Tualatin High School

Tualatin High School
Tualatin High School
Address
	22300 SW Boones Ferry Road; Tualatin, (Washington County), Oregon 97062; United States
Coordinates	45°21′30″N 122°46′14″W / 45.35833°N 122.77056°W
Information
Type	Public
Opened	1992
School district	Tigard-Tualatin School District
Principal	Michael Dellerba
Teaching staff	98.26 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1,747 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	17.78
Color(s)	Crimson, black, and silver
Athletics conference	OSAA Three Rivers League 6A-5
Mascot	Timberwolf
Team name	Timberwolves
Rival	Tigard High School
Newspaper	The Wolf
Website	Tualatin High School

Tualatin High School is a public high school located in Tualatin, Oregon, United States. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which is part of the Tigard-Tualatin School District. Opened in 1992, school teams are known as the Timberwolves.

History

Tualatin High School's roots reach back to 1865 when a small red schoolhouse was built in the village. The schoolhouse went on to become Tualatin Elementary School and is now the location of the Tualatin Food Bank. It was replaced in 1900 with a new, two-room school on Boones Ferry Road, which is still a major thoroughfare in the city. A four-year high school program was offered for the first time in 1909 after the school was hoisted up and two more rooms were added beneath. However, the seven-member class of 1936 was the last class to graduate from the old Tualatin School. After that, students were sent to nearby high schools in Sherwood and Tigard. The move was further solidified in 1969 when Tualatin residents voted to officially join Tigard School District 23J.

In 1990, following rapid growth in Tualatin, the name of the district changed to the Tigard-Tualatin School District, a signal of Tualatin's emerging importance in the area's academic structure. Two years later, in 1992, the new Tualatin High School opened on a 64-acre (260,000 m²) campus. Students from area junior high schools voted on the school colors and mascot.

For several years, the school lacked a swimming pool and auditorium, as well as proper spectator stands for its state-of-the-art football field. As a result, many extracurricular activities, such as plays and sporting events, took place on the grounds of the school's rival, Tigard High School. This was corrected in summer 1998, when the school completed its new sports stadium. Later that year, it opened its own auditorium and swim center. Since then, the softball and baseball facilities and a multi-purpose field have been converted to turf.

The new T.E.C.H. Wing (Tualatin Engineering, Computers, and Health) opened in spring 2006. In the 2018–2019 school year, construction was in place all around the school to add a new main office, an addition to the T.E.C.H. Wing, extensions to the commons, new classrooms, and a new locker room for the boys and girls.

During the summer of 2003, school sequences of the 2005 independent film Thumbsucker (film) were filmed at the school.

Academics

In 2008, 85% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 370 students, 314 graduated, 35 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 16 were still in high school the following year.^[4]^[5]

Athletics

Individual state champions

1996: Janna McDougall (50-yard freestyle + 100-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
1996: Sarah McCauley (200-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
1997: Janna McDougall (50-yard freestyle + 100-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
1997: Sarah McCauley (100-yard backstroke) - girls' swimming
1998: Janna McDougall (50-yard freestyle + 100-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
1998: Sarah McCauley (200-yard freestyle + 100-yard backstroke) - girls' swimming
1998: Bobby Barnett - boys' golf
1999: Sarah McCauley (200-yard freestyle + 500-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
1999: Austin Smith - boys' golf
2000: Matt Sorlien (500-yard freestyle) - boys' swimming
2001: Julie McCauley (200-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
2002: Meghan Armstrong (1500 meter champion + 3000 meter champion) - girls' track and field
2003: Meghan Armstrong (1500 meter champion + 3000 meter champion) - girls' track and field
2004: Meghan Armstrong (1500 meter champion + 3000 meter champion) - girls' track and field
2002: Dustin Andres - boys' golf
2003: Andrew Leneve - boys' golf
2004: Rebecca Alexander (100-yard freestyle) - girls' swimming
2005: Kevin Dickson (long jump) - boys' track and field
2009: Kelly Millager (high jump) - girls' track and field
2013: Laura Taylor (pole vault) - girls' track and field
2014: Laura Taylor (pole vault) - girls' track and field
2016: Karina Moreland (triple jump) - girls' track and field
2017: Ryan Cavinta (300 meter hurdles champion) - boys' track and field
2018: Gerald Saina (shot put) - boys' track and field
2018: Nano Kis (discus) - boys' track and field
2022: Caleb Lakeman (1500 meter champion + 3000 meter champion) - boys' track and field

State championships

Boys' basketball: 2022, 2023
Boys' golf: 2002, 2003, 2004^{[citation needed]}
Girls' soccer: 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014
Cheerleading: 1994, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012
Girls' water polo: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Girls' golf: 2012
Girls' softball: 2015, 2018
Boys' track and field: 2019^[6]

Speech & Debate

1997: Todd Borden and Alan Tauber won the state Cross-Examination Debate championship.
1998: Owen Zahorcak and Brian Ward won the state Cross-Examination Debate championship.
2001: Kara Borden and Jill Mehall placed 5th in the nation in Cross-Examination Debate.
2005: Brent Hamilton and Alex Goodell won the state Cross-Examination Debate championship.
2010: Tualatin placed third in the state Cross-Examination Debate championship.
2011: Tualatin placed third in the state Cross-Examination Debate championship.

National champions

Cheerleading: 1999, 2023, 2024

Theatre

2013: Rashomon was chosen for presentation at the State Thespian Conference.
2024: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time was chosen for presentation at the State Thespian Conference.