Skyline High School (Sammamish, Washington)
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Skyline High School is a public high school in the Issaquah School District of King County, Washington, USA. It is the district’s newest high school, having opened in 1997. Its 50 acres straddle the Sammamish Plateau and act as a community center for the plateau region and the recently incorporated City of Sammamish.
Their biggest rival in sports in Bellevue High School at the 3A level. Eastlake High School is also considered their biggest rival in the 4A level because the two school are less than a mile away from each other.
[edit] Football
The third season, 1999, was the break-out year for the Spartans as they played in many “come from behind” games and ended the season with a 7-2 record, tied for second place. The fourth season, 2000, of Skyline football was a perfect 13-0 season which included a double overtime win over Mercer Island and a state championship. This year also marked the first graduating class from Skyline and the first group of seniors to have played all four years in Varsity competition at the high school.
In 2002, the team provided another thrilling season marked particularly by their performance in what will always be remembered as “the” game—the double overtime win against Bellevue. Skyline’s attempted field goal was left untouched and a Spartan lineman ran it into the end zone. The season ended in week eleven in the state quarterfinals--a 9-2 season and one game short of another match up with Bellevue.
The 2003 season was a building year after graduating many senior starters from the previous season and ended in a 7-3 season. In 2004, Skyline moved up to the 4A classification. The 2004 team fell one game short of the 4A State Championship but the 2005 team won their second undefeated season and state championship in just 9 short years. In 2006, Skyline reverted back to the 3A league.
[edit] Co-Curricular activities
Skyline DECA is the largest student organization on campus with over 160 members. The chapter has achieved success in both community services and structured competitions. Having raised $30,000 for Make-A-Wish and other local charities is a hallmark of this group. On a competitive level, in both 2004 and 2005 the Spartans qualified more students to the state level than any other chapter in the sixty-year history of Washington DECA, which has over 10,000 members. In 2006, the chapter qualified forty-six to the DECA National competition, more than any other school in the United States. At Nationals, seven students Received Top 10 in the Nation Honors; three of them made 3rd Place.
The Skyline orchestra, Skyline Symphony, performed May 2005 at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City and is planning to perform there again May 2007.
Skyline's JSA chapter has also had some of the highest attendance at the major conventions and congresses. The Skyline Chapter has also won the chapter of the year award for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years. There is also high invovlement in cabinet and the elected positions with Skyline students. The PNW (Pacific North West) has had a governor from Skyline for two years in a row, 2005-2006 and 2006 to 2007.
