Woodbridge High School (Irvine, California)
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| Woodbridge High School | |
| Address | |
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| 2 Meadowbrook Irvine, California 92604 |
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| School type | Public High School |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Principal | Jason Viloria |
| Vice principal | Chris Krebs Sheila Adams L. Coy Pilson |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | Estimate of 2200 |
| Color(s) | Red and Gold |
| Mascot | Warrior |
| Team name | Warriors |
| Newspaper | The Golden Arrow |
| Website | www.woodbridgehigh.org |
Woodbridge High School is a public high school located in Irvine, California, serving grades 9-12. Founded in 1980, it has an approximate enrollment of 2,200 students. Woodbridge has many athletic teams (cross country, volleyball, basketball, tennis, swimming, etc) which have participated in numerous CIF competitions. The school also has a very competitive Marching band (which won many state championship led by director Josleyne Blasdel and Brad Harris) and an orchestra. The school was required to be built being able to serve two functions, just in case one was to fail. Woodbridge High School was built with intentions of having it become a shopping center if student enrollment was low, as Principal Tom Nelson said in Fall 2003. In the past two years, new administration has been added that includes all of the current Vice Principals: Jason Viloria, Sheila Adams, and L. Coy Pilson. In March 2008, Tom Nelson announced retirement and Vice Principal, Jason Viloria became the new principal.
Of note, the 1989 movie Gleaming the Cube starring Christian Slater was filmed partially at Woodbridge High School.
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[edit] Academic Teams
Woodbridge offers a strong array of extracurricular academic organizations and hosts an annual Academic Teams Banquet.
Woodbridge's Academic Decathlon Team reached the state finals of the California Academic Decathlon back-to-back in 2006 and 2007.[1][2]
The school's chapter of the National Junior Classical League is one of the top in the nation. Woodbridge hosts an annual Certamen invitational and regularly hosts Southern California Regional Amici Madness and the State Latin Convention.[3]. Multiple Woodbridge students have served as officers at the state and national levels of JCL.[4][5]
Woodbridge also sponsors Mock Trial, Science Bowl, Ocean Sciences Bowl, Science Olympiad, and FIRST Robotics Teams.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Prince (P.A.) Emerson, played college football at University of Washington and professionally
- Natasha Watley, Olympic and professional softball player
- Adam Keefe (1988), former NBA player [6]
- Chris Burgess Played college basketball at Duke University and transferred to University of Utah, currently a Professional basketball player in Europe
- Kazu Kibuishi, comic book writer/artist
- Andrea Seigel, novelist
- Eric Ebert, MLS player (Chivas USA)
- Jonathan Winder Played college volleyball at Pepperdine University, 4 time All-American, 2005 Newcomer of the Year, 2007 National Player of the Year, Plays professionally overseas and for the USA National Team.
- David Burgess Played college basketball at Brigham Young University, Gonzaga University, and finished up at Azusa Pacific University, currently a Professional basketball player in Europe
- Austin Daye, College Basketball player for Gonzaga and NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
- Tom Dumont, professional musician (plays in the popular band No Doubt)
- Alex Parsons, Offensive Lineman, University of Southern California
- Christine Babcock, Cross Country Runner
- Rommel Zamora, Creator of Ashanti Soul Train Petition [1] [2]
- Glenn R. Côté (1983), movie producer, editor, writer, director including U.S. Marshalls and Star Trek: Nemesis [7], [8]
- Jamie Armstrong, Professional poker player, ranked in the top 50 of the world online.
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 California Academic Decathlon Results
- ^ 2007 California Academic Decathlon Results
- ^ California Junior Classical League
- ^ California Junior Classical League Officers
- ^ National Junior Classical League Officers
- ^ http://www.nba.com/playerfile/adam_keefe/bio.html
- ^ http://www.glenncote.com/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194775/
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