Newport High School Earns State Accreditation
After only four years of operation, the local high school secures a major milestone, allowing its graduates to enter state universities without entrance exams.
It will be a source of much gratification to the patrons of the Newport public schools to learn that the high school has been accredited by the State Board of Higher Education of the State of Washington. The accrediting of the Newport High School places the institution on a par with other four-year high schools in the state. Educationally, the privilege accruing from being an accredited high school consists in the fact that its graduates will be allowed to enter the higher institutions of learning in this state without being required to undergo entrance examinations. Prof. Meisnest, high school inspector for the State Board of Higher Education and the University of Washington, visited recently and paid the school a high compliment for the excellency of the work being done. He stated that the high school was excellently equipped with apparatus, that the library was well supplied with books, and that the instruction being given by the teachers deserved high commendation. When it is considered that the high school is only four years old, that it now maintains a full four-year course of study, and will graduate a class of four pupils this year, there is need for marvel at this rapid growth.
“There is need for marvel at this rapid growth, and this especially when one stops to consider that many towns much older and as large as Newport have not yet accredited high schools.”
The pride Newport took in its early educational infrastructure reflects the foundational role schools played in establishing town identity during the boom era. Today, the struggle for educational resources and accreditation remains a central, if evolving, pillar of civic life in rural Washington.
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