Mascot Change Evokes Mixed Emotions for Sammamish Staff, Students and Alumni
Sammamish High School administration embraced the April 26, 2021 state law, HB 1356, “prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as school mascots” and moved quickly to include the students and community in the deciding on a new mascot. Student leaders along with the student body overcame mixed emotions about the change, and the student body voted for the “Red Hawks” to start this school year after 62 years as the “Totems.” Read More
Sammamish High School EnAct Club Partners with Community in Tree-Planting Project
The Sammamish High School EnAct club recently completed a multi-year project with community partners and over 100 volunteers to plant 300 trees on campus to increase canopy coverage. Read More
Inspiring Students Through Computer Science
Well before setting foot in a classroom as a computer science teacher, Chad Magendanz had huge impacts on the lives of teachers and students across Washington State. Currently, he teaches computer science at Odle Middle School and Sammamish High School with conditional certification as part of CWU’s Alternative Pathways to Teaching Program.Read More
Class of 2019
Congratulations to the class of 2019! Nearly 1,600 graduates walked across the stage this week to receive their diplomas. The ceremonies included speeches from student and staff, musical performances and plenty of joyful memories. We are proud of our students and cannot wait to see them thrive as creators of their future world.Read More
Robotics Teams Qualify for Worlds
Last week our Sammamish, Newport, Interlake and International High School Robotics teams all competed at the PNW district championships against the top 64 FRC robotics teams.Read More
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee Visits BSD
Senator Lisa Wellman and the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee visited Sammamish High School on Oct. 30 to see high quality teaching and learning in action and how it is supported by technology.Read More
Students Step Up to the Challenge at Sammamish Leads
“Sammamish Leads is a really good experience because it lets us work on industry projects, some of them that are going on right at our school,” said Holly Patel, a senior who participated in Leads the past four summers. “It makes problems that seem really difficult at first more approachable.”
Sammamish Theater Comes Back Home with Shrek: The Musical
Sammamish High School is excited to present Shrek: The Musical, its first large-scale show that will be back at Sammamish after five years of planning and construction moved productions to Newport, International, and Interlake school stages.
Sammamish Freshman Heading to Junior Worlds 2017
Congratulations to Isabella Gomez, a freshman at Sammamish High School, who will be representing the United States at the FIS Junior World Championships Feb. 14-20, in the Czech Republic.
Sammamish Student Becomes Eagle Scout
Congratulations to Sammamish junior Brennan Weber on earning his Eagle Scout. To accomplish this Weber put in hundreds of volunteer hours, earned 28 merit badges, held a number of leadership positions with his troop and advanced in ranks several times, along with completing his Eagle Scout project: rebuilding benches, a dumpster enclosure and fire pit at his church, Pilgrim Lutheran, in Bellevue. Read More