Poston Butte High School
| Poston Butte High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 32375 N Gantzel Rd, San Tan Valley, AZ 85143 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| School district | Florence Unified School District |
| Principal | Shannon Anderson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,600 (October 1, 2012)[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and orange |
| Mascot | TUFF The Bronco |
| Website | School site |
Poston Butte High School is a high school in San Tan Valley, Arizona in the Florence Unified School District. It opened July 20, 2009.
Contents
Location and feeder schools
Location
Poston Butte High School is located in San Tan Valley, an unincorporated area of Pinal County. San Tan Valley is serviced by three unified school districts: Florence, J. O. Combs, and Coolidge.[2] Poston Butte is part of the Florence Unified School District. The district is geographically very large and divided into two distinct areas: the greater Florence area and the more highly populated Hunt Highway corridor.[3] PBHS is located in the Hunt Highway area and is 20.4 miles from Florence High School and the Florence USD district offices.[4]
Feeder schools
Five Florence USD elementary schools feed into Poston Butte High School: Circle Cross Ranch K-8, Skyline Ranch K-8, Walker Butte K-8, Copper Basin K-8, and Magma Ranch K-8.[5]
One-to-one computing
Poston Butte High School does not employ textbooks. Instead, the school's one-to-one computing policy provides an outdated laptop to each student in lieu of textbooks.[6]
The first school to use one-to-one computing in Arizona was Empire High School, which started doing so in 2005. Florence district officials worked with Empire to implement a similar program at Poston Butte in 2009.[7] After successful implementation at Poston Butte, it was expanded to Florence High School in 2010.[8]
First graduating class
The first class graduated from Poston Butte on May 30, 2012.[9] It had 253 students.
Noteworthy Programs
Culinary Arts
The Poston Butte High School Culinary Arts Center is home to the Florence Unified School District Culinary Arts Program. The program is available to students of both high schools through the Arizona Career and Technical Education (CTE) program.[10] Since its inception, the Florence program has won the Pinal County High School Culinary Arts Competition each year.[11]
Band
Poston Butte High School offers the following band programs: marching band, concert band, two jazz bands, and multiple guitar classes. The jazz and marching bands have won numerous awards in competition.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ AIA Divisions & Sections – Initial Division Placement by Sport-Enrollment – 2013–2015. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2013-03-14.
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- ↑ http://www.fusdaz.org/OurDISTRICT/20102011Boundaries/HighSchoolBoundaries/tabid/1725/Default.aspx
- ↑ http://www.fusdaz.org/OurDISTRICT/AboutUs/OnetoOneComputing/tabid/5114/Default
- ↑ http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/08/27/20090827postonbutte0827.html Poston Butte high-school students go digital
- ↑ http://santanvalleytoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=680:florence-high-school-says-goodbye-to-textbooks&catid=78:august-2010[dead link]
- ↑ http://www.trivalleycentral.com/articles/2012/06/07/florence_reminder_blade_tribune/schools_and_education/doc4fcfddf3d72e8566591920.txt[dead link]
- ↑ http://www.azed.gov/career-technical-education/files/2011/08/fy-2013-cte-program-list-with-options.pdf FY 2013 Program List
- ↑ http://santanvalleytoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2216%3Abrophers-win-big-at-cte-competition&catid=65%3Aeducation&Itemid=145[dead link]
