Syracuse High School (Syracuse, Utah)

For the New York school district, see Syracuse City School District.

Syracuse High School (also called Syracuse High or SHS) is a public high school in Syracuse, Utah, United States. It is part of the Davis School District.

Syracuse High School
Address
665 South 2000 West Syracuse, Utah 84075 United States
Coordinates	41°06′16″N 112°03′46″W
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Ignite the Nation
Principal	Jed Johansen
Staff	96.10 (FTE)
Grades	10 through 12
Enrollment	2,452 (2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio	25.52
Color(s)	Navy blue,   forest green,   black, and   white
Mascot	Titan
Yearbook	Mnemosyne
Website	Official website

Syracuse High School offers many Advanced Placement, concurrent enrollment and honors courses.

History

In its first operating year, Syracuse High's student body consisted of only the sophomore and junior classes, with no senior class. The total enrolled number of students was approximately 1,100 for the first year, increasing to about 1,600 students in the second year.

Culture

Yearbook

The school's yearbook has traditionally been entitled Mnemosyne, the name of the Titan of memory.

Rivalries

Syracuse High has had a long-standing rivalry with Clearfield High School. This rivalry was a result of the first graduating classes having students who attended Clearfield High before Syracuse High opened. Other competitive athletic rivalries have formed with other Utah high school teams Davis High School and Farmington High School.

Athletics

Overview

Syracuse High offers a variety of athletic programs, including football, basketball, soccer, men's baseball, women's softball, various Track and field events including cross country running, golf, tennis, swimming, men's wrestling, dance line, and cheerleading.

Achievements and events

2011

The Titans' football team made it to the semi-finals of the high school playoffs against Fremont High School. The Titans lost the match to Fremont 21 to 14 points due to an end-of-game play by Fremont.

2012

The Titans' football team returned for a victorious season, led by senior quarterback Brock Anderson and senior running back Mason Woodward. In a season of being undefeated, the Titans returned to the semi-finals against Bingham High School, winning games against Viewmont High School and Alta High School. At the end of the game, the Titans stopped Bingham on the 4-yard line, securing victory.

The state championship was against the Jordan Beetdiggers, and they were led by standout sophomore quarterback Austin Kafentsis. The game was supposed to be even, but the Beetdiggers came out shooting and holding the Titans to only 2 points. The Titans lost the game to Jordan High School with a final score of 58–2.

2021

The Titans' girls soccer team made beat the #1 seed, the Lone Peak Knights in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. The Titans were not expected to win this game, but left the field victorious on that extremely cold day in October with a score of 2–1.

They went on to play Skyridge in the Semi-finals. The game remained scoreless for quite sometime before the Falcons scored, finishing the first half 1–0. Eventually the Titans tied it up 1-1 about half-way through the second half. Skyridge scored again, now leading 2–1, when less than a minute later Syracuse forward Courtney Cobabe scores tying the game again 2-2. The game proceeded into overtime, the Titans scoring one by the goal was called off. Syracuse lost this game against Skyridge in a pk shootout.

2023

The Titans' boys soccer team won the 2023 6A State Championship. In the playoffs, the Titans took down Layton (2-0 First Round), Roy (3-2 Second Round), Farmington (0-0 (5–4 in pks) Quarterfinals), Lone Peak (4-1 Semi-finals), and Skyridge(2-0 Finals). This was the fifth state title in school history and the first for the boys soccer program.

Notable events

March of the Titans

On September 11, 2009, the first ever March of the Titans took place. The March of the Titans was an overnight event, from 9:00 PM until 9:00 AM the next morning. The biyearly event was established to help raise money for the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City. The over-night event had students walking or running around the track that surrounds the high school's football field. Donations were raised by local companies and private individuals based on the number of laps completed by participating students or in lump sum donations. Students participated as individuals or in teams.

Volume 3 of Syracuse High's yearbook, Mnemosyne, states that nearly 700 students were seen in attendance, with $5,754.17 raised.

Syracuse Strong

During the 2014 summer break, four Syracuse High School students died in unrelated accidents. As a result, Syracuse High students created the social media hashtag #SyracuseStrong as a method to support their peers along with sharing positive and uplifting thoughts or stories.

Walk-out protest

On Friday, May 7, 2010, Syracuse High students walked out of class during regular school hours in protest of Davis School District budget cuts. The walk-out was to show school district officials and the community the student body's dissatisfaction of the oncoming changes to Syracuse High's teaching staff and in protest of the planned expansion of the Davis High School athletic facilities. By noon, hundreds of students (between 400 and 1000) were on the west edge of the school grounds, displaying signs and chanting for passing traffic to witness.

School officials attempted to mitigate the walk-out by explaining the budget cuts in a school-wide morning announcement. Students were told that they would be cited as truant if they walked out. However, no citations were issued to students returned to class or remained at the protest.

Other Davis School District schools planned to walk out, but only Syracuse High students carried out the planned protest.

External links

• Syracuse High School
• Davis School District
• City of Syracuse