Nile C. Kinnick High School | |
Motto: | Home of the Red Devils. |
Location: | US Fleet Activities Yokosuka |
Country: | Japan |
Type: | DoDEA high school |
Principal: | Kira Hurst |
Head: | Quiana Obeng |
Head Label: | Assistant principal |
Ceeb: | 561940 |
Grades: | 9-12 |
Enrollment: | 657[1] |
Sports: | Yes |
Mascot: | Red Devils |
Nickname: | Yo-Hi Devils |
Team Name: | Red Devils |
Free 1: | F.I.R.E: Fortitude, Integrity, Responsibility, and an Enterprising Spirit |
Colors: | Red and white |
Song: | Alma Mater (Tune: “Far above Cayuga’s Waters”) |
Fight Song: | Fight Song (Tune: “Our Director”) |
Free Label: | Guiding Principles |
Nile C. Kinnick High School is a U.S. military-operated school that originally opened in Yokohama, Japan in 1946 during the occupation after World War II.[2] The school later moved to US Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan in 1971, but kept the Yo-Hi Red Devils mascot to honor the schools beginnings. The school was named after Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. in 1990.[1] [3] Kinnick High School usually has around 600 students and is about 45 km from Tokyo.