Glacier High School Charter

Not to be confused with Glacier High School.

Glacier High School Charter (GHS) is an American public charter high school located in Oakhurst, California.^[1] GHS shares its campus with Mountain Home School Charter.^[2]

Glacier High School Charter
Location
41267 CA-41, Oakhurst, 93644^[1] Madera County , California United States
Coordinates	37°20′54″N 119°38′29″W / 37.3483000°N 119.6413956°W / 37.3483000; -119.6413956
Information
Established	August 19, 2002^[1]^[2]
NCES District ID	0601555^[1]
NCES School ID	060155510541
Administrator	Michael Cox^[1]
Principal	Mindy Klang
Grades	9-12^[1]
Enrollment	126 (2018-2019)^[3]
Website	https://www.glacierhighcharter.org/

Overview

Student Demographics

As of the 2020-2021 school year, 126 students were enrolled at Glacier, with a student-teacher ratio of 14.6. The ethnic breakdown of the student body is 63.5% White, 20.6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3.2% African American, and 1.6% American Indian, with two or more races accounting for the remaining 7.1% of the student body.^[3]

History

After being chartered through the Yosemite Unified School District, GHS received final approval for operation from the California State Board of Education in June 2002. Glacier's first day of student attendance was 19 August 2002, with sixteen students enrolled. In 2006, a GHS satellite campus opened in Fresno county, later moving to a different location in Fresno county in 2015. In 2008-2009, GHS and Mountain Home School collaborated to form the non-profit educational institution Western Sierra Charter Schools.^[2] By the 2018-2019 school year, GHS had a student body of 126.

Extracurricular activities

Academic Decathlon

Glacier High has been a recurring participant in the Madera County Academic Decathlon competition since 2014. In the 2021 competition, GHS won the "Super Quiz" competition, and placed second in the main competition, behind Madera South High School by 51.7 points.^[4][5]

Poetry Out Loud

GHS won the Madera County Poetry Out Loud competition in early 2020, with a student advancing to the California state competition that was held March 15–16, 2020 in Sacramento.^[6]

Awards

On January 25, 2021, Glacier received the 2020 College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award.^[7]

See also

• List of high schools in California
• Oakhurst, California

References

1. "Glacier High School Charter". California Department of Education. October 26, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
2. "Our History". Glacier High School Charter. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
3. "Glacier High School Charter School". Niche. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
4. "Madera South edges Glacier Charter for county Academic Decathlon title". Sierra Star. February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
5. "Mountain Area High Schools Participate in Madera County Academic Decathalon [sic]". Sierra News Online. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
6. "Glacier High Sweeps Top Honors at 'Poetry Out Loud!' Competition". Sierra News Online. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
7. "AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award - 2020" (PDF). CollegeBoard. 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.