Medical Lake High School

Medical Lake High School
Location
200 E. Barker St.
Medical Lake, Washington
U.S.
Information
Type Public, four-year
Motto Soaring into the future to create a better tomorrow
Established 1905, 1958 (current)[1]
School district Medical Lake S.D. #326
Principal John McSmith
Vice principal Chris Spring
Faculty 32 [2]
Grades 912
Enrollment 512 [2] (May 2012)
Campus Closed-campus
Color(s) Cardinal & White            
Athletics WIAA Class 1A (District 7)
Athletics conference Northeast 1A (NEA)
Mascot Cardinal
Yearbook The Cardinal
Information (509) 565-3200
Elevation 2,420 ft (740 m) AMSL
Website mlsd.org/mlhs

Medical Lake High School is a four-year public secondary school in Medical Lake, Washington, the sole traditional high school in the Medical Lake School District (#326) in western Spokane County. West of the city of Spokane, the school district includes the base housing area of Fairchild Air Force Base to the north.[3]

School Administration

Notable Alumuni

Jenna Hatch

Sports/Activities

Medical Lake athletic teams compete in WIAA Class 1A in District 7. MLHS was a member of the Great Northern League (GNL) in class 2A since its inception in 1998,[4] but dropped out of the GNL for football in 2010.[5] The school dropped to class 1A in the summer of 2012;[6] and returned to the Northeast 'A' League (NEA).[7]

Fall Sports:

Winter Sports:

Spring Sports:

  • Baseball
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Golf
  • Boys Soccer
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Tennis
  • Girls Softball
  • Track and Field

Activities:

  • ASB
  • Band
  • Cheer
  • Choir
  • Knowledge Bowl
  • Robotics
  • Cardinal Players
  • FBLA
  • FCCLA
  • Key Club
  • NHS

State Championships

Enrollment

Enrollment has declined within the Medical Lake School District[2] and is expected to continue. A contributing factor has been the privatization of base housing at Fairchild Air Force Base; an increasing number of military families have chosen to live off-base and outside the M.L. school district. A building moratoriam by the city of Medical Lake and a sluggish economy have also contributed.[5]

MLHS grew in the 1970s from 487 in 1970[8] to 650 in 1978,[9] but declined in the early 1980s to below 500 in 1983 and athletics dropped from the 'AA' Frontier League and returned to the 'A' NEA in 1984.[10] Enrollment was 675 in October 2007, but fell to 512 in four grades in May 2012.[2]

References

  1. "School addition to begin in February". Spokesman-Review. January 23, 1970. p. 10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Medical Lake High School". State of Washington, Office of Superintendent of Public Intstruction. 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  3. "Boundary Map". Medical Lake School District. July 10, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  4. "2010-2012 WIAA League Alignments". WIAA. 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Lee, Greg (February 4, 2010). "Cardinals drop GNL for football". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  6. Eik, James (June 20, 2012). "Medical Lake school board holds recap of May meeting". Cheney Free Press. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  7. "2012-2014 WIAA League Alignments". WIAA. 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  8. "School figures show changes". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 8, 1971. p. 5.
  9. Girault, Lorinda (November 22, 1978). "School unique in ROTC". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 20.
  10. "Briefs: locally...". Spokane Chronicle. November 4, 1983. p. 15.

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Coordinates: 47°34′34″N 117°40′52″W / 47.576°N 117.681°W / 47.576; -117.681

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