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Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened in August 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989. Since 2005, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. It is the district's third-largest high school by enrollment.
Ironwood High School | |
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Location | |
6051 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale AZ 85304 | |
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Type | Public Secondary |
Motto | It's Just Better Here #IJBH |
Established | 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989 |
Principal | Russell Dunham |
Faculty | 91.93 (FTE)[1] |
Enrollment | 1,922 (2022-23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.91[1] |
Color(s) | Red and grey |
Mascot | Eagle |
AIA Class | 5A Conference |
Website | Ironwood Home Page |
Academics
editIB Program
editIn April 2005, Ironwood High School began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors. Since 2005, the school has graduated over 100 full diploma members. Ironwood offers the standard five areas of English, History, Science (Physics and Biology), Foreign Language (French and Spanish), and Math, as well as numerous six area courses. The six area courses offered include Art, Computer Science, Economics, Music, Photo, Physics, and Theatre. The school also offers a two-year AIM program sponsored by the district in order to prepare pre-IB students. Ironwood offers the IB/AIM Club as a way to support IB and Pre-IB students.
Advanced Placement Program
editIronwood offers numerous Advanced Placement courses. These include higher level computer science, history, math, and science.
Arts
editChoir
editThere are five choir groups at Ironwood:
- Excelsis (formerly Chamber Singers)
- Ironmen (formerly Men of Iron[wood])
- Ea-gals (formerly Girls' Ensemble)
- Mixed Choir
- Concert Choir
Dance
edit- Beginning Dance
- Advanced Dance
- Performance Dance
- Dance Club
Music
editIronwood is home to three bands:
- Marching Band
- Jazz Band
- Concert Band
Sports
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Clubs and activities
editThe following is a list of clubs offered at Ironwood High School as of the fall of 2011. Ironwood also formerly offered Hockey as a club.[2][better source needed][3][better source needed][4][better source needed]
- Anime Club
- Art Club
- Asian Cultural Awareness Club (ACA)
- Auto Club
- BMAS
- Bowling Club
- Chess Club
- Choir Club
- Christian Club on Campus (CCC)
- Clay Club
- Close Up
- Creative Writing (Aerie magazine)
- Dance
- Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
- Drama Club
- Eagals (Choir Group)
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
- Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
- Film Club
- Fishing Club
- Free Thinkers' Club
- French Honor Society
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- Future Educators of America (FEA)
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Guitar Club
- Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
- IB-AIM Club
- Ironmen (Choir Group)
- Key Club
- Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MECHA)
- Med Start
- Media Club (part of Skills USA)
- Multicultural Club
- National Honor Society
- Newspaper (Eagle's Eye)
- Photo Club
- Project Respect
- Science and Environmental Awareness Club (SEA Club)
- SkillsUSA
- Spanish Honor Society
- Speech and Debate
- Student Council
- Teens in Prevention (TIP)
- Weightlifting
- Wrestlerettes
- Yearbook
Feeder schools
editThe following are K-8 schools that feed into Ironwood:
Notable alumni
edit- Alia Shelesh - YouTuber known has SSSniperWolf (Class of 2010)
- Noah Beck - social media personality (Class of 2019)[9]
- Danny Cruz - soccer player, San Francisco Deltas (Class of 2007)[10]
- Mackenzie Dern - six-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion (Brazil), current Mixed Martial Artist (Class of 2011)
- Paul Ernster - National Football League punter (Class of 2000)[11]
- Eric Hagg - National Football League safety (Nebraska) (Class of 2007)
- Joshua Sweeney - Paralympic gold medalist (Class of 2005)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ironwood High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Ironwood High School Yearbook 2007
- ^ Ironwood High School Yearbook 2008
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- ^ "Noah Beck". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ Cruz, Danny. "Danny Cruz". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ^ Ernster, Paul (December 2008). "Paul Ernster". nfl.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.