled "Anti-Gay"--Teachers Quit".
- "Local News | Effort to repeal state gay-rights law gathers momentum from pulpit | Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- Olympia, Contact Us Washington Secretary of StateElectionsPO BOX 40229; Policy, WA 98504-0229Privacy. "History of Referendum Measures". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-10.