Glencoe High School

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Glencoe High School is a public secondary school in Hillsboro, Oregon's Hillsboro School District. It was founded in 1980 to help control the growing density of Hillsboro High School due to the town's rapid expansion. Glencoe is classified as a 4A school.

Glencoe High School

Superintendent/Principal Administrator Carol Loughner
School type Public
Religious affiliation None
Founded 1980
Location Hillsboro, Oregon
Enrollment 1,530 - 2004
Faculty X
Campus surroundings Suburban
Mascot Crimson Tide
School color(s) Crimson, Black and White

**Glencoe High School**

Superintendent/Principal Administrator	Carol Loughner
School type	Public
Religious affiliation	None
Founded	1980
Location	Hillsboro, Oregon
Enrollment	1,530 - 2004
Faculty	X
Campus surroundings	Suburban
Mascot	Crimson Tide
School color(s)	Crimson, Black and White

Contents

1 Mascot
2 Advanced Offerings
3 Extracurricular Offerings
4 Notable alumni
5 External links

Mascot

Glencoe's mascot is the Crimson Tide. The official Crimson Tide icon is known as Mr. Tide Guy, and is portrayed as an angry wave with fists. Mr. Tide Guy is on nearly all official school mailings, and is often placed in the yearbook as if he were a student. The official mascot at football games and selected other events is Captain Crimson. Captain Crimson was adopted in the early beginnings of Glencoe High School, due to the fact that Mr. Tide Guy would have proved difficult to accurately portray in costume form. The Captain Crimson uniform consists of spandex tights, a spandex long-sleeved shirt with 'Captain Crimson' emblazoned on the front, a pair of crimson basketball shorts, a crimson and black cape, and large prosthetic muscles. The position is ceremoniously handed down through student council to an unusually enthusiastic incoming senior.

Advanced Offerings

Glencoe offers the following Advanced Placement courses:

AP Biology
AP Calculus
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science
AP English Language
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Physics
AP United States History

Extracurricular Offerings

Glencoe offers many extracurricular activities, including:

Two symphonic bands
Jazz band
Cheerleading
Four choirs (Singers, Crimson Choir, Concert Choir and Select Ensemble)
Dance and Drill team
The award-winning Crimson Times student newspaper
Student council
Theatre
Yearbook staff

Glencoe is mostly recognized for its Dance and Drill team, also known as the Tidettes. The Tidettes are coached by Sami Hayden and Amy Danielson. The team has won twelve out of the last seventeen state championships in the Large Show Division in Oregon. In 2005, the Tidettes placed 5th. In 2006, they placed 4th.

Glencoe also offers several sports:

Baseball
Men's and Women's Basketball
Men's and Women's Cross-country
Football
Men's and Women's Golf
Men's and Women's Ski team
Men's and Women's Soccer
Softball
Men's and Women's Swim team
Men's and Women's Tennis
Men's and Women's Track and Field
Volleyball
Water Polo
Wrestling

Glencoe has won state championships in track and field, both men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, and football (twice, in 1983 and 1994). Glencoe's sporting teams compete in the Metro League, but this affiliation will change in the 2006-2007 school year when Oregon switches to a from a 4A to 5A classification system.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Glencoe High School include:

Ben Petrick, former Major League Baseball player for the Colorado Rockies; [link]
Erik Ainge, quarterback for the University of Tennessee's American football team.
Kurt Bierek, former 6th round 3rd baseman for the New York Yankees.

External links

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