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Charles A. Sprague High School
Location
Map
2373 Kuebler Road S

Salem
,
(Marion County)
,
Oregon
97302

United States

44°53′13″N 123°04′40″W / 44.886988°N 123.077743°W / 44.886988; -123.077743
Information
TypePublic
Opened1972
School district
Salem-Keizer School District
Principal
Chad Barkes
Teaching staff
72.08 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,765 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
24.49[1]
ColorsOlympic orange and white
    [2]
Athletics conference
OSAA Central Valley Conference 6A-6[3]
MascotOlympian[3]
Team nameOlympians[4]
RivalSouth Salem High School
NewspaperThe Oracle
Feeder schools
Crossler Middle School,
Judson Middle School[5]
Websitesprague.salkeiz.k12.or.us

Charles A. Sprague High School, known as Sprague High School (SHS), is a high school in the Sunnyslope neighborhood of Salem, Oregon, United States. The school is named after Charles A. Sprague, who served as Oregon's governor from 1939 to 1943.

Academics

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In the 2017–18 school year, 87.9% of Sprague's seniors received a high school diploma, compared to a statewide rate of 77%. Of 365 students, 321 graduated and 30 dropped out.

In the 2017–18 school year, Sprague's test scores were significantly higher than the state averages. In English, Sprague had 84% of students meeting state standards compared to the 70% state average, 46% in math compared to 33% statewide, and 81% in science compared to the 54% state average.

The racial makeup of Sprague currently consists of 74% white, 11% Hispanic, 15% other.

Music activities

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Grammy Signature School recognition

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Sprague has been recognized as a Grammy Signature School in many years.[6] This program is designed to honor exceptional public high school music programs across the country.

  • 2009: GRAMMY Signature Schools[6]
  • 2008: GRAMMY Signature Schools[7]
  • 2000: National GRAMMY Signature School[6]
  • 1999: GRAMMY Signature Schools Gold[6]

Orchestra

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Since the orchestral program was created in 1986, Sprague's Camerata Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra have won a combined 25 Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) State Championships, and the program flourished under the direction of Steve A. Nelson. In addition, Sprague is the only high school in Oregon to have won state championships in all four OSAA music categories (String Orchestra, Full Orchestra, Choir, and Band) in a single year (1998).[8] Beginning in 1993, and every fourth year until 2005 (1997, 2001, 2005), Sprague's Orchestra Program has traveled to Austria, where the Camerata has been named the "Top High School String Orchestra in the World" on multiple occasions after winning the Vienna Youth and Music Festival in 1997 and 2005. The orchestras are currently directed by Lisa Rael.

  • State Championships:
  • Full Orchestra: 1988, 1996–99, 2001–03, 2006, 2011
  • String Orchestra: 1990, 1993, 1995–2000, 2002, 2004–06, 2009–11

Choir

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Choir director Russ Christensen was named the Oregon Music Educator of the year for 2007. The choir placed or tied for first in OSAA state choir championships in 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2017. The choir is now directed by Dr. Robert David Brown.[9]

Concert Band

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Sprague band has participated in many Heritage Festivals[10] in Anaheim and San Francisco, California over the years. Below is list of the accomplishments by participation year:

Year Event Band Ranking
2008 Heritage Festivals, Anaheim Wind Ensemble Gold 1st
2008 Heritage Festivals, Anaheim Wind Symphony Silver
2001 Heritage Festivals, Anaheim Wind Ensemble Gold 1st
2001 Heritage Festivals, Anaheim Symphonic Band Silver 1st
2001 Heritage Festivals, San Francisco Jazz Band I Gold 1st
2000 Heritage Festivals, San Francisco Jazz Band Gold 1st
2000 Heritage Festivals, San Francisco Jazz Band Gold 2nd
2000 Heritage Festivals, San Francisco Wind Ensemble Gold 1st
2000 Heritage Festivals, San Francisco Concert Band Gold 1st

Marching band

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The first two months of each school year is marching band season. To start the season off, two weeks in August are spent on marching band camp. Members of Sprague Band assemble with the Color Guard practice drills, straighten lines and create a show for competition with other high school marching bands within Oregon, Washington, California, and Idaho. Most are members of the Northwest Association of Performing Artists.

Year[11] Event Class rank Class captions Event rank Event captions
2018 U of O Festival of Bands 3rd in AA - 10th -
2013 Pride of the Northwest 1st in A[12] High General Effect
High Visual
High Auxiliary		 1st[13] High Music
High Visual
High Auxiliary
2013 McKenzie Classic 2nd in A[14] High General Effect 8th[15] -
2013 Southridge Spectacle of Sound 2nd in A[16] - 12th[17] -
2012 U of O Festival of Bands 3rd in A[18] High Music 10th[19] -
2012 Century Showcase 1st in A[20] High General Effect
High Music
High Visual
High Auxiliary		 10th[21] -
2011 U of O Festival of Bands 3rd in A[22] - 13th[23] -
2011 Century Showcase 2nd in A[24] - 5th[25] -
2010 U of O Festival of Bands (Championships) 7th in A[26] - - -
2010 Pride of the Northwest 2nd in A[27] High Music
High Auxiliary		 7th[28] -
2010 Pacific Coast Invitational 1st in A[29] High Music
High Auxiliary		 5th[30] -
2009 OSU Marching Band Competition (Championships) 1st in A[31]
Note:
West Salem 1st in AA
South Salem 1st in AAA
Southridge 1st in Open		 High Music
High Auxiliary		 9th[32] -
2009 Pride of the Northwest 1st in A High General Effect
High Music
High Visual
High Auxiliary		 2nd[33] High Auxiliary
2008 U of O Festival of Bands (Championships) 2nd in A
2008 OSU Marching Band Competition 1st in A High General Effect
2008 McKenzie Classic 2nd in A High Music
2007 OSU Marching Band Competition (Championships) 2nd in AA High General Effect
2007 Puget Sound Festival of Bands 1st in AA High General Effect
High Music
High Visual
High Percussion
High Auxiliary		 4th
2007 Sunset Classic 2nd in AA High Music
High Auxiliary		 3rd High Music
2006 Pride of the Northwest 2nd in AA High Music
2005 U of O Festival of Bands 7th
2005 Sunset Classic 1st in AA High General Effect
High Music
High Visual
High Auxiliary		 3rd High Music
2004 U of O Festival of Bands (Championships) 1st in A
2004 Sunset Classic 1st in A High General Effect
High Music
High Auxiliary

Athletics

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Sprague now competes in the 6A Central Valley Conference, re-established in 2022. The other teams in the conference are also from Salem and Keizer: McNary, North Salem, South Salem, West Salem.

During the 2004-2005 school year, Sprague won both the football and baseball state championships, marking the first time since 1998[34][35] that a major Oregon high school was a state champion in two of the "Big 3" (football, basketball, and baseball) in the same year. Between 2006 and 2009, the boys' tennis team won the team state championship and had a player in the singles final in three out of four years (2006, 2007, 2009).

The school has 7 state and 6 national titles, along with numerous individual player titles. The team swept the state championship in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. They have been in the top 2 high school racquetball teams for over a decade.

State championships

  • Football: 2004[36]
  • Boys' tennis: 1977, 1993, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2009[37]
  • Baseball: 1995, 2005[38]
  • Softball: 2003
  • Racquetball: 1998, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 (club sport)

National champions

  • Racquetball: 1998, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020 (club sport)

State championship appearances

  • Boys Cross Country: 1972, 1980, 1984, 1989–91, 1999-2000, 2004, 2022
  • Girls Cross Country: 1978–81, 1986–87, 1989, 1992, 1996–97, 2007, 2015–17
  • Volleyball: 2018
  • Girls Basketball: 1989
  • Boys Basketball: 1989, 1996–97
  • Boys Swimming: 1974–78, 1986, 1990–95, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2011, 2015, 2017–18
  • Girls Swimming: 1976–78, 1985, 1990–97, 1999-2000, 2002–15, 2017–18
  • Wrestling: 1979-82, 1984–85, 1988, 1991–18
  • Baseball: 1995, 2005
  • Boys Golf: 1976, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1999–2003, 2007–08, 2011–12
  • Girls Golf: 2000–01, 2007, 2012–14, 2018
  • Softball: 1989, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2005
  • Boys Tennis: 1974–79, 1982–83, 1985, 1988–18
  • Girls Tennis: 1977, 1980–85, 1988, 1990–92, 1994, 1996–98, 2004–14, 2018
  • Boys Track and Field: 1974–76, 1978–82, 1984–85, 1989–94, 1997, 2000–12, 2014–17
  • Girls Track and Field: 1975–77, 1979–83, 1986, 1988–89, 1992, 1995–98, 2001–04, 2007, 2010–14, 2017

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Sprague High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sprague High School". Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Oregon School Activities Association". May 7, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Oregon School Activities Association". May 7, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  5. ↑ "School Attendance Areas - Salem-Keizer District 24J". salkeiz.k12.or.us. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "GRAMMY in the Schools". Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  7. ↑ "2008 GRAMMY Signature Schools Finalists" (PDF). November 2, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  8. ↑ "1998 Championship Results" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "OSAA Choir". Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Heritage Festivals - Your Partner in Music". Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Northwest Association of Performing Arts". August 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  12. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2013 PNW Prelims" (PDF). October 26, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  13. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2013 PNW Finals" (PDF). October 26, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  14. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2013 McKenzie Classic Prelims" (PDF). October 19, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  15. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2013 McKenzie Classic Finals" (PDF). October 19, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  16. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2013 Southridge Spectacle of Sound Prelims" (PDF). October 5, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  17. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2013 Southridge Spectacle of Sound Finals" (PDF). October 5, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  18. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2012 Festival of Bands Prelims" (PDF). October 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  19. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2012 Festival of Bands Finals" (PDF). October 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  20. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2012 Century Showcase Prelims" (PDF). October 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  21. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2012 Century Showcase Finals" (PDF). October 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  22. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2011 Festival of Bands Prelims" (PDF). October 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  23. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2011 Festival of Bands Finals" (PDF). October 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  24. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2011 Century Showcase Prelims" (PDF). September 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  25. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2011 Century Showcase Finals" (PDF). September 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  26. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2010 FoB Prelims" (PDF). October 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  27. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2010 PNW Prelims" (PDF). October 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  28. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2010 PNW Finals" (PDF). October 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  29. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2010 PCI Prelims" (PDF). October 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  30. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2010 PCI Finals" (PDF). October 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  31. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2009 Championships Prelims" (PDF). November 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
  32. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2009 Championships Finals" (PDF). November 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  33. ↑ "NWAPA Recap Sheet 2009 PNW Finals" (PDF). October 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  34. ↑ "OSAA Baseball Champions" (PDF).
  35. ↑ "OSAA Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2012.
  36. ↑ "OSAA Football Championships" (PDF). Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  37. ↑ "OSAA Boys Tennis Championships" (PDF).
  38. ↑ "OSAA Baseball Championships" (PDF). Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  39. ↑ Horowitz, Gary (November 28, 2014). "Swancutt, Forster reflect on memories of the Civil War". Statesman Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  40. ↑ "Joey Wong representing China in World Baseball Classic".
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