 The first state championship was won in 1971 by the Cross Country team, in time for a banner to be hung in the new gymnasium, constructed in that school year, along with the adjoining cafeteria.By the 1974-1975 year, after several years of gender-mixing in classes such as math and science, the school became officially co-educational.The first senior trip to Canada took place four years later in February 1979, becoming a tradition for every senior class after it.