Tumwater High School (THS) is a secondary school in Tumwater, Washington, United States, serving grades 9–12 in Thurston County. It is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Tumwater School District. Tumwater High School generally draws students from the portions of the Tumwater School District east of Interstate 5 and the Littlerock area west of I-5. Tumwater High School caters to its student population by having an extended parking lot, called "overflow", which allows for some ease whilst parking. During bus arrival, there are usual delays to the ability to park.

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Tumwater High School
Address
700 Israel Road SE Tumwater , Washington 98501 United States
Coordinates	46°59′10″N 122°54′59″W
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1961
School district	Tumwater School District
Principal	Zach Suderman
Faculty	49.42 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,111 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.48[1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green & White
Mascot	Thunderbirds
Website	www.tumwater.k12.wa.us/ths

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Tumwater High School offers athletic teams in cross country, golf, football, soccer, dance, swim and dive, tennis, volleyball, basketball, bowling, wrestling, baseball, fastpitch, and track and field. Tumwater also offers a club rifle team, which currently holds two national championships.

The town has supported athletics at Tumwater High School and the recently formed Black Hills High School. The school's teams are known as the T-Birds.

Tumwater is best known for its football program. Most of the success can be credited to long time head football coach Sid Otton, who coached from 1973–2016. In the 2005 season Otton broke the all-time Washington state wins record of 273 wins.^[2] During Otton's tenure, Tumwater won five state titles, was nationally ranked four times, and made the state playoffs more than 23 times. The final state title won under Coach Otton was on December 4, 2010 against Archbishop Murphy High School in the 2A State Football Championship, with a score of 34–14. Otton compiled a career record of 394–131 in 49 seasons and retired following the 2016 season after 43 years at Tumwater. He retired as the all-time winningest high school football coach in Washington State history. He was elected to the Washington State Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1996^[3] For the 2017 season, former Otton player Bill Beattie ('78) took over as head coach and has continued the "Tumwater Winning Football" tradition. The T-birds won their 6th State football title with a 48–34 win over Steilacoom High School on December 7, 2019.^[4][5]

Tumwater has also experienced success on the basketball court with both the boys' (third year straight, a school record) and girls' basketball (second straight year) teams making state together in back-to-back years for the first time in school history.^{[citation needed]}

The Tumwater volleyball program has also had a lot of success over the years, including winning the state championship in 2008, 2014, and 2016. Many of the former Tumwater Volleyball players have gone on to play at the collegiate level. They are attending colleges such as Gonzaga University, Northwest University, Eastern Oregon University, Western Oregon University, and many other schools.^[6]

Baseball has also become a perineal contended since 2013, earning the schools first State Championship in 2022.

Tumwater High School is a 2A-division member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.^{[7][failed verification]}

State championships, 2nd place:

• Girls' basketball - 2007, 2010
• Girls' cross country - 1984
• Fastpitch softball - 1992
• Boys' golf - 1997, 1998
• Boys' tennis - 1986
• Boys' track and field - 1992
• Girls' volleyball - 2007, 2011, 2015
• Baseball - 2013

The Theatre program at THS has an outstanding history, including many national and state titles for their multitude of talented students. Past TAC Directors include Amy Ullen, Kristina Cummins, Joann Boswell, Robin Tuckett, and Heidi Fredericks. The current TAC Director is Harrison Fry.

Past Shows Include:

2002–2003: Nothing but the Truth, Once Upon a Mattress

2003–2004: The Taming of the Shrew, Grease

2004–2005: Picnic, Murder on Center Stage, You Can't Take it With You

2005–2006: Blithe Spirit, My Fair Lady

2006–2007: Romeo and Juliet, Murder's In The Heir

2007–2008: The Miracle Worker, Ask Any Girl, Little Shop of Horrors

2008–2009: The 11 Variations of Friar John, The Crucible, Anything Goes

2009–2010: Trouble at the Talent Show, Anatomy of Gray, Much Ado About Nothing, Once On This Island

2010–2011: Little Women, The Ugly Duckling, The Brother's Grimm, The Music Man

2011–2012: Our Town, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Pirates of Penzance

2012–2013: Harvey, A winter showcase of 6 one-act plays, Aida

2013–2014: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Julius Caesar

2014–2015: The Voice of the Prairie, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Tempest

2015–2016: Macbeth, Arsenic and Old Lace, Oliver!

2016–2017: Twelfth Night, Little Shop of Horrors, The Mousetrap

2017–2018: Frankenstein, Guys And Dolls, The Wind in the Willows

2018–2019: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Check Please, Once Upon a Mattress