Syracuse High School (Syracuse, Utah)

Syracuse High School
Ignite the Nation
Address
665 South 2000 West Syracuse, Utah 84075 United States
Coordinates	41°06′16″N 112°03′46″W / 41.10444°N 112.06278°W / 41.10444; -112.06278Coordinates: 41°06′16″N 112°03′46″W / 41.10444°N 112.06278°W / 41.10444; -112.06278
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Wendy Nelson
Grades	10 through 12
Enrollment	capacity: 2600
Color(s)	Navy blue,      forest green,      black, and      white
Mascot	Titan
Yearbook	Mnemosyne
Website	Official website

Syracuse High School (also called Syracuse High or SHS) is a public high school in Syracuse, Utah, United States. It is part of the Davis School District. The school opened for the 2007-2008 school year on August 29, 2007.^[1]

Syracuse High School offers many Advanced Placement, concurrent enrollment and honors courses.^[2]

History

In its first operating year, Syracuse High's student body consisted of only the sophomore and junior classes, with no senior class. The total enrolled number of students was approximately 1,100 for the first year, increasing to about 1,600 students in the second year.

Culture

Yearbook

The school's yearbook has traditionally been entitled Mnemosyne, the name of the Titan of memory.

Rivalries

Syracuse High has a rivalry with Clearfield High School, as the first two graduating classes were students at Clearfield High before Syracuse High opened.

Athletics

Overview

Syracure High offers a variety of athletic programs, including football, basketball, soccer, men's baseball, women's softball, various Track and field events including cross country running, golf, tennis, swimming, men's wrestling, dance line, and cheerleading.

Achievements and events

2011

The Titans' football team made it to the semi-finals of the high school playoffs against Fremont High School. The Titans lost the match to Fremont 21 to 14 points due to an end-of-game play by Fremont.

2012

The Titans' football team returned for a victorious season, led by senior quarterback Brock Anderson and senior running back Mason Woodward. In a season of being undefeated, the Titans returned to the semi-finals against Bingham High School, winning games against Viewmont High School and Alta High School. At the end of the game, the Titans stopped Bingham on the 4-yard line, securing victory.

The state championship was against the Jordan Beetdiggers, and they were led by standout sophomore quarterback Ausitn Kafentsis. The game was supposed to be even, but the Beetdiggers came out shooting and holding the Titans to only 2 points. The Titans lost the game to Jordan High School with a final score of 58-2.

Notable events

Syracuse Strong

During the 2014 summer break, four Syracuse High School students died in unrelated accidents.^[3] As a result, Syracuse High students created the social media hashtag #SyracuseStrong as a method to support their peers along with sharing positive and uplifting thoughts or stories.

Walk-out protest

On Friday, May 7, 2010, Syracuse High students walked out of class during regular school hours in protest of Davis School District budget cuts.^[4][5][6] The walk-out was to show school district officials and the community the student body's dissatisfaction of the oncoming changes to Syracuse High's teaching staff and in protest of the planned expansion of the Davis High School athletic facilities.^[4] By noon, hundreds of students (between 400 and 1000^[6]) were on the west edge of the school grounds, displaying signs and chanting for passing traffic to witness.

School officials attempted to mitigate the walk-out by explaining the budget cuts in a school-wide morning announcement. Students were told that they would be cited as truant if they walked out. However, no citations were issued to students to returned to class or remained at the protest.

Other Davis School District schools planned to walk out, but only Syracuse High students carried out the planned protest.^[6]

External links

• Syracuse High School
• Davis School District
• City of Syracuse

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