Flowing Wells High School

Public high school in Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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Flowing Wells High School (est. 1954) is a secondary school in Tucson, Arizona. It is the primary high school in the Flowing Wells Unified School District, the other being Sentinel Peak High School.

Curriculum

Flowing Wells offers several AP courses, including Biology, Psychology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, U.S. History, European History, Human Geography, Macro/Micro Economics, English III and IV, Pre-calculus, Calculus AB, Computer Science Principals, Spanish, and Statistics.^[3] AP Music Theory has also been offered in the past. The school also offers many CTE and fine arts classes for students, along with having JTED classes. Flowing Wells also has a dual-enrollment programme with Pima Community College.

The high school also places a high value on arts education and never charges students fees for sports participation, with items such as sports uniforms being free for all participating students.

Flowing Wells awards two different kinds of diplomas,^[4] a standard or "blue" diploma matching state graduation requirements,^[5] and a "gold" advanced studies diploma, earned by having two foreign language credits and having at least a 3.0 GPA.^[6] A valedictorian, salutatorian, seniors graduating with distinction, Arizona Academic Scholars, and a Seal of Biliteracy are also recognised upon graduation.

Traditions

The Flowing Wells High School has many traditions, such as large and loud pep assemblies every quarter of the school year with the game lover's leap being played beforehand. Spirit Week (where a theme is chosen every day that students are encouraged to dress as) is similarly done before pep assemblies. Every day during morning announcements, Jim Brunenkant asks a trivia question. A number is also given, and whoever the nth student to correctly answer the question is given a prize.

Awards

In 1968, it won the National Bellamy Award.^{[citation needed]}
In the 1986–87 school year, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.^[7]
A+ School of Excellence Award (1986, 1991, 2002, 2004, 2023)^[8]

Notable alumni

Dominick Cruz – professional mixed martial artist, former UFC Bantamweight Champion^[9]^[10]
Mo Elleithee – A political campaign strategist and current executive director of Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service^[11]^[12]^[13]
Marcus Titus – deaf American swimmer who made it as far as eighth place in the 2012 Olympic Trials.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Flowing Wells High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Flowing Wells High School". Arizona Interscholastic Association. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ http://www.fwhs.flowingwellsschools.org/filestore/FW_District_SchoolProfile_031113.pdf^{[permanent dead link]} Flowing Wells School Profile
^ http://fwhs.flowingwellsschools.org/filestore/FWHSCourseCatalog_021113.pdf Archived March 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Flowing Wells High School Course Catalog, Page 16
^ "High School Graduation Requirements". Arizona Department of Education.
^ "Flowing Wells High School Course Catalog" (PDF). Flowing Wells High School. March 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "LIST OF A+ SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE® AWARDEES | Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF®)". www.azedfoundation.org. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Dominick Cruz UFC Profile". Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^ "Dominick Cruz Alumni". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^ Beyond the Cab Days – An Alumni Newsletter
^ "Morlock: Ex-Tucsonan to advise Clinton campaign – Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 1 (2006–2009)". tucsoncitizen.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
^ "National Political Veteran to Lead Politics and Public Service Institute". www.georgetown.edu. June 2, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.