Emerald Ridge High School Explained

Emerald Ridge High School
Streetaddress:12405 184th Street East
County:(Pierce County)
Zipcode:98374
Country:United States
Campus:Suburban
Type:Public secondary
Principal:Ed Crow
Grades:10–12
Established:2000
Enrollment:1,574 (2023-24)
Fight Song:"Hail to the Victors"
Mascot:Jaguars
Colors:Green, Black & Silver
Website:erhs.puyallupsd.org
Ratio:19.1 (2022-23)
Teaching Staff:80 (2022-23)
Yearbook:Jostens

Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington, United States and is commonly referred to as ERHS or simply ER. Emerald Ridge opened in September 2000. It features green, black and silver as its primary colors and has a jaguar as its official mascot. As of the 2023-2024 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,574 students. Of these students, 71.9% met English standards, 30.5% met Math standards, and 38.6% met Science standards in state assessments.[1]

Inaugural Class of 2002

This first class to graduate from ERHS was in 2002, and had their 10-year class reunion in July 2012.

Commencement

Commencement, or graduation, is held every year at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in June.

Notable alumni

Athletics and activities

On October 8, 2010, the Jags defeated their crosstown rivals, the Puyallup Vikings, by a score of 20–17, earning their first victory since the 2008 season. The win snapped a 19-game losing streak for the team, and was the first time they had beaten the Vikings in the school's history.

Daffodil Festival

Every year, Emerald Ridge participates in the Pierce County Daffodil Festival. A competition is held in house to select the Puyallup Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Emerald Ridge band accompanies the float of Emerald Ridge's princesses every year in the parade, held annually in April. The Queen and runners-up receive scholarships for post-high school education, and 2009 was the first year that one of ERHS's princesses was selected as Queen (Melanie Stambaugh).[8] In the 2013–2014 school year ERHS selected two Daffodil princesses. One of them went on to become the Daffodil Queen (Marissa Modestowicz).

JagWire newsmagazine

Emerald Ridge's official newspaper is newsmagazine. The paper was named by a Puyallup High School teacher and the adviser of the Viking Vanguard.

published a 28-page monthly newspaper for many years until it was dropped to a 16-page newsmagazine in 2010. During that time the print publication followed mostly the same design, until a redesign in 2010 led by then Editor-in-Chief Allie Rickard, the 2010–2011 WJEA Journalist of the Year.

During the 2014–2015 school year, dropped down to six 16-page publications that year instead of the usual eight. That same year started its online addition to the print publication, erhsjagwire.com, and set up social media accounts for Twitter (@GetJagWired) and Instagram (@erjagwire). The print publication also featured a new design, the first since 2010.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report Card - Washington State Report Card . 14 June 2024 . washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us.
  2. Book: Get Wet, Get Fit. 9781416553809. 22 August 2015. Jendrick. Megan Quann. Jendrick. Nathan. January 2008. Simon and Schuster .
  3. Web site: Seattle News and Events - 24-Year-Old Republican Baffles Democrats, Heads to the State. Seattle Weekly. 22 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150803121423/http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/955296-129/24-year-old-makes-history-has-washington-house. 3 August 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: JagWire : Emerald Ridge jaguars defeat Rogers rams to become king of the hill . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150812062725/http://erhsjagwire.com/1124/showcase/emerald-ridge-jaguars-defeat-rogers-rams-to-become-king-of-the-hill/ . 12 August 2015 . 22 August 2015 . erhsjagwire.com.
  5. Web site: High School Sports Blog. nwsource.com. 22 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224175418/http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/prepsports/2007/09/15/. 24 February 2012. dead.
  6. News: Despite heavy heart, ER's Maxfield closed out career strong . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116152755/http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/puyallup-herald/ph-sports/article66486622.html . 16 January 2017 . 13 January 2017 . thenewstribune.
  7. Web site: Timeline Photos - JagWire Newspaper - Facebook. facebook.com. 22 August 2015.
  8. Web site: Coronation/Queen_Coronation2009. daffodilfestival.net. 10 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20090409191047/http://www.daffodilfestival.net/Coronation/Queen_Coronation2009.htm. 9 April 2009. dead.
  9. Web site: JagWire : Awards and Honors . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150812084008/http://erhsjagwire.com/awards-and-recognitions/ . 12 August 2015 . 22 August 2015 . .
  10. Web site: NSPA - Contest Winners. studentpress.org. 22 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150511025112/http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/winners/npm06.html. 11 May 2015.
  11. Web site: 2015 NSPA Best of Show – Spring National High School Journalism Convention . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150826065909/http://studentpressblogs.org/nspa/2015-nspa-best-of-show-spring-national-high-school-journalism-convention/ . 26 August 2015 . 22 August 2015 . studentpressblogs.org.
  12. Web site: JagWire : The student news site of Emerald Ridge High School - Puyallup, Washington . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801073354/http://erhsjagwire.com/ . 1 August 2015 . 22 August 2015 . }}

    For the 2018–2019 school year the school district dropped the newspaper class at Emerald Ridge due to low student interest, marking the first year JagWire did not publish an issue. However, despite the continued absence of a newspaper class to run it, now exists as an exclusively online publication, with articles by volunteer students and staff. This online publication is found on jagwire.org, which replaced the old, now unavailable website.

    has won various state and national awards for its print publication, as well as numerous individual write-off awards from its staff members.

    • National Awards [9]
      • 2002 NSPA National Online Pacemaker Award for Jagwired.com (Phoenix, Arizona)
      • 2002 6th place NSPA Best of Show: Newspaper Special Issue (Phoenix, Arizona)
      • 2002 2nd place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (Phoenix, Arizona)
      • 2002 10th place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (Dallas, Texas)
      • 2002 Columbia Scholastic Press Association: Gold Medal Certificate (New York, New York)
      • 2003 6th place NSPA Best of Show: Newspaper Special Issue (Portland, Oregon)
      • 2003 6th place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (Portland, Oregon)
      • 2003 Columbia Scholastic Press Association: Silver Crown Certificate (New York, New York)
      • 2004 5th place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (San Diego, California)
      • 2005 NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker Award finalist (Seattle, Washington)
      • 2005 3rd place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (Seattle, Washington)
      • 2005 2nd Place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (Chicago, Illinois)
      • 2006 3rd place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (San Francisco, California)
      • 2006 7th Place NSPA Best of Show: Newsmagazine (Nashville, Tennessee)
      • 2006 NSPA National Newspaper Pacemaker Award winner (Nashville, Tennessee) [10]
      • 2006 NSPA Best Cover Design - Best of the High School Press
      • 2011 NSPA Best Special Coverage - Best of the High School Press
      • 2015 SNO Excellence in Writing badge for erhsjagwire.com
      • 2015 10th Place NSPA Best of Show: Newspaper Tabloid 16 or Fewer Pages (Denver, Colorado)[11]
    • State Awards
      • 2002 WJEA Best of Show Award
      • 2004 WJEA Best of Show Award
      • 2005 Edward R. Murrow Symposium Award: 1st place Best Edition (WSU: Pullman, Washington)
      • 2006 WJEA Best of Show Award
      • 2008 WJEA Best of Show Award

    See also

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