- Sonora High School
Sonora High School is located at 401 S. Palm Street in
La Habra, California , USA. As of the 2004-05 school year, the campus held approximately 2020 students. Though in La Habra, students come from La Habra, La Habra Heights, Fullerton and even Brea. Sonora rests in between Fullerton and Brea city lines, north to south.Mission Statement
Sonora High School promotes the success of all students in an atmosphere of mutual respect and caring by the following means: Educating students to their individual learning potential; Fostering in each student an acceptance of ethnic and cultural diversity; Promoting school spirit and school loyalty; Instilling within each student a commitment to the values of community and the American democratic society.
Sonora High School strives for excellence in academics, activities, athletics, and serviceby: Providing academically challenging programs for students with differentinterests and abilities; Providing a challenging array of curricular, extra-curricular, aesthetic, and athletic programs; Providing the tools to access, evaluate and use information from a varietyof technological sources; Equipping students with the skills necessary for a successful transition tocollege and/or work.
(Source: Sonora High School website)
Athletics
Sonora's sports teams are known as the Raiders. They are members of the Freeway League in
CIF Southern Section .Sonora has a major rivalry with crosstown foes
La Habra High School , the centerpiece of which is the annual football game between the two. The Highlanders hold a 25 to 7 edge in the series, and Sonora has not won since 2001.Sonora's football team has an all-time record of 198-236-3, and won the CIF-SS AA championship in 1975.
Sonora field hockey was powerful in the 1970s, winning two CIF-SS titles and finishing as runner-up twice. One of the members of this field hockey team was Valerie Olguin, maiden name Uken, whose daughter, Sara Olguin, would later help the Sonora Girl's Water Polo Team win CIF almost 30 years later.
In 2008 Sonora's Girls' Water Polo Team won CIF Championship. Their final game is most remembered for their win of one point made in the final three seconds against La Habra made by their co-team captain, Sara Olguin.
chool demographics
The socio-economic composition of the student body represents great diversity:
*6.7% Asian
*37.0% Caucasian
*47.2%Hispanic
*1.1% Filipino
*1.6% Black
*5.7% Other (Native American,Pacific Islander ,Multiracial or no response).Source: California Department of Education, Educational Demographics Unit [http://data1.cde.ca.gov]Famous Alumni
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Ann Meyers
*Dave Meyers (NBA basketball player, brother of Ann Meyers)
*Adam de la Pena
*Nikki Ziering
*Vikki Vargas ofKNBC
*David Gallegos External links
* [http://sonorahs.org Sonora High School website]
* [http://www.sonoraraiders.com Sonora Raider Football website]
* [http://www.sonoraffa.org Sonora High School FFA , La Habra Ca- Chapter# CA0293]
* [http://www.sonoraaquatics.org Sonora High Raiders Aquatics]
* [http://fjuhsd.k12.ca.us/documents/supt/SARC/2004-05%20SOHS.pdf Latest School Accountability Report Card (2004-05)]
* [http://sonoratrack.org Sonora High Track and Field]
* [http://www.sonoracheer.com Sonora Cheer website]
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