San Rafael High School
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Coordinates: 37°58′15″N 122°30′48″W / 37.97083°N 122.51333°W[1]
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| 185 Mission Avenue San Rafael, California 94901 |
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| School type | Public, comprehensive high school |
| Founded | 1888 |
| School board | San Rafael City Schools Board of Education |
| School district | San Rafael High School District |
| Oversight | Western Assn of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools |
| Superintendent | Michael R. Watenpaugh |
| Princ | Judith B Colton |
| Assistant Principal | Jane Songer |
| Chief custodian | Minh Pham |
| Staff | 90 (59 teachers) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1001 (2006-07) |
| Language | English, Spanish (ELD program) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Area | Central Marin County |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Team name | Dawgs |
| Communities served | San Rafael, California Park, Peacock Gap, Point San Pedro, The Canal |
| Feeder schools | San Rafael Elementary School District
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| Affiliation | none |
| Website | http://sanrafael.srcs.org/ |
| San Rafael City Schools, SRHS Demographics |
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San Rafael High School is a coeducational public secondary school located at 185 Mission Avenue in San Rafael, California, United States.
The school is part of the San Rafael City Schools school district. Its official mascot is the Bulldog, however its athletic teams have been known casually as the Dawgs since the mid 1980s.
The school is located on a 33-acre (130,000 m2) campus in central San Rafael.[2]
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[edit] History
San Rafael High School opened in 1888. The school's current campus opened in 1924. [2]
The school is often cited as the origin of the time and codeword 420 in drug culture; originally "420" served as a code word for "The Waldos", a group of marijuana users who would meet in front of a statue of Louis Pasteur at 4:20 P. M. to smoke marijuana. As the usage spread, the original connotations of the word "420" faded away.[3]
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San Rafael High School served as the setting for the video of the 1984 power ballad "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger.[citation needed]
KSRH is the school's radio station, which is completely operated by students. The station broadcasts on only 10 watts of power on 88.1 FM and 107.3 Cable FM. The station takes requests during schools hours at (415) 457-KSRH.[citation needed]
Facilities at the school were upgraded with funds from bond measures passed in 1999 and 2002.[citation needed]
Beginning with the 2001-02 school year, San Rafael High School moved to an A/B rotating block schedule.[citation needed]
In 2006, the school scored 680 on the Academic Performance Index (API), the California Department of Education’s program for measuring school accountability. It also passed all Adequate Yearly Performance (AYP) criteria required by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.[citation needed]
In September, 2008, the school served as a primary location for the independent feature film, The Prankster. School was in session while filming took place and some students and teachers had background roles in the movie. The principal, Judy Colton, had a small speaking part with Kurt Fuller, who played Dean Pecarino in the film.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable alumni
Professional baseball
- Jerry Goff '82 Catcher MLB Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros
- Jesse Foppert '98 Pitcher MLB San Francisco Giants
- Will Venable '01 Outfielder MLB San Diego Padres
Professional football
- Ron Snidow '59 Defensive tackle NFL Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns
- Natu Tuatagaloa '84 Defensive end NFL Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Oilers; elected to the San Rafael City Schools Board of Education in 2001[4]
Television and movies
- Byron Stewart '74 Warren Coolidge on the CBS television series The White Shadow.
Miscellaneous
- Harold Haley '22 former Marin County Superior Court Judge
- Nikki Tyler '90 Adult film actress
- Steve Detwiler '06 Outfielder Fresno State University Bulldogs[5]
[edit] References
- ^ USGS GNIS: San Rafael High School
- ^ a b San Rafael City Schools
- ^ Snopes.com, "420"
- ^ San Rafael City Schools, Board Members, accessed March 23, 2008
- ^ Associated Press, "Justin Wilson, Steve Detweiler lead Fresno State to 6-1 win over Georgia to claim the national title," June 26, 2008, Madera Times, accessed June 26, 2008; Detweiler drove in all six runs in the Bulldogs' third-game victory in the College World Series
