Foothill High School (Pleasanton, California)
Coordinates: 37°40′17.67″N 121°55′5.68″W / 37.671575°N 121.9182444°W
| Foothill High School | |
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| Location | |
| 4375 Foothill Rd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1973 |
| Principal | John Dwyer |
| Enrollment | 2,347[1] |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Information | (925) 461-6600 |
| Website | Foothill HS Home Page |
Foothill High School (FHS) is a four-year secondary school in Pleasanton, California. It was built in 1973. It is one of two comprehensive high schools and one alternative high school in the Pleasanton Unified School District. The current enrollment is 2,343 students.[1] The school mascot is the falcon and the official rival school is Amador Valley High School. The school colors are yellow and blue. FHS was recognized as 2001 California Distinguished School and a 2002 National Blue Ribbon California Nominee. In addition, FHS was a 2006 winner of the National Blue Ribbon Award.
Clubs
- American Red Cross Club
- Art Club
- Artistic Movement Club
- ASB / Leadership
- Athletics
- Badminton Club
- Baking Club
- Band
- Bay Area Music Club
- Best Buddies Club
- Bhangra Club
- Biology Club
- California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Club
- Chinese Yo-Yo Club
- Computer Science Club
- Craft Club
- Create Club
- Dance Club
- DECA Club
- Destination Imagination Club
- Do Something Club
- Drama
- Earth Club
- Fish Club
- French Club
- Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) Club
- German Club
- Greeting Card Club
- Hip Hop and Lyricism Club
- Interact Club
- Japanese Club
- Jazz Singers
- Junior State Of America (JSA) Club
- Key Club
- Latin Dance Club
- Math Homework Help
- Men's Ensemble
- MetoWeto Club
- Mu Alpha Theta (Math Team)
- Multicultural Club
- Muslim Student Association Club
- National Honors Society Club
- Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Alliance)
- Our Movement Club
- Peer Tutoring
- Perfectly Flawed Club
- Ping Pong Club
- Prevention of Animal Cruelty (PAC) Club
- Robotics Clubs
- S (Community Service) Club
- Science Olympiad Club
- Slow Food Club
- Spanish Club
- Teens For Literacy Club
- Teens Reaching Out
- Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Club
- Touch Of Music Club
- True Blue Club
- Uganda Club
- Ultimate Frisbee Club
- WISER Club
- Writers Club
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[edit] Interact Club
The Interact Club at Foothill High School is the most active club on campus. As a high school division of Rotary International, Interact works hard to support the community, United States, and countries all over the world. Every year the club chooses a charity to direct their efforts towards. In the 2009-2010 school year, Interact raised money and volunteered for End Polio Now. In the 2010-2011 school year, the club is working hard to raise money for Shelter Box. Shelter Box is a non-profit organization that provides emergency survival kits after natural disasters. In addition to helping the global community, Interact members are required to do ten hours of philanthropy within the community.
[edit] Marching band
Classes are offered in Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Auxiliary Units, and Percussion. The Foothill Band provides many Performance opportunities for its students, including: home football games, band reviews, special performance opportunities, tours, jazz festivals, concert festivals, and hosting the Foothill Band Review and Field Show Competition.
In the past 32 years, the band has won nearly 1,000 Sweepstakes awards and 1st place trophies[citation needed]. The Foothill marching band competes in the Northern California Band Association (NCBA) circuit.
Past Foothill Band performances include a tour of England on New Year's Day in 1995, where the band set a Guinness World Book record for the longest distance a marching band has played. Among the Band's other achievements are a tour of Nice, France, five performances at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, performances in Hawaii,Canada, the Fiesta and Sun Bowls, Southern California, and the Portland Rose Festival Parade.
In 2007, Foothill took Grand Champion at the Fiesta Bowl Parade with 1st in Music, Marching, Drum Major, General Effect, and Auxiliary.[2]
[edit] Notable alumni
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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources cited within this article showing they are notable and alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (May 2011) |
- Paula Creamer, professional golfer on the LPGA
- Gabrielle Union, actress and former model
- Ryan Roxie, former guitarist for Alice Cooper
- Keith Millard, former NFL defensive tackle and current defensive line coach for the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Brad Bergesen, starting pitcher for the MLB Baltimore Orioles
- Rob Williams, host of the The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show in Sacramento, CA
- Brandon Crawford, infielder for the MLB San Francisco Giants
[edit] Notable awards
Ranked number 408 on Newsweek's 2008 list of the 1,300 Top U.S. Schools.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b School Level Enrollment Reports
- ^ Staff. "2003/2004 Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship and Fiesta Bowl Parade". fiestabands.com. http://fiestabands.com/results.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com
[edit] External links
- Foothill High School Site
- Foothill High School Marching Band Website
- PUSD District Site
- Satellite View from Google Maps
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