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About FHHS
Friday
Harbor High School is a small (310 students), rural high
school located on San Juan Island in the northern area
of Puget Sound, Washington.
Click here for a map of the San Juan
Islands. Download our student handbook (a 1.0
MB Acrobat file) here.
Our
Community
The island economy is predominantly tourist-based. We
also have a large, seasonal retirement community. Predominantly
middle class, the island has one of the lowest earned
income levels and highest educational levels of any county
in the state of Washington. Nonetheless,
financial support for schools is very strong. In 1997,
the community passed a school building bond by the largest
percentage in the state. The bond paid for a complete
reconstruction of the middle and high schools. The following
year the community approved a four year Maintenance and
Operations Levy by more than 80%.
Our
School
Friday harbor High School is the only public high school
on San Juan Island. Consequently, we provide a wide ranging
educational program and extensive co-curricular opportunities
for students. We offer a variety of art courses, very
successful instrumental music programs, and an exciting
and growing computer technology program. We have comprehensive
Special Education services, English-As-A-Second Language
instruction and support, alternative education options,
and Advanced Placement courses (AP U.S. History, AP World
History, AP Government, AP English Language and Composition,
AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry,
and AP Environmental Science). We have three computer
labs on campus. Our entire school is networked and every
room has access to the network and through it access to
the internet. Students have access to computers in the
library from 7:30 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon.
We provide thirteen varsity sports, cheerleading, a variety
of club activities (from sailing to hiking), an annual
play which is financially supported by and performed in
our beautiful community theater. Generally, expectations
for students are focused on college attendance (50-60%
of graduating students attend college directly out of
high school). Students apply to and are accepted by colleges
across the United States (graduates are attending Dartmouth
College, Willamette University, University of Washington,
Western Washington University, Bowdoin College, Wells
College, Cornish College of the Arts, Ekerd College, Colby
College, Stanford, NYU, Boston College, etc.).
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