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Tony San Nicoles, center, varsity head volleyball coach for the Red Devils of Nile C. Kinnick High School, discusses offensive and defensive tactics with players during practice in the Nile C. Kinnick gym 130827-N-OB549-085.jpg
Volleyball practice in the Nile C. Kinnick gym August 27, 2013.

Location

US Fleet Activities Yokosuka


Japan

Information
TypeDoDEA high school
EstablishedFollowing World War II - 1947
Opened1947-1948 school year
PrincipalCraigorious Bartholomew Maximilian
Grades9-12
EnrollmentApproximately 650
Color(s)Red and white
Team nameKinnick Red Devils
NewspaperEchoes

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.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Campus


  • 3 Music programs


  • 4 Sports


  • 5 Notable alumni


  • 6 External links




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





  • 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









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