Seminole High School (Oklahoma)

Seminole High School is a public high school located in Seminole, Oklahoma, operated by Seminole Public Schools.

Seminole High School
The former Seminole High School was built in 1930 and used until 2015.
Address
2703 Highway 9 West Seminole, Oklahoma 74868
Coordinates	35°14′06″N 96°38′58″W[1]
Information
Motto	Tradition never graduates
Opened	1902
Superintendent	Bob Gragg
Principal	David Dean
Faculty	28.70 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	451 (2022-23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	15.71[2]
Color(s)
Team name	Chieftains
Newspaper	The Big Chieftain
Website	www.sps.k12.ok.us/o/shs

As of the 2006–07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 482 students and 30.6 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.8.^[3]

In 2015, students were moved out of the high school due to safety concerns with the building that was originally built in 1930.^[4] In 2017, Seminole voters approved construction of a brand new high school to be built on the northwest side of the city.^[5] In January 2020, at the beginning of the second semester of the 2019–2020 school year, the students were moved out of the temporary building with the new facility having been completed.

Notable alumni

• Ronald Chase, artist, film maker, opera designer
• Edmond Harjo (Seminole, 1917–2014), Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Code Talker during World War II, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal^[6]
• Troy Smith (1922-2009), founder of Sonic Drive-In^[7]
• Stewart Stover, former professional football player^[8]
• Heather Wahlquist, actress^[9]
• William C. Wantland, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire^[10]
• Mary Jo Watson (Seminole) art historian and director emeritus of the University of Oklahoma's Art and Art History
• Don E. Schultz, considered the "father of Integrated Marketing Communications"^[11]