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* [[Pete Carroll]], current [[University of Southern California|USC]] head football coach, <ref>http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/carroll_pete00.html</ref> (He was a 3-sport (football, basketball and baseball) standout at Redwood High, earning the school's Athlete of the Year award as a senior.) |
* [[Pete Carroll]], current [[University of Southern California|USC]] head football coach, <ref>http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/carroll_pete00.html</ref> (He was a 3-sport (football, basketball and baseball) standout at Redwood High, earning the school's Athlete of the Year award as a senior.) |
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* [[John Walker Lindh]], the American Taliban |
* [[John Walker Lindh]], the American Taliban |
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* [[Gavin Newsom]], mayor of San Francisco<ref>http://www.gavinnewsom.com/</ref> |
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| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Nancy Neu |
| Faculty | 94 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,370 |
| Color(s) | red, white, black, and grey |
| Mascot | Giant |
| Newspaper | Redwood Bark |
| Website | Redwood HS website |
- For other "Redwood High Schools" , see Redwood High School (disambiguation).
Redwood High School is a public secondary school located on in the city of Larkspur, Marin County, California, approximately 11 miles north of San Francisco. Redwood High is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District. The school serves the cities of Belvedere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Ross, and Tiburon.
History
Redwood High School was established in 1958; a modernization project was completed in 2005. Since 1996, Redwood has been designated as a California Distinguished School.
Campus
Redwood High School occupies 64 acres, with views of Mount Tamalpais in the distance. The school buldings include the main academic building with 81 classrooms, industrial tech workshops and four computer labs, the Bessie Chin Library, a performing arts center, the Levinson administration building (named for the recently retired district superintendent), four computer labs, a gymnasium, fitness center and auditorium. The grounds contain swimming and diving pools, tennis courts, athletic fields and an outdoor amphitheater. The media and technology center holds 30,000 books and 70 current periodicals for student and faculty use. Marin Community Fields are located adjacent to the high school, and are available for student recreation.
The original campus was built in 1958. Since 1998, Redwood High School has been undergoing major modernization as part of a bond measure approved by the district voters. Approximately forty million dollars are being spent to remodel classrooms, refurbish the gymnasium and performing arts center, and install new athletics fields. Modernization has included replacement of the major infrastructures (heating, lights, electrical, plumbing), painting, new floors, lockers, and furniture. Technology networking has been upgraded in all classrooms. In Spring 2006, Redwood art students created 40-foot mural of the Marin County countryside composed of thousands of ceramic tiles, covering an outside wall on the Levinson administrative building.
Students
Redwood High School's enrollment in 2004 was 1,467.
| Student Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
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| African American | 29 | 2.1 |
| Asian American | 95 | 6.4 |
| Hispanic | 60 | 4.1 |
| Native American | 9 | .6 |
| Pacific Islander | 3 | .2 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 1,211 | 82.5 |
| Multiple or no response | 60 | 4.1 |
Animal Rights Violations
Redwood has become notorious for the "dead chicken" prank. On May 24, 2006, a senior prank went wrong. The plan was to let chickens (bought in China Town) loose in a bathroom, which would then escape into the halls between periods. However, due to lack of planning, the 14 chickens where left without food in a cardboard box, tied together, for 28 hours befor the prank. When left in the bathroom, they were tied together with wire, covered in their own blood, and most of them were dead. The Humane Society, and PETA quickly responded, and the pranksters were arrested. The incident made it into the Local Paper, as well as in the LA Times and Fox News. [1]
Faculty
Extracurricular activities
Curriculum
Notable alumni
- Robin Williams, comedian and actor [1]
- Pete Carroll, current USC head football coach, [2] (He was a 3-sport (football, basketball and baseball) standout at Redwood High, earning the school's Athlete of the Year award as a senior.)
- John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban
- Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco[3]