- Santa Rosa High School (SRHS) is a secondary school located in Santa Rosa, California. It is part of the Santa Rosa City School District, which is itself part of Santa Rosa City Schools. Retired principal Sue Sion took over on October 26, 2009 as interim principal. The Vice Principal at SRHS is Mr. Brad Coscarelli, and the two Assistant Principals are Ms. Monica Baldenegro and Mr. Alan W. Nealley, Jr. According to the Santa Rosa City Schools District, SRHS has 2030 students.
- Former Principals
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James Goddard served as principal for a little more than two years. As of October 26th, 2009, he is working at the SRCS District Office on Ridgway Avenue as a "principal on special assignment."
- Dr. Anton Negri served as principal for several years before retiring in June 2007. He was known for having a lot of school spirit, including painting his black sedan with an orange flame decal in honor of the two school colors, and owning a wardrobe composed almost entirely of orange clothing. Interestingly, he was born around Halloween, a holiday of black and orange colors. He also had/has a panther statue in his home. Dr. Negri was a teacher, and Vice Principal at Santa Rosa High before becoming principal.
- Mike Panis was a principal in the mid-1990s.
- History
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Santa Rosa High School is one of the oldest high schools in all of California, the ninth high school chartered in the state's history. SRHS was the only public high school for Santa Rosa from 1874 to 1958. Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), located on the adjacent property, was actually a part of Santa Rosa High School from 1918 to 1927. [1]
- The school had several locations. The previous location on Humboldt Street burned to the ground in 1921. The school was moved to its current location and opened in 1924. The current school's Brick Gothic design, with soaring white columns towering over the triple entryway and the addition of gargoyles in niches near the roof, was created by W. H. Weeks in 1922. There are many more recent additions to the school, some copying the original design and others with more modern design and flavor.
- Academics
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Santa Rosa High School is an academic leader in Santa Rosa, having had for nine consecutive years the district's highest SAT scores, the streak ending in 1973. Santa Rosa High School has an API rating of 751. On-campus tutoring is available through an arrangement with Sonoma State University. [2]
- Athletics: The Santa Rosa Panthers
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Santa Rosa High School offers a wide variety of athletic programs and competes in the 5-A North Bay League of the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
Cross Country varsity boys were undefeated league champions, a record of 7-0, in the 2008-2009 season.
- Dance
- Football
Recently, Santa Rosa High has been noted for an unprecedented winning streak in Panther history, having a record of 5-1, Panther Football 2007-2008.
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Nevers Field
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Ernie Nevers attended Santa Rosa High School, where he excelled in football. In 1920, as a senior, he led the team to the NCS Championships. He went on to attend Stanford University, and play for the Duluth Eskimos and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League. In 1925 the football field at Santa Rosa High School was renamed Nevers Field in his honor. In 2004, just in time for the homecoming game, a $2 million dollar refurbishment of Nevers Field was completed. The improvements included an artificial turf, an all-weather 8-lane track, new bleachers, a snack bar and ticket booth, restrooms, and lights for night games.
- ArtQuest Program
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Santa Rosa High School is well-known for its award winning ArtQuest program. This district-supported program allows students to take classes with specialty course work in the arts, including Visual Fine Arts, Dance, Theatre Arts, Photography, Instrumental and Vocal Music, Multimedia, and the Video program. It was awarded the prestigious Jack London Award for Educational Excellence.
- Clubs
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Santa Rosa High School has several student-organized and teacher-supervised clubs, ranging from many different subjects. The following is a list of clubs at Santa Rosa High as of September, 2007 [3]:
- Amnesty International
- Academic Decathlon
- Art
- Asian
- Astronomy
- Bicycle Club
- Black Student Union
- California Scholarship Federation
- Celtic Nations
- Chess Club and Team (Instructor: Gallegos)
- Dance
- Debate Team (Coach: Miranda Olzman)
- Dodgeball
- Drama
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Environmental
- Folk Dance
- French (President: Natalie Mastick)
- Future Farmers of America
- Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
- Gifted and Talented Education Program (GATE)
- Harry Potter
- InterKey
- Invisible Children Club
- Israeli Dance
- Junior Statesmen of America (JSA) (President: Emma Herron)
- La Raza
- Literary Magazine
- Martial Arts (Taught by Wayne Kerr)
- Math (President: Mills and Vonseggern)
- Outdoor Club
- Bike
- Photography
- Poetry
- Rugby
- Safe Schools Alliance
- SAT
- Science Symposium (President: Thow and Peterson)
- Spanish
- Native American Pride
- Swing
- In the Movies
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Santa Rosa High School was used for several Hollywood movies, including Peggy Sue Got Married and Inventing the Abbotts. For the filming of Peggy Sue Got Married, the production company paid for a complete restoration of the school's aging gothic facade, including repair and replacement of the many gargoyle figures.
- Director Wes Craven applied for the use of Santa Rosa High School and made a verbal contract with the principal of the school for the filming of Scream . Just days before filming was to begin, the school board denied permission for the use of the school, citing concern for the younger, more sensitive students' reactions to images of horror and death in their school's hallways. In response, the city, previously popular as a film setting, was blacklisted in Hollywood and Craven included in the closing credits of Scream the note, "And no thanks whatsoever to the Santa Rosa School Board." Ironically, a Hollywood horror writer, Daniel Farrands, was a 1987 graduate of Santa Rosa High. The setting of Santa Rosa High School was also used in the popular television series Boy Meets World.
- Foundation
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The Santa Rosa High School Foundation is a special group of alumni who take an active interest in SRHS. [4] The Foundation helps raise money for school programs and other services.
- Notable alumni
- Ernie Nevers, a football fullback who played for the Duluth Eskimos and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League.
- Robert Ripley, star of Ripley's Believe It or Not!*
- Daniel Farrands, class of 1987, film producer and screenwriter of The Curse of Michael Myers and The Girl Next Door
- Randall Jaynes, class of 1987, stage actor & performing director of The Blue Man Group
- See also
- List of school districts in Sonoma County, California
- External links
- Santa Rosa High School Foundation
- ArtQuest Website
- Santa Rosa High School Website
- Flickr.com photos of Sonoma County, including Santa Rosa
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