Flowing Wells High School
high school in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Flowing Wells High School (est. 1954) is a secondary school in Tucson, Arizona. It is the primary high school in the Flowing Wells Unified School District, the other being Sentinel Peak High School.
Curriculum
Flowing Wells offers several AP courses, including Biology, Psychology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, U.S. History, European History, Government, Human Geography, Macro/Micro Economics, English III and IV, Pre-calculus, Calculus AB, Physics, Spanish, Computer Science Principles, and Statistics. AP Music Theory has also been offered in the past. The school also offers many CTE and fine arts classes for students, along with having JTED classes. Flowing Wells also has a dual-enrollment programme with Pima Community College.
The high school also places a high value on arts education and charges students only small fees for sports participation, keeping items such as sports uniforms being for all participating students.
Flowing Wells awards two different kinds of diplomas, a standard or "blue" diploma matching state graduation requirements, and a "gold" advanced studies diploma, earned by having two foreign language credits and having at least a 3.0 GPA. A valedictorian, salutatorian, seniors graduating with distinction, Arizona Academic Scholars, and a Seal of Biliteracy are also recognised upon graduation.
Traditions
The Flowing Wells High School has many traditions, such as large and loud pep assemblies every quarter of the school year with the game lover's leap being played beforehand.
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