Willow Glen High School
Coordinates: 37°17′24″N 121°53′50″W / 37.2899°N 121.8971°W
Willow Glen High School is a public high school in the Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose, California, within the San Jose Unified School District. The school was placed 731st in Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2005). The Rams are the athletic mascot of the school, and the homecoming parade is traditionally down the main street, Lincoln Ave., of the Willow Glen district of San Jose. The school is adjacent to Willow Glen Middle School, from which most students arrive after graduating. The school teaches students from grades 9-12. In the class entering in 1982, and earlier, the school covered grades 10-12. Willow Glen High School offers many extra curricular activities including football, baseball, tennis, soccer, basketball, volleyball, badminton, water polo, track and field, and cross country. Willow Glen High School has a swimming pool, 2 gyms, 2 baseball fields, a track/football/soccer field, a sand volleyball court, and basketball courts. The school currently has 1658 students enrolled. Similar to Leland High School, Willow Glen High School will also be receiving a solar power structure to save money and to be beneficial to the environment. Willow Glen High School Boys Volleyball won a CCS championship in 2009, one of the first public schools to do so in that CCS division.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Champion figure skater, winner of Dancing with the Stars-Season 6
- Eric Kretz, drummer for Stone Temple Pilots
- Jeff Foskett, of The Beach Boys
- Bob Berry, NFL Quarterback, 1965–1975, All American QB at Oregon
- Holly Hallstrom, Actress, Model on The Price Is Right 1976-1995
- Jon Jay Houston, Professional Soccer Player,Graduated in 1982, 1963–2008
- Robert Stanley, U.S. Navy Commando(SEAL), Class of 1988, Awarded the Legion of Merit for the most back to back deployments(9)exceeding 12 months each, in support of the Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Joshua Dixon, 2007-2011 All American at Stanford University, NCAA Champion, USA National Team member (gymnastics)
- Tammy Nelson, Lead Singing Entertainer at Beach Blanket Babylon and performer of note in San Francisco.
- Terry Saltalamachia, aka Terry Sol, Comedian, Opening act for Louie Anderson, Kellie Pickler, Donny & Marie Osmond, Glenn Yarbrough, Terry Fator, Radio DJ.
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