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Nile C. Kinnick Middle School
Volleyball practice in the Nile C. Kinnick gym August 27, 2013.
Location
US Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan
Information
Type	DoDEA high school
Established	Following World War II - 1947
Opened	1947-1948 school year
Principal	Craigorious Bartholomew Maximilian
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	Approximately 650
Color(s)	Red and white
Team name	Kinnick Red Devils
Newspaper	Echoes

Nile C. Kinnick High School is a DoDEA high school now located in US Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. It was originally located in Yokohama, giving it the nickname Yo-Hi, but it was renamed for Navy aviator Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. in 1959, upon its shift from an Army to a Navy school. Kinnick High School usually has around 600 students and is about 45 km from Tokyo. Kinnick High School is an NCA accredited institution, and therefore charges around $20,000/year of tuition to non-military-dependents.

History

Kinnick High School was first established as Yokohama American High School in the Yamate district during the occupation following World War II. Then it moved to the Honmoku district of Yokohama, close to where a former Navy Exchange used to be. In 1971, the school permanently relocated to Yokosuka.

Kinnick High School offers programs and areas of study, including culinary arts, drama, music, Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC), and AP courses.

The current principal of Kinnick High School is Jacqueline Ferguson, and the current assistant principal is Craig Maxey, both since 2015.

Campus

The campus of Nile C. Kinnick High School is made up of the three-story Main Building and the two-story "C-Building." The teachers are located by department as of the 2016-2017 school year, with Art (including Culinary) and the Science department on the first floor; Computer and the English department on the second floor; History and Foreign Language departments on the third floor; and NJROTC, Math, and Visual Arts departments in the C Building.

Music programs

Nile C. Kinnick High School offers a variety of musical education programs, including:

• String Orchestra


• Band
  
  • Marching Band
  
  
  • Concert Band
  
  
  • Jazz Band
  
  
  • Percussion Ensemble
  
  


• Computer Music


• Vocal Ensembles
  
  • Beginning/Advanced Choir
  
  
  • Show Choir
  
  
  • Glee Club
  
  


• Piano


• Guitar

Sports

Students attending Kinnick may participate in the following sports programs:

• Volleyball


• Tennis


• Football (contact version)


• Swimming (class held at the Purdy Gym's pool)


• Cheerleading


• Soccer


• Basketball, Boys and Girls


• Wrestling


• Softball


• Baseball


• Cross Country


• Track and Field

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they are notable AND alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (October 2012)

• 
  Ann Lewis, singer


• 
  Beni, singer


• 
  Crystal Kay, singer


• 
  Mark Hamill, actor


• 
  Samuel Sawaji Green Jr., basketball player


• 
  Steve Fox, Bassist


• 
  MadeinTYO, rapper

External links

• 
  Yokosuka Fleet Activities Base Community Website
  
  • Kinnick High School News


• 
  Kinnick High School, official website


• 
  Kinnick High School, Alumni Website