San Jose High Academy

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San José High School
Address
275 North 24th St.
San Jose, California, 95116-1109
United States
Information
Founded 1863
School district San Jose Unified School District
Superintendent Dr. Vincent Matthews
Principal Cary Catching
Faculty 59
Grades 9-12
Colour(s) Crimson and Grey
Slogan "It's All About Bulldog Pride"
Song San Jose Alma Mater
Athletics conference Blossom Valley Athletic League
Mascot Bulldog
Accreditation(s) WASC, IB, Project Lead the Way
Newspaper The Herald
Yearbook The Bell
Website http://www.sjusd.org/sjha/

San José High School (SJHS) is the second oldest public high school in California and was founded in 1863.[1] The school mascot is the Bulldog.

In 1985, the school was renamed San Jose Academy as part of the federal magnet schools concept, but on March 25, 2010, it returned to its original name, San José High School. The school has offered the International Baccalaureate program since 1985. Since 1999 the school also has offered the IB Middle Years Program along with its major feeder middle school, Peter Burnett Academy (middle school). In Newsweek magazine's 2005 ranking of United States high schools, San Jose High Academy was ranked 220th.[2]

The campus facility has had several renovations in 2000, 2004, and 2007–present. A new science building opened in March 2009. A new state-of-the-art Career Technology Engineering building was opened for classes in September 2010. The new 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m2) facility houses the Engineering and the Project Lead the Way Program (pre-engineering program). Recently, the school has had an increase of students to over 1200 students, the largest population since the late 1980's.

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[edit] Athletics

[edit] Big Bone Game

  • The football teams of San José High School and Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California) face off at San Jose City College each Thanksgiving in the Big Bone Game. This rivalry game has been held since 1943; it gets its name from San José High School student Bob Schimdt in 1945, who found a large steer leg in his father's butcher shop and declared it the trophy for the winning school.
  • The Junior Varsity football teams from both schools hold a Little Bone Game the Thursday prior to the Big Bone Game.

[edit] Recent League championships

The girls' basketball team won the League Championship in 2008 and 2011, in the Spring of 2009 the Boys' Track and Field team took and captured league, and in the fall of 2009 the Girls' Cross Country won league.

[edit] Sports

  • Baseball
  • Basketball (Girls' and Boys')
  • Softball
  • Football
  • Wrestling
  • Soccer (Girls' and Boys')
  • Girls' Field Hockey
  • Badminton
  • Track and field
  • Cross Country
  • Tennis
  • Swim
  • Volleyball

[edit] Art/Music/Drama

  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Folklorico Dance
  • Concert Band
  • Orchestra
  • Mariachi

[edit] Building History

Students moved into the current building in 1952 with the first class graduating in 1953. Prior to 1952 San José High School was on San Fernando St. near SJSU. A second building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake with a third building, (Spanish Colonial)l functioning from 1908-1951. The first building was on Santa Clara Street and 7th Street. This site is now home to the new Horace Mann Elementary School. In 1863 the site at Santa Clara St. and 7th housed both Horace Mann and San Jose High.

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable alumni of San José High School include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.sjusd.k12.ca.us/MSAP/Schools/San_Jose_High/Technology.html
  2. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/2005/05/05/the-complete-list-of-the-1-000-top-u-s-schools.html

[edit] External links

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