San Leandro High School

Infobox School
name = San Leandro High School
newspaper = "The Cargo"

established = 1949cite web|url=http://www.sanleandro.k12.ca.us/about_history.html|title=About SLUSD|publisher=San Leandro Unified School District|accessdate=2007-11-05]
address = 2200 Bancroft Avenue
city = San Leandro
state = California
country = USA flagicon|USA
campus =
type = Public secondary
principal = Amy Furtado
faculty = 121 [http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/DQReports.asp?CDSType=S&CDSCode=01612910137588 California Department of Education - Dataquest] ]
students = 2,605
grades = 9 - 12
district = San Leandro Unified School District
teamname = Pirates
colors = Red, Blue color box|redcolor box|blue

San Leandro High School is an American four-year public high school in San Leandro, California. It is the only public high school within the city. The school is a member of the San Leandro Unified School District. In 2007, The San Leandro Unified School District bought land to build a new building to house the freshman class to relieve overcrowding at SLHS. This move has met with some opposition due to separation of the freshman class from the rest of the schoolcite web |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_5791478|title=San Leandro district buys site for campus|last=Noceda|first=Kristofer|publisher=Oakland Tribune|accessdate=2007-11-20]

Awards and recognition

San Leandro High School was recognized by the California Department of Education in 1996 as a California Distinguished School. [ [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/ap/distingcounty.asp?county=01&submit1=Submit Distinguished School Awards: Award Winners for Alameda County] , California Department of Education. Accessed November 20, 2007.]

Demographics

As of 2006, the San Leandro High School student population is 31.5% Hispanic, 27.3% Asian, 15.9% Black, 15.2% White, 2.8% American Indian, 2.2% Pacific Islander and 1.1% Multi-Racial.cite web |url=http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=sl/sid=78810/midx=StudentDemographics
title=San Leandro High School
publisher=School Matters]

Clubs and Organizations

San Leandro High School is home to many clubs and organizations, including Gay Straight Alliance (an organization aimed towards fairness and equality between the gay/lesbian and straight students), DECA (a national organization for developing business and economics skills), Latinos Unidos (a social club of Hispanic students),AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination, a club that helps students reach 4 year universities), African American Student Union (better known as AASU, a social club for African-American students), and Peace Love and Revolution (a club that opposes war and violence). San Leandro also has three academies in partnership with the California Partnership Academies program. These academies are:
Business Academy: an academy that explains to students how to excel in the business world and teaches them how to market and sell products.
San Leandro Academy of Multimedia (SLAM): an academy that is designed for students to learn about the creative arts, like photography, videography, and animation.
Social Justice Academy: an academy established in 2007 that teaches the students how to give back to society.
AVID: a program designed for students to not only get into college, but succeed and be independent. San Leandro High has also gained the title as a National AVID Demonstration School.

Notable alumni

*Tamara De Treaux (1959-1990), actress who played the title character in motion scenes in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial".Fact|date=November 2007
*Dennis Dixon, starting quarterback for the Oregon Ducks. In his senior season of 2002, Dixon threw for 2,426 yards and 30 touchdowns, leading his team to a 12-1 season. [cite web|url=http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=222381|title=Dennis Dixon|publisher=Scout.com|accessdate=2007-11-04.]
*Curtis Goodwin (1972-), MLB outfielder from 1995-1999. [ [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/G/Curtis-Goodwin.shtml Curtis Goodwin] , The Baseball Cube. Accessed January 26, 2008.]
*Russell Means, leader of the American Indian Movement. [Stark, Jessica. [http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=10261 "Colonialism perfected on the American Indian: Activist Russell Means to offer insight, experience"] , Rice University press release dated November 14, 2007. Accessed November 20, 2007. "Shortly after the outbreak of World War II, his family moved to California, where he graduated from San Leandro High in 1958 and continued his formal education at Oakland City College and Arizona State."]
*Julian Nash (1983-), soccer forward for the Houston Dynamo. [ [http://sanjose.earthquakes.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=sje&player=nash_j&playerId=nas254222&statType=current Julian Nash] , San Jose Earthquakes. Accessed November 20, 2007.]
*Jarrad Page (1984-), safety for the Kansas City Chiefs. [ [http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/jarrad_page/ Jarrad Page] , Kansas City Chiefs. Accessed November 20, 2007.]
*Marviel Underwood, safety who played for the Oakland Raiders. [ [http://www.packers.com/draft/2005/marvielunderwood.phtml Marviel Underwood] , Green Bay Packers. Accessed November 20, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.slhs.net/ School Website]