Sheldon High School (Oregon)


Henry D. Sheldon High School is a public high school in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The school's nickname is the Fighting Irish. Sheldon is one of four traditional high schools in the Eugene School District.

History

Sheldon High School opened in the 1963–64 academic year as the third high school in the Eugene School District.
The school gets its name from Dr. Henry D. Sheldon.

Athletics

Sheldon plays at the 6A level. The football team was named twenty-fourth in the nation by USA Today in 2002.

State championships

Includes team championships.

Team sports, fall

Newspaper

The Talisman is the student newspaper. It is published twice per term. It was given the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988.

Radio

Sheldon is home to KRVM and KRVM, a public access radio station which includes student involvement.

Awards

Sheldon won the Oregonian Cup, an OSAA award for "overall school excellence in academics, activities, athletics and sportsmanship," in the 2001-2002 and 2002–2003 school years.
In June 2010, KGW and The Register-Guard reported that Sheldon had made Newsweeks annual list of the nation's best public high schools of the year, ranking second best in Oregon and 665th in the nation.

Notable alumni