South Gate High School

Infobox_School
name = South Gate High School


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established = 1930
grades = 9 - 12
district = Los Angeles Unified School District
type = Public high school
principal = Patrick Moretta
enrollment = 3,726 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 138.8 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 26.8
teamname = Rams
conference = Eastern League
CIFSS Southern Section City Conference
colors = Red and black
rival = South East High School
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location = 3351 Firestone Boulevard
South Gate, CA 90280
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website = http://www.southgatehs.org/

South Gate High School is located on Firestone Boulevard, South Gate, California, United States. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. South Gate's school colors are black, white and red and the school mascot is the ram.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,726 students and 138.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 26.8. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0622710&SchoolPageNum=43&ID=062271003364 South Gate High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 17, 2007.]

History

South Gate opened in January 1930.

Academic achievements

Between 1993 and 1996 the number of students that passed Advanced Placement tests in government and macro economics increased from 5% to 70%. The teaching of Ron Klein has been credited for this improvement. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6370725_ITM "70 percent of teacher's students pass Advanced Placement tests"] , Billy Witz, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, May 28 2006]

Notable incidents

Students from this, and neighbouring schools, demonstrated on June 26, 2002 against funding cuts. At South Gate High, nine teachers had been fired and the Second School Program, which provided students who are falling behind with tutoring from university students, had all funding removed. [ [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2002/6/prweb41237.htm "Students Gather to Protest School Inequalities and Lack of Access to College-Preparatory Courses"] , PRWeb, June 27, 2002]

With the support of the school, 800 students demonstrated against the counterfeiting of CDs of Latino music on December 5 2002. [ [http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/news_print.asp?id=8036 "800 High School Students And Latino Music Stars Destroy Thousands Of Pirated CDs To Kick Off National Hispanic Music Anti-Piracy Campaign"] , HispanicBusiness.com, December 5 2002]

On 3 November 2005 about 500 students took part in a sit-in to protest at issues including overcrowding and a lack of textbooks. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10DB235A2F30A870&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "South Gate High School protest"] , Long Beach Press-Telegram, 3 November 2005]

ports

* Football - 1955 and 1988 3A City Champions
* Football - 2004 3A City Finalist.
* Football - Benjamin Viramontes - State Sack Leader with 34 in 2004
* Soccer - 2005 City Champions
* Soccer- Lost to South East Jaguars 2007-2008 Season
* Football- Lost Azalea Bowl 2x in a row

Notable alumni

* Tom Araya, Singer and Bassist of the Metal band Slayer.
* Daymon Lee, Class of 1984; Two time CA JC State 400 meter Champion. 1985 USA Junior National 400 meter Champion.
* Dave Lombardo, Drummer of the Metal band Slayer. [ [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Dave_Lombardo.html Dave Lombardo] , Drummer World. Accessed November 17, 2007. "I went to South Gate High School and found a singer to join the band and still no bass player we played a couple parties under the name Sabotage, nothing came of it."]
* Lorenzo Mata, Class of 2004; won a scholarship to play for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team. [ [http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mata_lorenzo00.html Lorenzo Mata] , CSTV. Accessed November 17, 2007.]
* Randy Molina, Class of 2004, a current baseball team member at Stanford University. [Cowles, Christie. [http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040806&content_id=820701&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null "RBI player on Junior National Team: Molina will play in RBI World Series this week"] , Major League Baseball, August 6, 2004. Accessed November 17, 2007.]
*Rick Renteria - San Diego Padres 1st Base Coach

References

External links

* [http://www.southgatehs.org/ Official site]