Robert Service High School is a public

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. It had an enrollment of 1,779 students as of August 2, 2016. Serving grades 9 through 12, the school was named for the poet

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. Part of the

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, the school opened in 1971 and was the last of four high schools built by the district (its lineal predecessor, the Anchorage Independent School District) within a decade. Service High originally operated as Service-Hanshew; as was the case common within Anchorage during that time,

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s shared a single building. Included in the case with other junior-senior high schools in Anchorage, a separate structure was built to educate the junior student body and referred as

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in the period of the

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. This is located approximately two miles west of Service along the Lake Otis Parkway. The school completed a partial renovation in 2005. The official school colors are green and gold, and its

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. Service High School's current principal is Imtiaz Azzam.

Demographics

The ethnic and gender demographics for Service High School during the 2013-14 year were the following: A total of 34% of the school was categorized as economically disadvantaged as measured by the number of students who qualified for a free or reduced price lunch.

Accreditation

Service High School is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and participates in sports and extramural activities sponsored by the

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Notable alumni

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* Emma Broyles,

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* Gus Schumacher, World Cup and Olympic cross-country skier, 2024 Minneapolis World Cup Champion (2018 graduate) * Thomas A. Birkland, professor of public policy at

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* Matthew Burtner, musician, composer, and inventor of the metasaxophone (1988 graduate) * Brandon Dubinsky,

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from Eagle River (1976 graduate) * Tyler Kornfield (born 1991), Olympic cross-country skier (2009 graduate) *

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, Wikipedia co-founder (1986 graduate) *

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and

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analyst (1984 graduate) * Jeremy Teela, 2002, 2006, 2010 US Olympian, Biathlon (1995 graduate) *

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, member of the

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from

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(class of 1980)"Legislative Guide 2015", p. 12

References

External links

*
Freshman Academy

The Seminar School

Biomedical Career Academy

Leadership Academy
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