San Marin High School

Infobox School
name = San Marin High School


imagesize =
caption =
location =
streetaddress = 15 San Marin Drive
region =
city = Novato
state = CA
county = Marin County
zipcode = 94945
country = United States
country1 =
coordinates = coord|38.120109|N|122.604656|W|?display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu
schoolnumber =
district = Novato Unified School District
oversight = WASC
affiliation =
superintendent = Jan La Torre-Derby
founder =
head_label = Assistant Principals
head = Mike Casper
Megan Pettis
principal = Robert Vieth
staff =
ranking =
bar pass rate =
faculty =
teaching_staff =
roll =
MOE =
ceeb = 052172
school code =
LEA =
ofsted =
testaverage =
testname =
national_ranking =
classes =
classes offered =
avg_class_size =
ratio =
SAT =
ACT =
graduates =
year =
gender =
lower_age =
upper_age =
houses =
schooltype = comprehensive high school

fundingtype = Public
type =
system =
fees =
tuition =
revenue =
endowment =
budget =
enrolment =
products =
grades =
age range =
medium =
language =
classrooms =
campus =
campus size =
campus type =
Hours_in_Day =
athletics =
conference =
slogan =
song =
fightsong =
motto =
accreditation =
rival =
mascot = Mustang
mascot

sports =
patron =
team_name = Mustangs
nickname =
school_colors = Green & Gold
yearbook =
publication = "Mustang Messenger" (newsletter)
newspaper = "Pony Express"
opened =
established =
founded =
status =
students =
alumni =
nobel_laureates =
enrollment =
grade9 =
grade10 =
grade11 =
grade12 =
other =
communities =
feeders =
free_label =
free_text =
free_label1 =
free_text1 =
free_label2 =
free_text2 =
free_label3 =
free_text3 =
free_label4 =
free_text4 =
free_label5 =
free_text5 =
footnotes =
picture =
homepage = http://www.sanmarinmustang.org

San Marin High School is a high school located in Novato, California, in the United States. Novato is in Marin County.

San Marin High School is located 30 miles north of San Francisco in Novato, California, a community of approximately 52,000 residents, with an estimated median household income of over $70,000. The current enrollment is 1039 with 76.6% White, 14.9% Hispanic, 6.4% Asian/Pacific Rim, 2.3% African American and 2.7% Others. Over the past seven years there has been an increase in the percentage of the Hispanic students corresponding to a decrease in the percentage of Caucasian students; a trend that mirrors the community changes of Novato.

The staff includes 62 certificated members including three counselors, one librarian and three administrators. The school employs 25 classified staff including six office staff, three custodians, two part-time and one full-time campus supervisor, eight instructional aides (two for ELL students, three for RSP students and three for Special Day Class students), a library clerk, a college and career center specialist and two food service employees.

History

San Marin High School opened in 1968 in Novato.

Campus

The school occupies 39.6 acres, with a total of 51 classrooms, two gymnasiums, a student center, library, college and career center, weight room, and science lab. All the facilities have recently been upgraded thanks to the Facility Bond. Athletic facilities include tennis and basketball courts, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer field and artificial turf football field and an all weather track.

Curriculum

San Marin High School serves grades 9-12, and offers a comprehensive program of study to approximately 1040 students. San Marin has established educational objectives aimed at providing students with challenging learning experiences in academics, as well as providing assistance with choosing future educational and career choices. Students are given opportunities to take classes in performing arts, visual arts, athletics, Regional Occupational Program courses, Advanced Placement and Honors Courses, and Sheltered Courses. In particular, R.O.P. (Regional Occupational Program)(493 students), A.P. (453 students) and honors enrollment (140 students) has climbed dramatically. The school has a 98.3% graduation rate. Fact|date=December 2007 The school ranks in the 90th percentile of Californian high schools. [citation | title = schools-data.com profile of San Marin High School | url = http://www.schools-data.com/schools/San-Marin-High-Novato.html] It has 62 teachers, 25 classified staff and a regional occupational program. The school newspaper is called "The Pony Express".

Extracurricular activities

San Marin students are involved in a wide range of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, with many opportunities for parent involvement. Parent organizations include PTSA, Sports Boosters, Music Boosters, Drama Boosters, Art Boosters, the English Language Advisory Committee; These groups are very active in supporting the school.

ports

In 2001 the San Marin Football had it's first and only undefeated football season going (12-0). They won the MCAL and North Coast Section 2A Championships. San Marin recently won the 2007 MCAL Girls Tennis Champions, the 2008 Varsity Baseball NCS Champions, and JV Baseball MCAL Champions.

tudent clubs

San Marin students are involved in many extracurricular activities and the students are encouraged to form students clubs for various interests and disciplines. The clubs are supervised by dedicated San Marin staff and are under the umbrella of the Leadership Class.

The various students clubs in San Marin are Leadership Class (a credited class) and by alphabetic order: Action Movie Club, Animal Alliance, Anime Club, Art Club, Chess Club, Christian Club, CSF (California Scholarship Foundation), Dance Club, Debate Club, Dinosaur Club, Drug and Alcohol Awareness Club, GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) club, Interact Club, Mountain Biking, Polynesian Island Club, Rea Politik, Robotics Club, Save the Waves Club, Social Action Club, Spanish Club and the Website Club.

The San Marin School Website [http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1] was developed by the Website club and maintained jointly by the students and PTSA.

The newly formed (Fall 2007) Robotics Club [http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=196&Itemid=65] won the Rookie of the Year, 2nd place overall and the website awards at their first ever FRC (First Robotics Competition) [http://www.usfirst.org/] UC Davis Regional Competition and regional tournament in March 2008.

Alumni news

J.Nadine Gracia, M.D. MSC, White House Fellow, 2008-2009

Click for Novato Advance Article [http://www.novatoadvance.com/articles/2008/08/13/news/doc48a329ab48362034880586.txt] , August 13, 2008

White House Fellowship is considered the most prestigious program for leadership and public service. The Fellowships offers exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.

Excerpt from the White House Press Release [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080626-25.html] --------------------------------------------------------------------J. Nadine Gracia. Hometown: Novato, California. Nadine Gracia is a pediatrician and violence prevention researcher. She was a general pediatrics research fellow at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and received a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research addresses community-level risk factors for violence and the evaluation of neighborhood interventions to reduce violence. She is an associate of the Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center. She earned her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She then completed pediatrics residency and served as Chief Pediatrics Resident at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. An advocate for minority and disadvantaged populations, she lectures nationwide on health disparities, diversity in education, and cultural competence. She is a National President Emeritus of the Student National Medical Association and a past Postgraduate Physician Trustee of the National Medical Association. She is a motivational speaker and career coach for thousands of students and physicians. She also conducts workshops throughout the country on leadership development, diplomacy, and strategic planning. She serves the community on issues of political awareness, health, and educational achievement through Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Fluent in French and Haitian Creole, she earned a B.A. with honors in French at Stanford University.

Student and parental conduct

San Marin received a reputation of being racially intolerance after several San Marin High School students yelled out racial epithets at members of the visiting Tamalpais High School basketball team in early 1998. In reaction to the slurs and actions committed by San Marin High students, parents of four of the black students from Tamalpais filed suit against the Novato Unified School District, charging that a "climate of intolerance" was allowed at San Marin. . The Marin County Athletic League put San Marin on probation for more than a year, citing its "hostile environment". [ [http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/04/20/novato/index.html Fiona Morgan, "salon.com," "Pride and prejudice: Is Novato, Calif., a breeding ground for hatred -- or just like every other American suburb?," 1999-04-29] , accessed 2007-03-07] [ [http://www.gbchrb.org/fhnews10.htm "The Economist," "Hate Crimes Continue to Increase Nationally - Even in Wealthy Suburbs," 1999-02-27] , accessed 2007-03-07] [http://www.marinij.com/prepsports/ci_8203022 Dave Allen, "Marin Independent Journal," February 7, 2008, "Parents' behavior prompts code of conduct at San Marin High"] , accessed February 11, 2007]

In 1999 San Marin received widespread media coverage after repeated incidents of hate crime were committed against one of their openly gay students. [cite web
last = Morgan
first = Fiona
authorlink =
title = Mothers Who Think: Pride and prejudice
work = Salon
publisher =
date = April 20, 1999
url = http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/04/20/novato/
accessdate = 2008-08-10] [cite web
title = Northern CA High School Student Beaten in Apparent Hate Crime
work = GLAADLINES
publisher = GLAAD
date = February 16, 1999
url = http://www.qrd.org/qrd/orgs/GLAAD/general.information/glaadlines/1999/02.16.99
accessdate = 2008-08-10 ]

The school's behaviour code was modified, outlining a range of punishments for racial/ethnic/sexual slurs including reprimand, parental notification, detention on Saturday afternoon, expulsion and police referral.

Misbehavior by parents of San Marin basketball players on February 2, 2008, in two games with Tam High teams led to drafting of the first code-of-conduct contracts for parents of athletes at a Marin County school. Following a girls junior varsity game at Tam, the mother of a San Marin player followed two referees, shouting obscene insults; later, at San Marin, two parents of San Marin players confronted Tam's coach after he made a gesture indicating that the home team had choked. Novato police were called and the parents were later asked not to attend the remaining games of the season.

References

External links

* [http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/ San Marin High School website]
* [http://do.nusd.org/index.html Novato Unified School District]
* [http://www.michaelcusack.com/pony/ Archive of "Pony Express" 2003-2006]