Ironwood High School

Ironwood High School
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6051 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale AZ 85304
Information
TypePublic Secondary
MottoIt's Just Better Here #IJBH
Established1986 with its first graduating class in 1989
PrincipalRussell Dunham
Teaching staff88.57 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,885 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio21.28[1]
Color(s)    Red and grey
MascotEagle
AIA Class5A Conference
WebsiteIronwood Home Page

Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened in August 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989. Since 2005, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. It is the district's third-largest high school by enrollment.

Academics

IB Program

In April 2005, Ironwood High School began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors. Since 2005, the school has graduated over 100 full diploma members. Ironwood offers the standard five areas of English, History, Science (Physics and Biology), Foreign Language (French and Spanish), and Math, as well as numerous six area courses. The six area courses offered include Art, Computer Science, Economics, Music, Photo, Physics, and Theatre. The school also offers a two-year AIM program sponsored by the district in order to prepare pre-IB students. Ironwood offers the IB/AIM Club as a way to support IB and Pre-IB students.

Advanced Placement Program

Ironwood offers numerous Advanced Placement courses. These include higher level computer science, history, math, and science.

Arts

Choir

There are five choir groups at Ironwood:

  • Excelsis (formerly Chamber Singers)
  • Ironmen (formerly Men of Iron[wood])
  • Ea-gals (formerly Girls' Ensemble)
  • Mixed Choir
  • Concert Choir

Dance

  • Beginning Dance
  • Advanced Dance
  • Performance Dance
  • Dance Club

Music

Ironwood is home to three bands:

  • Marching Band
  • Jazz Band
  • Concert Band

Sports

Clubs and activities

The following is a list of clubs offered at Ironwood High School as of the fall of 2011. Ironwood also formerly offered Hockey as a club.[2][better source needed][3][better source needed][4][better source needed]

Feeder schools

The following are K-8 schools that feed into Ironwood:

  • Copperwood
  • Desert Palms[5]
  • Desert Valley[6]
  • Heritage
  • Marshall Ranch[7]
  • Sahuaro Ranch[8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ironwood High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Ironwood High School Yearbook 2007
  3. ^ Ironwood High School Yearbook 2008
  4. ^ Article title
  5. ^ Desert Palms
  6. ^ Desert Valley
  7. ^ Marshall Ranch
  8. ^ Sahuaro Ranch
  9. ^ "Noah Beck". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  10. ^ Cruz, Danny. "Danny Cruz". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  11. ^ Ernster, Paul (December 2008). "Paul Ernster". nfl.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

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