Jesse O. Sanderson High School

"Sanderson High School" redirects here. For the high school in Texas, see Sanderson High School (Texas).
Jesse O. Sanderson High School
Location
5500 Dixon Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Information
Founded 1968
Enrollment 2015*
Schedule type 2x4 Block
Color(s) Royal Blue, Scarlet and White
Mascot Spartan
Website sandersonhs.org

Jesse O. Sanderson High School, more commonly called Sanderson High School (SHS), is a co-educational 9–12 public high school in the Wake County Public School System. The school was founded in 1968. It is named after a former superintendent of Raleigh public schools Jesse O. Sanderson. Sanderson runs on a 2x4 block schedule; It was one of the first schools in the area to do so. It is known for its performing arts, Athletic, and its community outreach programs.

Academics

As of 2012 the school has approximately 2,015 enrolled students, and approximately 111 hired educators. 24 of the teachers are National Board Certified Teachers.

Many Advanced Placement courses are offered. The Paideia program, named after a Greek style of learning is offered to 9th and 10th graders.

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) program received the highest test scores in Wake County.

Its latest Graduation Rate is eighty-five percent according to Wake County Schools.

Demographic & Economic Background

As of 2012 52% of the student body is male, with the other 48% being female; 54% of the student population is White, 47% of the student body is of minority background 25% is African American, 13% is Hispanic American, 4% is Asian American, 0.3% is Native American, while the remaining 4% is multiracial. 130 students have a limited English proficiency.[1]

As of 2012 28% of the students receive free lunch, 4% receive reduced price lunch, and 68% receive no lunch benefits.

Sanderson in society

Sanderson is a major participant in the Food Bank of Central and center North Carolina's Students Against Hunger Food Drive. The food drive is led at the school by the Student Government Association. Sanderson has won ten of the last eleven food drive competitions, facing off against local rival high schools such as Millbrook High School and Leesville Road High School. In 2011, the school collected 222,668.1 pounds of food, following a steady yearly increase.

Sanderson also participates in other feeding ministries through their club, Coalition for the Homeless. They pack bag lunches and distribute them to the local homeless population and glean on local farms.

Holly Days

Sanderson opens their doors once a year to the public to raise money for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. The event brings more than 150 vendors who sell jewelry, crafts, holiday decor, food, and more. All proceeds from the event go to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.

Clubs

Student publications are:

Sanderson offers a variety of student clubs including a handful of national organizations as well as a series of local organizations. Some of the national organizations Sanderson offers are International Thespian Society, FIST Club (Friends Intent on Stopping Tormenting) Academy of Finance, Air Force JROTC, Business Alliance, DECA, FCCLA, Technology Student Association (TSA), Photography Club, Spartan Productions, Japanese Culture Club, Future Teachers of America, National Art Honor Society, Gay/Straight Alliance, National Honor Society, Young Republicans, and Young Democrats.

Sanderson's student government has received recognition for their participation in the Sanderson community. It is one of the only four high schools in the state (alongside Sun Valley High School, Terry Sanford High School, and Seventy-First High School) and 131 in the country to earn the National Association of Student Councils Gold Council of Excellence in 2010.[2]

Performing Arts

Sanderson is known around the state for their Theater Troupe, Marching Band, and chorus department. In recent years all three have been recognized for being one of the best programs in the area.

Sanderson Theater Ensemble In recent years Sanderson's theater ensemble has been recognized for outstanding achievement in ensemble acting, and distinguished play. most recently for both The Yellow Boat at the North Carolina State High School Play Festival(2015), and Elephants Grave Yard at their regional competition in 2014. The leader of the program and director of both highly award Shows is Peter Comperatora who was awarded excellence in direction for both shows. He was also awarded for excellence in direction in 2013 for Metamorphose. The Ensemble puts on a fall play and a spring musical each year.[3]

Sanderson Marching Band The Sanderson marching band in know around the state for hosting the Capital Band expo each year in October. This is where they invite school from across the state and beyond to show off their skill in one of the few competitions on its kind. The marching band also competes in regional band competitions, winning two Grand Champion awards while competing in 2011 and 2014. <refname="sandersonband.com"/>

Sanderson Sandpipers For many years the Sanderson Sandpipers have been know around the state not only for their collected talent as an ensemble, but also for their teacher and director Marshall Butler, Jr. How has been honored around the county for his talent of bring the best out of his students. He has been recognized as an outstanding music educator by the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.[4] 2014.[3]

Athletics

Sanderson Spartans
School Jesse O. Sanderson High School
Conference CAP-8 Conference
NCHSAA Division 4-AA
Athletic director Tony Lewis
Location Raleigh, NC
Nickname Spartans
Colors Royal Blue, Scarlet, and White
              
Website Sanderson Athletics Dept.

Sanderson has won more thirty-four state championships, and 131 conference championships. Sanderson's sports team play under the Spartan identity. Their athletic director is Tony Lewis. He assumed this position after Bob Catapano retired in 2010.

Men's Cross Country Coached by Ashley Taylor his assistant coach is Jason Bochart, Sanderson's men's cross country team won the 2009 NCHSAA 4A State Championship at Tanglewood Park. The team; consisting of Matt Schick, Phil Hathaway, Matt Geisz, Mitchell Feldman, Benjamin Boyles, Andrew White, and Patrick Crawford beat rival Needham Broughton High School by 3 points to win their first state title in cross country.

Men's Soccer Sanderson's men's soccer team has won eleven 4A state soccer championships; They also once held the national record for most consecutive games without a loss at 103; This is still the state record. Over the past decade they have also produced a number of Division 1 players such as Clark Brisson, Caleb Norkus, Justin Wyatt, Will Summey, Will Craven, JP Rafferty, Matt Boyd, Glenn Scott, Costin Gregory, and Nick Williams.[5]

Wrestling Sanderson's wrestling team has won eleven conference championships; Recently placing in the top three of the conference, they have also won the conference championship recently in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The team was coached by Jeremy Barefoot (3x Coach of the Year since 2004) until he stepped down in July 2014. Former assistant coach Alex Johnson then took the rains the following year leading them to their 5th consecutive conference championship. He left at the end of the year and is no longer an active member of the coaching staff.

Nicholas Shriner became the new head coach of the team at the begging of the 2016 school year. This marked the first year since 2004 that no member of the coaching staff had worked with former head coach in Jeremy Barefoot. The Sanderson Wrestling Team failed to clinch the conference championship that year ending the five year streak the longest in conference history.

Cheerleading Sanderson's cheerleading squad has won multiple state championships(2005,2008,2010) recently under the leadership of coach Jocelyn Bradford; Who is also the chief student government adviser at the school. Sanderson's JV and Varsity Cheerleading squads have both placed first in the Wake County Cheerleading Competition, as well as winning Grand Champions.

Administration

Gregory Decker became principal in the fall of 2008 after his predecessor, Cathy Moore was promoted to assistant superintendent. After being principal of the school for eight years. She was named Wake County principal of the year in 2007; Under Decker's leadership Sanderson's graduation rate has started to grow at a slow pace. [6]

YearGraduation Rate
2006 78.6%
2007 76.1%
2008 77.5%
2009 76.7%
2010 75%
2011 77.5%
2012 78.6%
2013 78.2%
2014 82.8%

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Home - Sanderson High School". wcpss.net.
  2. ↑ http://www.nasc.us/Content/158/NCOE_050710.pdf
  3. 1 2 http://www.sandersonband.com/
  4. ↑ Barr, Sarah (20 October 2014). "Sanderson High School choir teacher wins N.C. Symphony award for music educators". Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  5. ↑ NCHSAA Men's Soccer Records, https://www.nchsaa.org/intranet/downloadManagerControl.php?mode=getFile&elementID=5473&type=5&atomID=6355
  6. ↑ http://www.wral.com/search/?d_since=&d_sort=oldest&d_filter=all&d_site=1&qs=sanderson+high+school&d_from=50
  7. ↑ http://www.classmates.com/people/Clark-Brisson/8688226923
  8. ↑ http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/midtown-raleigh-news/article11376356.html
  9. ↑ http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/james_matt00.html

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