Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened in August 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989. Since 2005, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. It is the district's third-largest high school by enrollment.
Academics
IB Program
In April 2005, Ironwood High School began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors. Since 2005, the school has graduated over 100 full diploma members. Ironwood offers the standard five areas of English, History, Science (Physics and Biology), Foreign Language (French and Spanish), and Math, as well as numerous six area courses. The six area courses offered include Art, Computer Science, Economics, Music, Photo, Physics, and Theatre. The school also offers a two-year AIM program sponsored by the district in order to prepare pre-IB students. Ironwood offers the IB/AIM Club as a way to support IB and Pre-IB students.
Advanced Placement Program
Ironwood offers numerous Advanced Placement courses. These include higher level computer science, history, math, and science.
Arts
Choir
There are five choir groups at Ironwood:
Excelsis (formerly Chamber Singers)
Ironmen (formerly Men of Iron[wood])
Ea-gals (formerly Girls' Ensemble)
Mixed Choir
Concert Choir
Dance
Beginning Dance
Advanced Dance
Performance Dance
Dance Club
Music
Ironwood is home to three bands:
Marching Band
Jazz Band
Concert Band
Sports
Fall
Football (male) State runners up: 1995, 1996, 2002, 2020