Cheney High School is a four-year public high school in
Cheney, Washington
Cheney ( ) is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The full-time resident population was 13,255 as of the 2020 census. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney. When classes are in session at EWU, the city's populati ...
, United States serving the
Cheney School District
Cheney School District No. 360 is a public school district in Spokane County, Washington and serves the towns of Cheney, Airway Heights, and the surrounding area. The district offers classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
As of 2018, the dis ...
. The school has a population of 1,300 students in grades 9–12, with more than 70 full-time equivalent teaching staff. Cheney athletic teams compete in the
Greater Spokane League (3A class) as the
Blackhawks, and the school colors are red and black.
Reports of sexual abuse
Cheney high schools
music director
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from 1982-1986 Micheal Alstad has been accused of abusing students at the time he worked at the school. the student that claimed to have been abused by Micheal Alstad had said that the
Cheney school district
Cheney School District No. 360 is a public school district in Spokane County, Washington and serves the towns of Cheney, Airway Heights, and the surrounding area. The district offers classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
As of 2018, the dis ...
had known that he was abusing students but had not done anything to stop him.
Building
In 1929, voters approved the construction of a new high school, after school district consolidation was anticipated to exceed the capacity of the existing building, which was completed in 1913. Plans were drawn up to move the junior high into the 1913 building, demolish an older building (1893) and reuse its bricks for the construction of a new school. The first event at the new building was a basketball game against
Davenport High School, held on January 7, 1930; students and teachers moved in two weeks later, on January 22.
In 1966, a new open-campus high school was built at the present location on North 6th Street; junior high classes were moved to the 1930 high school, which was renamed Fisher Junior High. When the new junior high school building was completed in 1977, the 1930 high school building was taken over and reused as administrative offices by the school district until 2012,
[ when offices were moved to the former Nike missile base designated F-37 on Andrus Road near Four Lakes.
The high school was remodeled in 1970 and 1993 to enclose the campus and add a second story, totaling of floor area; a new addition was completed in 2020 to add 17 classrooms, a student commons, auditorium, and athletic facilities, with a total combined area of . The total cost of the expansion was estimated at $28.53 million in 2017.
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Activities
Cheney High School competes in the Greater Spokane League (GSL), moving up to the WIAA 3A classification for the 2020–21 school year. Previously, Cheney had competed in the Great Northern League (GNL), which was reorganized from the Frontier League in 1998, in the 2A/AA class. In 2002, Cheney entered the GSL as a 3A class school, but was reclassed to 2A in 2004 and returned to the GNL.
State championships
Source:[Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association]
Tournament History: Championship Information
*Boys cross country: 1989
*Girls cross country: 2012
*Boys golf: 1989
*Boys soccer: 2013
*Boys tennis: 1981
*Boys track and field: 2018
*Boys wrestling: 1989
*Volleyball: 1987
Notable alumni
* Michael P. Anderson
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster ...
('77), astronaut
* Steve Emtman
Steven Charles Emtman (born April 16, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Washington and was selected first ov ...
('88), professional football player
* Kelsey Cook, stand-up comedian
References
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High schools in Spokane County, Washington
Public high schools in Washington (state)