Piedmont Hills High School

Piedmont Hills High School
Piedmont Hills High School
Location
	San Jose, California; United States
Coordinates	37°24′09″N 121°51′01″W / 37.402487°N 121.850159°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1965
Principal	Traci Williams
Enrollment	2090 (05–06 school year)
Color(s)	Maroon, White
Mascot	Petey the Pirate
Website	Official Website

Piedmont Hills High School is a comprehensive public four-year high school located in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA. It is part of the East Side Union High School District and is the second highest performing school in the district, based on California's Academic Performance Index. It is currently^[when?] a California Distinguished School and has received various awards in several aspects of its curriculum. Together with Independence High School and Yerba Buena High School, Piedmont Hills is one of a few schools in the district to have its own music program.

The school began operation in 1965, under founding principal Gerald R. Bocciardi.

Recent history

In 2008, lockers were removed due to vandalism, theft, and safety issues.^{[citation needed]}
In 2010, the Pirates won the 2010 CCS Division I Championship for football, the first in the school's history.^[2]
In 2011, the school's cheerleaders were required to wear sweatpants under their cheerleader skirts while attending classes; the principal considers the miniskirts "too risque" though the rule does not appear during games.^[3]
In 2012, the school's Concert Choir received a Unanimous Superior at the CMEA Festival, the first in the school's history.
In 2012, the school's Vocal Jazz group the "Treble Makers" competed in and won the vocal jazz portion of Northern California Jazz Festival for a second consecutive time.
In 2012, the girls' track & field team was the #1 CCS champion.

Ato Boldon, Olympic Track Medalist & World Champion^[4]
Melissa (Nichols) Dyrdahl, co-founder and CEO of Bring Light, former Senior VP of Adobe Systems Incorporated^{[citation needed]}
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress best known for her work on Hannah Montana and Camp Rock^{[citation needed]}
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!^[5]

Ronald Weitzer, Professor of Sociology at George Washington University, criminolgist, 1988-present

^ Fast Facts 2005-06 from the East Side Union High School District website^{[needs update]}
^ "2010 CCS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS- DIVISION I" (PDF). CIF CCS. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
^ California Principal Says Cheerleading Miniskirts Too Risque, a September 13, 2011 Associated Press article
^ http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm see 200m 1991
^ "Jerry Yang - Piedmont Hills Class of 1986 – Inducted in 2003". East Side Union High School District Education Foundation. 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2014.