Sonora High School (La Habra, California)

Established	1966
School type	Public
Principal	Rich Peterson
Location	La Habra, Calif., USA
Enrollment	2,021
Faculty	77
Campus	Suburban
Instructional Days	180
Colors	Blue and Gold
Homepage	sonorahs.org

Sonora High School is located at 401 S. Palm Street in La Habra, California, USA. As of the 2004-05 school year, the campus held approximately 2020 students. Though in La Habra, students come from La Habra, La Habra Heights, Fullerton and even Brea. Sonora rests in between Fullerton and Brea city lines, north to south.

Mission Statement

Sonora High School promotes the success of all students in an atmosphere of mutual respect and caring by the following means: Educating students to their individual learning potential; Fostering in each student an acceptance of ethnic and cultural diversity; Promoting school spirit and school loyalty; Instilling within each student a commitment to the values of community and the American democratic society.

Sonora High School strives for excellence in academics, activities, athletics, and service by: Providing academically challenging programs for students with different interests and abilities; Providing a challenging array of curricular, extra-curricular, aesthetic, and athletic programs; Providing the tools to access, evaluate and use information from a variety of technological sources; Equipping students with the skills necessary for a successful transition to college and/or work.

(Source: Sonora High School website)

Athletics

Sonora's sports teams are known as the Raiders. They are members of the Freeway League in CIF Southern Section.

Sonora has a major rivalry with crosstown foes La Habra High School, the centerpiece of which is the annual football game between the two. The Highlanders hold a 25 to 7 edge in the series, and Sonora has not won since 2001.

Sonora's football team has an all-time record of 198-236-3, and won the CIF-SS AA championship in 1975.

Sonora field hockey was powerful in the 1970s, winning two CIF-SS titles and finishing as runner-up twice. One of the members of this field hockey team was Valerie Olguin, maiden name Uken, whose daughter, Sara Olguin, would later help the Sonora Girl's Water Polo Team win CIF almost 30 years later.

In 2008 Sonora's Girls' Water Polo Team won CIF Championship. Their final game is most remembered for their win of one point made in the final three seconds against La Habra made by their co-team captain, Sara Olguin.

School demographics

The socio-economic composition of the student body represents great diversity:

• 6.7% Asian
• 37.0% Caucasian
• 47.2% Hispanic
• 1.1% Filipino
• 1.6% Black
• 5.7% Other (Native American, Pacific Islander, Multiracial or no response).

Source: California Department of Education, Educational Demographics Unit [1] in 2008 sonoras varsity boy soccer won CIF against La Habra Highlanders 1 to 0 scored by Irvin Gonzalez #23; who won the game for sonora

Famous Alumni

• Ann Meyers
• Dave Meyers (NBA basketball player, brother of Ann Meyers)
• Adam de la Pena
• Nikki Ziering
• Vikki Vargas of KNBC

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External links

• Sonora High School website
• Sonora Raider Football website
• Sonora High School FFA , La Habra Ca- Chapter# CA0293
• Sonora High Raiders Aquatics
• Latest School Accountability Report Card (2004-05)
• Sonora High Track and Field
• Sonora Cheer website