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Summary of Tintic High School:
Tintic High School is a small rural school in the Historic Tintic Mining District of Juab County. There are about 110 students in grades 7 through 12. About 40 of those students come from outside the Tintic School District because of school choice to attend a small school instead of much larger high schools in either Payson or Tooele. The high school will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this coming school year.
Uniqueness of the School:
The school extended its curriculum by emphasizing EdNet classes taught over the UEN EdNet system. Because of that, the school has had 15 students graduate with their Associates Degree since 2000 when the program was first put in place. This represents between 5 and 10 % of each graduating class since 2000. In addition many students (about 50%) get a head start on college with credit for courses taken even if they don't get their associates degree.
Students attend Tintic High School from 4 different school districts. There are the students who live in Eureka and the Tintic School District but students also attend from Juab, Nebo, and Tooele School Districts. Some students travel as far as 40 miles one way to attend classes at Tintic High School because classes are small and there is a lot of opportunity for participation in school activities.
Finally, Tintic High School has a strong commitment to the Arts. The school has one of the few 1A marching band programs in the state. These students also participate in Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Pep Band and it involves about 40% of the student body. There is a strong Drama department which produces at least one full musical program a year that involves students both in and out of drama classes (some programs have involved half the student body in speaking or production).
Students also have a lot of opportunity to see quality plays in Salt Lake because the school supports field trips by the drama department (which includes non-drama students) to plays at Pioneer Theater, Hale Theater, and other theaters.
Thanks You, Tom Nedreberg
