San Gabriel High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = San Gabriel High School
motto= Carpe Bos Cornu
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
established= 1955
city = San Gabriel
state = California
country = USA
enrollment = 2,557
mascot = Gabriel the Bull
principal = Jim Schofield
television station = -
newspaper = "The Matador"
website = http://www.sghsmatadors.org/

San Gabriel High School is a secondary school located at 801 S Ramona St
San Gabriel, California, with a ZIP Code 91776. It is a secondary school in the Alhambra Unified School District.

tudent body

The student body consists of approximately 50% Asian, 42% Hispanic, 6% Caucasian, and 2% identifying as Other.

Dance Teams

SGHS has a Drill Team, which was originally started in the 1960's, and a Choreo Dance Team, which was started in the late 1980's by retired P.E. teacher Rose Steinhour. In the past, both teams have been especially successful in various regional and national dance/drill team competitions, winning many first place trophys. In 1994, the Choreo Dance Team won 1st place in the Novelty division at the Miss Dance Drill Team USA Nationals Pagent by performing a routine wearing frog costumes. In 2002, the Drill Team won 1st place in Military Precision at the Miss Dance Drill Team USA Nationals Pageant with perfect scores of 100 from all 3 judges. The Drill Team was subsequently invited to represent the United States at the Miss Dance Drill Team International Pageant in Japan. Also, the girls of the San Gabriel High School Drill Team team up with the San Gabriel High school marching band and Alhambra All-City Youth Band. The Drill Team Girls have never lost a trophy at any parade they attend. The girls always place in the first place rank and occasionally will place 2nd. The SGHS Drill Team is led by coach, Cynthia Ponce and team captain, Michelle Fusi.

ELAJEA Write-Offs

The annual ELAJEA Write-Offs was held here on March 15, 2008.

In Television and Media

On March 16, 2007, KISS FM held a concert for San Gabriel High School. Lloyd, an R&B singer, made a special guest appearance by performing his two hit singles "You" and "Get It Shawty" in front of the students. The artist’s performance was followed by Baby Bash and Nick Cannon’s two hit singles "Gigolo" and "Dimepiece".

Elton Brand, professional NBA basketball player and star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, made a special appearance at San Gabriel High School library to spend time interacting and reading books to students. He spoke with young students about the success and value of reading.

On November 2, 2007, Fox 11 news came to San Gabriel High School to film the varsity football team play against the Montebello Oilers.

Notable alumni

*John Grabow - class of '97 - major league baseball pitcher.
* Danny Patterson - class of '89 - Pitcher for the Texas Rangers (1996-99) and Detroit Tigers (2000-04)
* David Henry Hwang - class of '75 - Tony Award-winning author of "M. Butterfly" in 1988 (Best Play); and Tony nominee for Best Play in 1998 for "Golden Child" and the revival of "Flower Drum Song" in 2003.
* [http://www.lumpymusic.com Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke] - class of '74 - Hollywood studio guitarist/vocalist - Sonny and Cher, Glen Campbell, Carpenters, the voice of The Tidy Bowl Man
* [http://www.rogerambrose.com/ Roger C. Ambrose] - class of '73 - Hollywood Production Designer - Art Director - Set Designer Television / Film & Theatre
* [http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/mclaughlin/art/rex.html Rex Bogue] - class of '70 - legendary guitar maker (1951-1996)
* John "Johnny Vatos" Hernandez - class of '69 - Founder/drummer with Oingo Boingo and Johnny Vatos' Oingo Boingo Tribute band

External links

* [http://www.sghsmatadors.org/ San Gabriel High School Official Site]
* [http://www.sghs-alumni.org/ San Gabriel High School Alumni Assn.]
* [http://www.alhambra.k12.ca.us/ Alhambra Unified School District Web Site]
* [http://digitalcartography.com/sghs/ San Gabriel High School Reunion Site]