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Jesse O. Sanderson High School
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Location
5500 Dixon Drive Raleigh, NC 27609
Information
Type	Public
Established	1968
Principal	Gregory Decker
Faculty	approx. 100
Enrollment	approx. 1,894
Information	(919) 881-4800
Colors Mascot	Red and blue Spartan
Website	http://sandersonhs.wcpss.net

Jesse O. Sanderson High School (also called Sanderson High School, Sanderson High, and SHS), is one of the flagship co-educational 9-12 public high schools in the Wake County Public School System. The school was founded in 1968 and is named after a former superintendent of WCPSS, Jesse O. Sanderson. It is located at 5500 Dixon Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Sanderson runs on a 4x4 block schedule and is one of the few in Wake County to do so. It is known for its large stadium (known as Gregson Stadium), and for being located inside Raleigh's Greenway Trail System^[1], near the luxurious North Hills neighborhood in the county's House Creek Township outside Interstate 440.

[edit] Academics

As of 2006, the school has approximately 1,894 enrolled students and approximately 100 hired educators. 86 percent of its educators are fully licensed^[2].

[edit] Demographics

In the period 2003-2006, the school's student body was 62% Anglo American, 30% African American, 3% Hispanic American, 2% Asian American, 0% Native American, 0% other ethnicities, and 0% economically disadvantaged.^[3]

[edit] Sports

Sanderson's sports team play under the Spartan identity. The school's motto is "Sumus Spartani. Sumus Optimi." which is Latin for "We are the Spartans. We are the best."

Sanderson's men's soccer team has won eleven 4A state soccer championships. They also once held the national record for most consecutive wins at 103.

Sanderson's men's cross country team won the 2009 NCHSAA 4A State Championship at Tanglewood Park, coached by Jason Bochert.

[edit] Clubs

Student publications are Grains of Sand, the literary magazine; Lakonikos, the yearbook and Sandscript, the student newspaper.

Sanderson offers a variety of student clubs, including a handful of national organizations as well as a series of local organizations. Some of the national organizations Sanderson offers are Academy of Finance, Air Force JROTC, Amnesty International, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Key Club, National Honor Society, PETA, GSA, Red Team, Young Democrats, Science Olympiad, and SADD.

[edit] Sanderson in society

Sanderson is a major sponsor of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina's Food Drive. In its 2008 food drive, the school collected 176,496.5 pounds of food.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1990s, Sanderson High School was noted to be frequently and heavily vandalized by outsiders travelling through the city's greenway parks.^[4]

[edit] Principal

Gregory Decker became principal in the fall of 2008 after his predecessor, Cathy Moore, was promoted to assistant superintendent.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Steve Dobrogosz, pianist and composer (1974)
• David Sedaris, noted author and humorist (1975)
• Amy Sedaris, author, humorist and actress; creator and star of the "Strangers with Candy" television series on Comedy Central and the 2006 major motion picture release of the same title (1979)
• Caleb Norkus, Professional Soccer Player, UNC Varsity Soccer, Carolina Railhawks (19

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website