Santa Rosa High School (Santa Rosa, California)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Santa Rosa High School
established = 1874
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = Santa Rosa
state = California
country = USA
district = Santa Rosa City Schools
principal = Mr. James Goddard
enrollment = 2,030
mascot = Panther
colors = Orange and black

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. The principal is Mr. James Goddard, formerly Vice Principal at Maria Carrillo High School. 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 [http://santarosa.schoolwisepress.com/home/site.aspx?entity=24519&year=2006&locale=en-US School Facts and Accountability Information, 2005–2006] .

Former Principals

Dr. Anton Negri served as principal for several years before retiring in June of 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.He was also known as the go-to-guy for peanut M&M's.

Mike Panis was a well-liked principal in the mid-1990s.

History

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. [http://www.srhsf.org/srhshistory/index.htm]

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

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 696. On-campus tutoring is available through an arrangement with Sonoma State University. [http://www.santarosahigh.org/]

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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
*Wrestling
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cheerleading
*Cross Country
*Dance
*FootballRecently, Santa Rosa High has been noted for an unprecedented winning streak in Panther history, having a record of 5-1.
*Golf (Men's and Women's)
*Lacrosse
*Soccer
*Softball
*Swimming
*Tennis (Men's and Women's)
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
*Wrestling

Nevers Field

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

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 recently awarded the prestigious Jack London Award for Educational Excellence.

Clubs

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, 2006 [http://www.santarosahigh.org/clubs.html] :

* Amnesty International
* Academic Decathlon
* Art
* Asian
* Astronomy
* Bicycle Club
* Black Student Union
* California Scholarship Federation
* Celtic Nations
* Dance
* 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)
* La Raza
* Martial Arts (Taught by Wayne Kerr)
* Math
* Outdoor Club
* Bike
* Photography
* Poetry
* Rugby
* Safe Schools Alliance
* SAT
* Science Symposium
* Spanish
* Native American Pride
* Speech & Debate
* Swing

In the Movies

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 (film)". 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 (film)" 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.

Foundation

The Santa Rosa High School Foundation is a special group of alumni who take an active interest in SRHS. [http://www.srhsf.org/] 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 and The Girl Next Door (2007 film)
* Randall Jaynes, class of 1987, stage actor & performing director of The Blue Man Group

ee also

*List of school districts in Sonoma County, California

References

External links

* [http://www.srhsf.org/ Santa Rosa High School Foundation]
* [http://www.artquestonline.org/ ArtQuest Website]
* [http://www.santarosahighschool.net/ Santa Rosa High School Website]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/sonomacounty/ Flickr.com photos of Sonoma County, including Santa Rosa]