Sky View High School

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{{other uses|Skyview High School (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox school
| name = Sky View High School
| image = Sky View High School Utah.JPG
| caption = Home of the Bobcats
| address = 520 South 250 East
| location = [[Smithfield, Utah|Smithfield]], [[Utah]] 84335
| coordinates = {{coord|41|49|30|N|111|49|30|W|type:landmark_region:US-UT|display=it|format=dms}}
| type = High school
| established = 1963
| district = [[Cache County]] School District
| principal = Shane Jones
| faculty = 91 members
| grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 1,555 (2023-2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=490012000083|title=Sky View High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 27, 2024}}</ref>
| ratio = 25.45<ref name=NCES/>
| teaching_staff = 61.10 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| athletics = 2019: 11 boys sports and 11 girls sports
| conference = Class 4A Region XI
| mascot = [[Bobcat]]
| nickname = Bobcats
| newspaper = ''Catonian''
| yearbook = ''Aurora''
| information =
| website = [https://www.ccsdut.org/SkyView ccsdut.org/SkyView]
| imagesize = 220px
| affiliation =
| colors = Columbia Blue, Gold, White  {{color box|#9bddff}} {{color box|#d4af37}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| campus size =
}}

'''Sky View High School''' ('''SVHS'''), is located in [[Smithfield, Utah|Smithfield]], [[Utah]]. Sky View is the northernmost [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[high school]] in the state. As part of the [[Cache County School District]], it serves approximately 1,300 students in grades 9 through 12. In addition to serving the students of Smithfield, it also serves students in the neighboring cities of Richmond, Cove, and Lewiston. Sky View is one of five high schools in [[Cache Valley]].

==History==
Until 1964, the [[Cache County School District]] maintained two high schools: North Cache ([[Richmond, Utah|Richmond]]) and South Cache ([[Hyrum, Utah|Hyrum]]). Beginning with the 1964–65 school year, both student bodies were combined at the newly built Sky View in Smithfield. The two former high schools were converted to junior highs, covering grades 7 to 9.

For nineteen years, from 1964 to 1983, Sky View High School served both the northern and southern parts of Cache County. Residents of [[Logan, Utah|Logan]] continued to attend [[Logan High School (Utah)|Logan High School]], which belonged to the Logan City School District. This meant that students from the southern end of the valley would board a bus, travel as far as ten or fifteen miles to Logan, pass within one block of Logan High School and continue another eight miles to Sky View. After the completion and opening of [[Mountain Crest High School]] in Hyrum in 1983, Mountain Crest began accepting the southern part of Cache County while Sky View kept the northern half.

In 2000 a student sued the school in federal court, because of brutal hazing practices by the football team, and was awarded $250,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kimmel |first1=Michael |title=Guyland. The perilous world where boys become men |date=2018 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=9780062885739 |pages=92–93}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Seamons v. Sbow |date=2000 |publisher=206 F.3d 1201 |location=(10th Cir. 2000)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=United States Court of Appeals |first1=Tenth Circuit |title=Seamons v. Snow |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-10th-circuit/1451821.html |website=FindLaw |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

Sky View won 16 consecutive regional titles in forensics from 1998 to 2014, as well as the state title for 10 consecutive years (2003-2012). However, the regional title record was broken when Roy High School beat them in 2015; Sky View, however, still took the State Championship in 2015.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Sky View's marching band has competed nationally in parade style competitions since the school's inception. In the fall of 1978, the Sky View marching band began competing in field competitions and did not lose until they took second place in the Summer Nationals held in Whitewater, Wisconsin in June 1980. This was after taking first place in the regional competition in Moscow, Idaho. The band reached the Bands of America Regional Championships in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2010, they placed 5th in the western United States at the Bands of America Competition; they placed 7th in the same competition in 2011. In 2014 they took second in the Bands of America competition with their show ''City Vibes''; they received an 87.15.

The school was split for the 2017–2018 school year after the completion of [[Green Canyon High School]], new boundaries were drawn and a portion of the student body and faculty were assigned to the new school. All of the high schools in Cache County also changed their configuration to add ninth grade, with Mountain Crest High School splitting to create Ridgeline High School.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/feeling-the-split-high-school-experience-has-changed-for-many/article_27ba2e83-4fd9-5edc-949c-a0101c2fccc9.html|title=Feeling the split: High school experience has changed for many on south-end|first1=Sean Dolan (staff)|last1=Herald Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.hjnews.com/logan_hj/students-at-green-canyon-ready-to-forge-new-traditions/article_417f3267-351c-53cc-bb7f-7060a79e8c98.html|title=Students at Green Canyon ready to forge new traditions|first1=Sean Dolan (staff)|last1=Herald Journal}}</ref>

==Students==

{| class=wikitable
|
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''2018-2019 Student Body'''
|-
!'''Class''' !!'''Enrollment'''<ref>[https://www.ccsdut.org/domain/736 Enrollment (2018-2019)]</ref>
|-
! Seniors
| 313
|-
! Juniors
| 329
|-
! Sophomores
| 333
|-
! Freshman
| 396
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Student Ethnicity'''<ref>[https://www.ccsdut.org/domain/736 Ethnicity (2018-2019)]</ref>
|-
! Caucasian
| 87%
|-
! Hispanic
| 10%
|-
! Asian
| 1.4%
|-
! African American
| 1%
|-
! Other Minority
| .6%
|}
|}

==Athletics==

As of the 2019–2020 school year, Sky View competes in 22 UHSAA-sanctioned sports that are played throughout the year. They are:

'''Fall Sports'''

[[American football|Football]]; Girls [[Volleyball]]; Boys Golf; Boys and Girls Cross Country; Girls [[Tennis]]; Girls [[Association football|Soccer]];

'''Winter Sports'''

Boys [[Basketball]]; Girls [[Basketball]]; [[scholastic wrestling|Wrestling]]; Boys and Girls [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]; Drill;

'''Spring Sports'''

[[Baseball]]; Boys [[Association football|Soccer]]; Boys and Girls Track & Field; Girls Golf; Boys Tennis; [[Softball]]; Boys [[Lacrosse]]; Girls Lacrosse

===State championships ===
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2018}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="3" | State Championships<ref>[http://www.uhsaa.org Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA)]</ref>
|-
! width="200px" class="unsortable" | Sport
! width="100px" class="unsortable" | No. of Championships
! width="250px" class="unsortable" | Year

|-
| Basketball, Boys||4 ||style="text-align: left;"|1994, 2013, 2019, 2023
|-
| Basketball, Girls ||3 ||style="text-align: left;"|2008, 2015, 2021
|-
| Soccer, Boys ||3 ||style="text-align: left;"|1994, 2004, 2019
|-
| Soccer, Girls ||1 ||style="text-align: left;"|2017
|-
| Swimming, Girls ||4 ||style="text-align: left;"|1997, 2016, 2017, 2021
|-
| Track & Field, Boys ||1 ||style="text-align: left;"|2011
|-
| Track & Field, Girls ||2 ||style="text-align: left;"|2009, 2010
|-
|Volleyball, Girls ||4 ||style="text-align: left;"|1994, 2012, 2018, 2020
|-
|Football ||2 || style="text-align: left;"|2019, 2020
|-
| '''Total''' || '''24''' ||  
|}

==Notable alumni==
*[[Kent Baer]] (1969), football defensive coordinator, University of Washington 2005-, Notre Dame (2002-2004), Stanford (1995-2001)
*[[Michael Ballam]] (1969), opera performer, founder and director of the [[Utah Festival Opera|Utah Festival Opera Company]] (1992–present)
*[[Craig Jessop]] (1968), director of the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] 1999–2008; current Dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University
*[[Conner Mantz]] (2015), professional long-distance runner for Nike
*[[Jalen Moore (basketball, born 1995)|Jalen Moore]] (2013), professional basketball player
*[[Justin Wilcock]] (1997), 2004 US Olympic team - diving; [[Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|men's 3 metre springboard]]
*[[Dell Loy Hansen]] (1971), American magnate and philanthropist, founder of Wasatch Group

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ccsdut.org/SkyViewHigh.cfm School homepage]
*[http://www.ccsdut.org/ School District homepage]

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[[Category:Public high schools in Utah]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1963]]
[[Category:Schools in Cache County, Utah]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in Utah]]

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