Tomales High School
38°14′51″N 122°53′43″W / 38.24750°N 122.89528°W[1]
Tomales High School is located in the town of Tomales, California. It is the comprehensive high school of the Shoreline Unified School District. It serves the western Marin and Sonoma County communities stretching from the towns of Point Reyes Station and Inverness along Tomales Bay running north past the fishing port of Bodega Bay to the mouth of the Russian River, a distance of nearly 50 miles (80 km) and widens 13 miles (21 km) east from the west coast. Tomales High School draws its students from approximately 450 square miles (1,200 km2). Tomales High School is a California Distinguished school. [2]
| Tomales High School | |
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| Address | |
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3850 Irvin Road , California 94971 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Comprehensive High School |
| Motto | Roll Braves |
| Established | 1912 |
| School district | Shoreline Unified School District |
| Principal | Adam Jennings |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Red Black White |
| Mascot | Braves |
| Nickname | Home of the Braves |
| Accreditation | WASC |
| Yearbook | The Tide |
| Website | http://tomaleshs.shorelineunified.org |
History
Tomales Union High School opened on Aug. 5, 1912, with 23 students and one teacher/principal located on a hill in downtown Tomales. The school grew quickly, before the two-classroom school was a decade old, it was expanded to 10 classrooms thanks to a $30,000 school bond. The California Field Act mandates that all the state’s public schools be earthquake safe, and Shoreline School District trustees in the 1960s were faced with either retrofitting the old school or building a new one. Bond elections to finance various options followed and were twice narrowly defeated. Finally in 1967 a third election was successful. Affirmative votes in all precincts except Inverness resulted in an overall 73 percent approval for the $1.1 million bond to finance a new high school. In a busy two years, a piece of property just east of Tomales was purchased from Romero Cerini; architects and contractors were consulted. The trustees worked hard to educate themselves about modern high school design. In 1969, the new high school opened along the Tomales-Petaluma Road. The school was extensively remodeled in 2011.
Tomales High teams were originally called the Wolves, but in 1950, the name was changed to the Braves. In 2001, Shoreline School District trustees decided the name was disrespectful to Native Americans and voted to change it. many district residents objected, including several Miwok descendants who said the name had been changed to Braves to honor them. The Trustees voted to keep the name Braves but to drop the Indian image.[3]
About Tomales High School
Tomales High serves the greater Tomales Bay and Bodega Bay communities in Marin County and Sonoma County as the comprehensive high school of the Shoreline Unified School District. The school serves an area famous for it's oyster, ranching, and fishing industries.
Tomales High is fed by two schools. Tomales Elementary serves the northwest Marin communities of Tomales, Dillon Beach, Fallon, and Marhsall as well as the Sonoma County communities of Valley Ford, Bloomfield and parts of rural western Petaluma. Students from the Sonoma Coast towns of Bodega and Bodega Bay, attend Bodega Bay Elementary and feed into Tomales for middle and high school.
The southern end of the Shoreline Unified School District is served by West Marin School whose students come from the West Marin communities of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, and Olema.
Demographics
Enrollment has declined steadily from 295 in 1998-99 (including adjoining Shoreline High School) to an all time low of 169 in 2008-09. Since then enrollment has remained steady between 170-190 students. [4]
Tomales High Demographics
| 1998-1999 | Percent |
|---|---|
| White | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22% |
| Black or African American | 2% |
| Asain/Pacific Islander/Other | 1% |
| Total | 283 Students |
| 2012-13 | Percent |
|---|---|
| White | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47% |
| Black or African American | 2.5% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander/Other | 2.5% |
| Total | 185 Students |
| 2014-2015 | Percent |
|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 57% |
| White | 40% |
| Asian/Pacific Isalnder/Other | 2% |
| Black or African American | 1% |
| Total | 171 Students |
Athletics
The Tomales Braves are a member of the North Coast Section. The Braves compete in the Coastal Mountain Conference and are a member of the North Central League II.
Football
The Braves have a stong tradition reaching the North Coast Section playoffs from 1991-2004 and 2006-2012. The Braves have won 5 NCS titles (1983,1995,1998,2001,2002) and have been section runner up 5 times (1992,2004,2006,2010,2011). The Braves won 6 straight NCL II league titles (2006-2011) and went 36-0-1 in that stretch. Head Coach Leon Feliciano was named the 2011 North Coast Section Honor Coach. Since 1996 he has led the Braves to a 137-69-4 record. Feliciano retired after the 2014 season.
Basketball
Howard Wilson has served as the boy's head coach since 2011-12. Wilson retired after the 2014-2015 season after leading the Braves to back to back North Coast Section Playoff appearances.
Chris Kenyon led the Lady Braves to a 2011 NCS Division VI title. Kenyon retired after the 2014 campaign.
Baseball
Bill Tucker has been the head of the program since 1995. The team was NCS runner up in 2007 and 2010. The Braves won the NCS D- VI title in 2013.
Other Sports
- Soccer (Boys & Girls)
- Volleyball
- Softball
- Tennis
- Cheerleading