Timberline High School | |
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Address | |
22869 Highway 11 , | |
Coordinates | 46°26′07″N 115°53′14″W / 46.43528°N 115.88722°W |
Information | |
Type | Public[1] |
Established | 1969[3] |
School district | Orofino J.S.D. #171[2] |
Principal | Jason Hunter[2] |
Faculty | 7[2] |
Grades | 6–12[2] |
Enrollment | 109 (2016–17)[4] |
Color(s) | Black & gold[2] |
Athletics | IHSAA Class 1A |
Athletics conference | White Pine League |
Mascot | Spartan[2] |
Website | www |
Timberline Schools are a combined elementary and secondary school in Clearwater County, Idaho. Midway between Weippe and Pierce on Highway 11, the schools are operated by the Orofino Joint School District #171, headquartered to the west in Orofino.[2][5] The school colors are black and gold, and the mascot is a Spartan.[2]
The school was originally established as a high school. In 1969, a merger of the high schools of the two towns,[6][7][8][9] which dissolved the long-time athletic rivalry between the Pierce Foresters and Weippe Gorillas.[10][11] In 1979, the Pierce elementary building was built near the high school. In 2007, the Pierce and Weippe elementary schools combined at Timberline.[12] After Timberline opened, the gorilla mascot stayed in Weippe until the junior high closed and moved to Timberline in 1989. A gorilla caricature and large "W" adorn the 76-foot (23 m) high water tower in Weippe in the WHS school colors, red and black. Painted over in 2002, it returned five years later after extended civic debate.[13][14]
One of five schools in the school district,[15] THS currently enrolls 70 students in grades 9–12,[2] and about 80 in kindergarten through sixth grade. The school is located only 8 miles from Pierce, Idaho—the oldest city in Idaho.[16]