Herriman High School

Herriman High School (HHS) is a public high school in Herriman, Utah, United States. It serves students from the cities of Herriman, South Jordan, and Riverton. The school is a two-level facility, situated on a 50-acre campus, with views of the Salt Lake Valley and mountain ranges to the east and west.[2] The school derived its mascot from the wild mustang horses that used to roam the southwestern corner of the Salt Lake Valley until they were relocated shortly after the school opened.[3]

Herriman High School
Herriman High School
Address
11917 South 6000 West

Herriman
,
Utah

United States
Coordinates40°32′02″N 112°01′53″W
Information
TypePublic
EstablishedAugust 2010
School districtJordan School District
PrincipalTodd Quarnberg
Teaching staff122.59 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment3,207 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio26.16[1]
Color(s)Maroon, navy blue and gold    
MascotMustangs
Websitewww.herrimanhigh.org

History

Herriman High School was opened in 2010 at the cost of $75 million and saw the construction of a main building with a capacity of 3,000 students, an auditorium, cafeteria, football stadium with synthetic turf, tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, parking lots, and driving range.[4][5] The school also houses a ceramic studio complete with three kiln ovens and a class set of throwing wheels, a fully equipped automative garage, and a wood workshop.[6][7]

The high school draws students from nearby Copper Mountain Middle School, Fort Herriman Middle School, and previously Elk Ridge Middle School.[8]

In 2017, out of concerns of overcrowding and transportation for the commuting students, another High School was built in Herriman: Mountain Ridge High School.[9]

In January 2018, Herriman High School came under international scrutiny for censoring the school's student newspaper after an investigation by its student journalists exposed how a teacher was fired for exchanging inappropriate text messages with a 17-year-old student.[10] The school's choice to prevent the publishing of the article resulted in them being given the Jefferson Muzzle Award.[11] The Jordan School District that Herriman High operates in was queried by multiple U.S. news media organizations about the censorship and free speech rights of students, including the Washington Post, to which a spokesperson for the District replied: “[We] encourage thought-provoking, informative and accurate reporting of all stories in our school newspapers.”[12]

In April 2019 The Wall Street Journal published a report which described how the High School may have suffered a mental health crisis the previous year.[13] At least 7 students died by suicide during the school's 2017-2018 calendar year.[14][15]

Athletics

Herriman High School has an athletics department that includes baseball, basketball, cross country, drill team, football, golf, hockey, marching band, rugby, soccer, softball, swim, tennis, track, volleyball, water-polo, and wrestling.[16]

Herriman competes yearly in sports competition at the state level, and have won the Utah 4A boys cross country championship once in 2012 and the Utah 4A girls cross country championships twice in 2012 and 2013. They were 6A softball champions in 2018-2019. The Herriman boys track and field team took home the state title in 2014, 2015, as well as 2016 for both boys and girls. Herriman was the winner of the 5A boys state football championship in 2015.[17]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Herriman High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. "Herriman High".
  3. O'Donoghue, By Amy Joi (2011-10-12). "BLM wild horse center in Herriman to shut its doors".
  4. "Annual School Plant Capital Outlay Report Fiscal Year 2010-11".
  5. "Artificial turf: Lead threat sets off alarms".
  6. "WHS GRAMA request - schedule of payments" (PDF). Wasatch Taxpayers Association.
  7. "WHS GRAMA Request - sch. of pymts and change orders" (PDF). Wasatch Taxpayers Association.
  8. "Final 2019-20 Boundaries | Jordan School District". Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  9. Roberts, Alyssa (2018-09-25). "With 5 new schools under construction, Jordan district outlines possible boundary changes". KUTV. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  10. Proulx, Natalie (2019-05-09). "Should Schools Be Allowed to Censor Student Newspapers? (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  11. "Utah high school receives tongue-in-cheek 'award' for censoring its student newspaper". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  12. Rosenberg, Eli (January 24, 2018). "Their school deleted an article on a teacher's firing. So these teens published it themselves".
  13. Lovett, Ian (12 April 2019). "One Teenager Killed Himself. Six More Followed". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  14. "'We're racking our brains': A series of teen suicides has left the Herriman High School community searching for answers". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  15. Roe, Ginna (22 August 2018). "After 7 suicides, new club at Herriman High aims to make a difference". KUTV News.
  16. "Herriman High School". Herriman High School. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  17. "Utah High School Activities Association Sports Records Book" (PDF).
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