Hudson's Bay High School

Hudson's Bay High School
Address
1206 East Reserve Street
Vancouver, Washington, 98663
USA
Coordinates 45°37′52″N 122°39′12″W / 45.63100°N 122.65326°W / 45.63100; -122.65326Coordinates: 45°37′52″N 122°39′12″W / 45.63100°N 122.65326°W / 45.63100; -122.65326
Information
Type Public (magnet) secondary
School district Vancouver Public Schools
Principal Valerie Anderson-Seeley
Grades 9–12
Number of students 1,280
Color(s) Black and Gold
Mascot Eagle
Newspaper The Eagle Eye
Website bay.vansd.org

Hudson's Bay High School is a public high school in the Central Park area of Vancouver, Washington, and is part of Vancouver Public Schools. It was founded in 1955[1] and was named after the Hudson's Bay Company. Hudson's Bay is known for having two strong magnet programs, as well as a children's day care and district-wide mothers' transportation program. It is located across from Clark College, where many Bay students participate in the Running Start program.

Magnet Programs

Hudson's Bay offers two magnet programs—Careers in Education, and Habitat and Civil Engineering.

Careers in Education

The Careers in Education magnet program prepares students for future careers in the fields of child development, family psychology, teaching, and instructional theory. Students take courses focused on these topics, and apply their learning through direct interaction with infants and children.[2]

Habitat and Civil Engineering

The Habitat and Civil Engineering magnet is a four-year program that offers in-depth education to those students planning careers in urban horticulture, landscaping, ecology, city planning, civil engineering, and architecture. Students apply their learning working in Hudson Bay's horticulture center, nursery, and science park, and through internships and work experience.[3]

Sports

Hudson's Bay is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) and participates in the Greater St. Helens 2A league.

State championships

Clubs And Activities

Among other extracurriculars, Bay offers ASB,[5] Jazz Band, Orchestra, Band, Choir, Engineering and Science Team, Science Decathlon, DECA, Knowledge Bowl, Drama Club, Key Club, Flight Crew, International Club, Mock Trial, Debate Team, S.T.O.P., Career Choices Interns, FFA, Skills USA, Gay Straight Alliance, Tokyohop Japanese Animation, Future Business Leaders of America, and National Honors Society.

Community Service and The Mr. Hudson's Bay Pageant

The Mr. Hudson's Bay pageant is a mock Miss America Pageant designed to raise money for Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Every year, 12 senior boys are nominated and voted on by the senior class and teachers to compete in the pageant. The group works together to coordinate dance, talent, swimwear, casual wear, and formal wear portions of the competition. Contestants spend four months raising money individually and as groups. The contestant that brings in the most money receives the title of Mr. Hudson's Bay.

Mr. Hudson's Bay is part of a larger community service program at the school. Since the early 1990s, Hudson's Bay has consistently been a top donor to Doernbecher Children's Hospital through the Kids Making Miracles Program,[6] having raised over $500,000 to date. The pageant is known for consistently breaking previous year records. The 2006 contestants raised $92,733.17. The 2007 contestants raised a total of $65,748.90, but a surprise donation of $72,965 on behalf of the Eleanor Copps Trust in the amount brought the total to $138,443.90 shattering 2006's record.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Clark County Museum. Retrieved 2013-11-13
  2. ↑ Hudson's Bay High School Official Website. Hudson's Bay High School Magnet Programs. Accessed July 30, 2007. Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Ibid. Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association. Tournament History: Championship Information.
  5. ↑ Welcome to the ASB Web site
  6. ↑ OHSU. (2003). KIDS OF ALL AGES FROM OREGON, WASHINGTON RAISE $360,000 FOR DOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. OHSU News Release: Kids Making Miracles. Accessed July 30, 2007.
  7. ↑ Kern, D. (2007). Mock pageant raises big money for hospital. The Columbian. Accessed July 30, 2007. Archived March 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

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