Woodbridge High School (Irvine, California)
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| Woodbridge High School | |
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| Address | |
| 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 Belinda Averill |
| 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 (baseball, 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 championships and a national championship led by director Joslyne Blasdel and Brad Harris) and an orchestra. 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 Belinda Averill. 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 has a notable Model United Nations team, which has won a few significant awards (Best Delegate, Commendations, Research).
Woodbridge also sponsors Mock Trial, Science Bowl, Ocean Sciences Bowl, Science Olympiad, and FIRST Robotics Teams.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Natasha Watley, Olympic and professional softball player
- Adam Keefe, former NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks and Utah Jazz [6]
- Chris Burgess, professional basketball player in Europe
- Kazu Kibuishi, comic book writer/artist[citation needed]
- Andrea Seigel, novelist
- Eric Ebert, MLS player (Chivas USA)
- Austin Daye, basketball player, Detroit Pistons
- Michael McClune, Professional Tennis Player
- Tom Dumont, professional musician, No Doubt
- Alex Parsons, Offensive Lineman, Oakland Raiders
- Christine Babcock, Cross Country Runner
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