ELMA HIGH SCHOOL

' Elma High School' is a public secondary institution located in Elma, Washington located about 30 miles west of Olympia the capital city of Washington. Elma High School serves rural communities of McCleary, Elma and Satsop. The school mascot is the Eagle.

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Statistics

Television station

Controversy

Slaughter List

Sources

Statistics

As of 2006, the student per teacher ration is 19.5 to 1. Teachers have an average 16.1 years experience and 71.7% hold at least a Master's Degree. Annual drop out rate: 7.2% On-Time Graduation Rate (2004-05) 71%,(Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Terry Bergeson, Old Capitol Building, PO Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200)

Television station

The home of Eagles TV, on Comcast channel 26 serving Grays Harbor Country. This TV station is provided as a public service by the Video Productions and TV Broadcasting students of Elma High School. Programming is provided 24 hours a day, seven days week, 365 days a year by using computer automation.

Controversy

'September 2003' Elma High School made news when the administration banned [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/138713_skirt09.html cheerleaders' 'short skirts'. The ban left members of the cheerleading and drill teams, and their parents -- some of whom wore similar skirts years ago -- livid. Short skirts are allowed only at games and performances, not the hallways or classrooms. Parents argued that the new rule devalues the hard work the girls put into practicing, keeping up good grades, and raised money to buy the expensive uniforms which can cost several hundred dollars.
Another big issue is the fact that for Volleyball players, they are not allowed to wear their uniforms on game days even after school throughout the halls. It is against dress code to wear spandex, but what the girls want to know is if they cant wear spandex, then why do they get to wear them at all. Drill team and Cheerleading get to wear their short skirts with nothing underneath, while volleyball players cannot wear shorts that firmly cover all aspects of their lower region. You gotta love the highschool vollyball players.

Slaughter List

Teachers and students were stunned to find a disturbed student had composed a list of 50 students he wanted to kill. The student who put the list together wrote it this way: "Slotter List." He misspelled the word slaughter, but police fear the intent was the same. The list didn't have any explanation of what he wanted to do or why.

Sources

Official Website
City of Elma
Elma School District
Elma Cemetery
Elma Community Profile