Bonita High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Bonita High School
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established = 1959
address = 3102 D St.
city = La Verne
state = CA
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country = United States
campus = Open
type = Comprehensive, Public
affiliation = Bonita Unified School District
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principal = Robert Ketterling
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dean = Christina Beltran
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enrollment = 1861
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grades = 9-12
district = Bonita Unified
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accreditation = Western Association of Schools and Colleges
mascot = Bearcat
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colors = Green and White
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newspaper = The Paw Print
yearbook = Echoes
free_label_1 = Asst. Principal
free_1 = Kenny Richie
free_label_2 = Asst. Principal
free_2 = Gene Pizzolo
free_label_3 = SSCs
free_3 = Sharon Lyons, Amoreena Fidani, Kelly McGarvey, Juli Creese, Thom Young
free_label_4 = President of Bonita ASB (2007-2008)
free_4 = Charan Reddy
website = [http://www.bonita.k12.ca.us/bonita/|www.bonita.k12.ca.us]
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Bonita High School is located in the city of La Verne in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. The original high school, started upstairs in a building on D Street, soon moved to a large Mission-style building built in 1903 halfway between Lordsburg (the first name of La Verne) and the town of San Dimas. It was known as Bonita Union High School. When new earthquake standards were put in place, the 'old Bonita' was sold to the Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles, which it then converted into Damien High School, a private, all boys Catholic high school. A new Bonita High School was built at 3102 "D" Street. San Dimas built San Dimas High School a few years earlier. Bonita is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Bonita Unified School District.

Bonita has been recently recognized as a California Distinguished School for its excellence in Academics, Athletics, and the Arts, with a rating of 795, as opposed to San Dimas' ~500 (the California standard is 800). The school colors are green and white: the mascot is the Bearcat.

Once a year, Bonita plays a football game against the second school in the district, San Dimas High. This is a huge rivalry game, dubbed the "Smudgepot Game." The winning team takes home a chrome-plated smudge pot once used for grove heating when La Verne was known as "Heart of the Orange Empire." On 5 October 2007, Bonita lost the Smudgepot to San Dimas High for the first time in 3 years, 24-10 at San Dimas, much to the dismay of Bearcats, However Bonita Bearcats have dominated the Smudgepot for the last decade.

Many students come from Ramona Middle School, which is also in La Verne.

Notable Alumni

Famous Alumni include actress Jessica Alba. Glenn Davis "Mr. Outside" graduated from Bonita in 1943 and would later win the Heisman trophy while attending West Point in 1946. He presented the trophy privately to the school in 1996. Jeremy Reed is an outfielder currently playing for the Seattle Mariners graduated in 1999.

Bands

These are a few bands that attended Bonita during the last few years:

*Task Force: Panda (Ska)
*Midnight in Montreal (Alternative)
*Cover-Up Camio (Electronic Pop-Punk)
*The Clerks (Punk)
*Janitors of Justice (Ska)
*The Hollow's Rider (Goth)
*The Unexpected (Experimental)
*Bangorang (Cover Band)
*Blessed Carnage (Metal)
*The Tyrants (Rock)
*Life Everlasting (Christian Rock)

External links

* [http://www.bonita.k12.ca.us/bonita/ Bonita High School]