Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School

Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School
Address
9105 NE 9th ST
Vancouver, Washington
United States
Coordinates 45°37′38″N 122°34′46″W / 45.6273°N 122.5794°W / 45.6273; -122.5794Coordinates: 45°37′38″N 122°34′46″W / 45.6273°N 122.5794°W / 45.6273; -122.5794
Information
Type Secondary
Motto Rise Above
Established 2013
School district Evergreen School District
Principal Julie Tumelty
Grades 9 - 12
Color(s) Blue & White
Mascot Phoenix
Website https://www.helacell.org

Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, commonly known as "Hela High", is a high school located in Vancouver, Washington. It is the most recent high school built in the Evergreen Public Schools, and one of six high schools in the district. The school's colors are light Blue, dark blue and Grey. The schools mascot is the Phoenix. The schools principal is Julie Tumelty. The school has 35 staff members.

History

Opening in 2013, HeLa was the sixth high school built in the Evergreen School District.. Construction began in 2011 after the completion of Union High School in 2007. Major funding for the construction of the school came from PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center as well as numerous other hospitals, clinics and research facilities in Vancouver, WA. and Portland, OR. The school was named after Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who was the unwitting donor of medical research cells (derived from a cancerous tumor) which were cultured to create the first known human immortal cell line.

Academic programs

HeLa High offers students a full high school curriculum with a focus on medical careers. Students will choose from four program areas, and will participate in job shadows and internships during their junior and senior year.

The four programs of study are:

Students are enrolled in a rigorous curriculum that includes all of the basic core classes, math, science, English, and history, as well as their specific science electives. Many classes offered at HeLa are not offered at traditional high schools. HeLa also offers a variety of other electives including music, digital arts, world languages and leadership. HeLa High students are supported by an advocacy program called Helix, The Helix program will focus on student achievement, college and career goals and advisory capstone research projects. Through this program, and the small school atmosphere, and students will be well known by school staff.

Clubs and extra-curricular activities

HeLa has many clubs and extra-curricular actives offered to students, including

Athletics

The opportunity to participate in athletics is a privilege granted to all eligible students at HeLa High School who maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 and also maintain passing grades in 6 of 7 classes. HeLa High School Students will be allowed to participate in athletics at their neighborhood schools.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy

Evergreen Public Schools have recently adopted a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. This policy will allow students to bring many of their own technology devices to school for use in our classrooms. They will now be incorporating the use of such items as laptops, tablets, netbooks and cell phones with browsing capabilities for educational purposes only.

See also

References

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