Spanaway Lake High School opened in 1981 as the second comprehensive high school in the Bethel School District, with a dedication ceremony headlined by U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson. The school sits on 152nd Street East in Spanaway, southeast of Tacoma, and serves about 1,790 students from a fast-growing portion of unincorporated Pierce County.
The Sentinels — a name borrowed from a former local newspaper's armored-knight masthead — compete in the 3A South Puget Sound League. The wrestling program won the school's first state title in 2001 and posted three consecutive top-four state finishes in the early 2000s, and the program continues to field competitive teams across football, basketball, soccer, and track.
Academically the school operates a Career and Technical Education building added in a 2010 campus remodel, with pathways including Project Lead The Way engineering, business, and health-science classes. Pierce College Fort Steilacoom partnerships allow students to earn dual credit toward degrees, and the on-campus Sentinel Resource Center supports students and families with food, clothing, and referral assistance.
Source: WA ERDC Graduate Outcomes.
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