Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington, United States and is commonly referred to as ERHS or simply ER. Emerald Ridge opened in September 2000. It features green, black and silver as its primary colors and has a jaguar as its official mascot. The enrollment is currently around 1,600 In the 2008-2009 school year, 10th graders showed 90.1% competency in Reading, 55% in Math, 97.7% in Writing and 44.4% in Science.Inaugural Class of 2002This first class to graduate from ERHS was in 2002, and had their 10-year class reunion in July 2012.CommencementCommencement, or graduation, is held every year at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in June. The ceremony for 2013 took place June 15.Notable alumniMegan Jendrick, neé Quann, is a swimmer and double Olympic Gold medalist from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and author of the book Get Wet, Get Fit. She also capped a comeback to the sport of swimming by qualifying for, and winning a silver medal at, the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Class of 2002.Quinn Wolcott, MLB umpire.Melanie Stambaugh, elected to the Washington state House of Representatives in November 2014.
