Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School

This article is about the school in Oregon. For the school in Nevada, see Bonanza High School.

Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School is a junior/senior public high school located in Bonanza, Oregon, United States.

Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School
Address
31610 Mission Street Bonanza , (Klamath County) , Oregon 97623 US
Coordinates	42.200165°N 121.406256°W / 42.200165; -121.406256
Information
Type	Public
School district	Klamath County School District[1][2]
Principal	Jordan Osborn[2]
Teaching staff	14.04 (FTE)[3]
Grades	7-12[2]
Number of students	190 (2019–20)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	13.53[3]
Color(s)	Red, white and black       [1]
Athletics conference	OSAA Mountain View Conference 1A-3[1]
Mascot	Antlers[1]
Website	www.kcsd.k12.or.us/schools/bonanza-high/

Background

The school serves students in grades 7 through 12 in the city of Bonanza, as well as the outlying communities of Sprague River, Dairy, Bly, Beatty, and Langell Valley, the Yonna and Poe valley areas, and the surrounding region.^[4][5] The school's bus drivers drive 520 miles a day, because the school's attendance area covers nearly 950 square miles, with students living as far as 55 miles from the school and having to travel on the school bus up to three hours a day.^[4]

The school building also houses Bonanza Elementary School, serving K through 6th grade.^[6] Collectively the school is called Bonanza School, and the high school portion is known as Bonanza High School.^[1][5]

Building

Construction of the current school building began in 1944, after a fire destroyed the previous school in 1943.^[7] The center and right wings of the school were set to be completed in early 1945, and the remaining wing was to be completed when more funds became available.^[7]

Athletics

The school's mascot is the "Antlers" and the team colors are scarlet, black, and white. The school belongs to the Oregon School Activities Association and participates in the Mountain View Conference. Sports teams play in Class 2A-3, based on school enrollment.

References

1. "Bonanza High School". OSAA. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
2. "Oregon School Directory 2016-2017" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. pp. 42–43. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
3. "Bonanza Junior/Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
4. Ochoa, Art (October 26, 2016). "Executive Summary Bonanza Junior/Senior High School, Klamath County SD". AdvancED. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
5. "Bonanza, Oregon HEAL MAPPS Community Report 2015" (PDF). Oregon State University Extension Service. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
6. Heidrich, Delana. "Bonanza". Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
7. "New Bonanza High School". Herald and News. September 9, 1944. Retrieved June 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• "Bonanza School: Then and Now", by Donald V. Philpott from Klamath Country History, Klamath County Historical Society, 1984