Mission San Jose High School
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Mission San Jose High School (abbreviated MSJHS or MSJ), is a public, co-educational, four-year secondary school founded in 1964 and located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, California
, United States. It consistently ranks as one of the top high schools in the United States and is known for its strong academics, sending 91% of its graduates to post-secondary schools.
Mission San Jose has a strong AP program, as demonstrated by the high percentage of students earning passing scores of 3 or above on AP exams. Among large public high schools, Mission has the highest passing rate for both AP Statistics and AP French.
Mission San Jose students also perform well in other state and national tests. The school holds an API (Academic Performance Index
) of 952 in 2010. A ranking by Newsweek
places the school 140th in the United States. The school claims many other achievements and honors, among them the high number of students earning National Merit Scholarships. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1987, 1996, and 2008. In addition, 87% of the students are on the honor roll with a GPA of 3.0 or higher and students' SAT scores are in the top 95% of the nation.
finalist. In 2008, Mission sent two students to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
, as they had won Grand Prize at the local San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair (SFBASF.) In 2011, Mission again sent a student to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
after that students Grand Prize award at the local SFBASF. Mission has also had a consistent showing in the Siemens Competition, the best years being 2007 and 2011, with 4 semifinalists each. In addition, Mission students have been participating in many other research symposiums, such as the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
and National Science Bowl. From 2003 to 2005, MSJ placed in the top 39 at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (runner-up in 2003, champion in 2004, and third place in 2005). In 2005, MSJ achieved its best-ever showing at the National Science Bowl, finishing runner-up to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
. Also, later that year, they placed 50th overall.
In 2007, MSJ also made solid showings in both national competitions, placing in the top 16 out of 64 in NSB and 10th out of 25 in NOSB. In 2008, Mission San Jose's Science Bowl team lost to Monte Vista High School
at the regional competition, placing third behind Albany High School
and Monte Vista and failing to advance to the national competition. However, in that same year, Mission San Jose's National Ocean Science Bowl Team placed first at the regional competition, advancing to the National Competition and placing second behind Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
.
In 2009, Mission San Jose's Ocean Science Bowl team finished fourth in nationals, and its Science Bowl team finished in the top 12 at nationals. Mission San Jose has also sent teams to the HSNCT, the quizbowl national championship. In 2009, they sent two teams to the HSNCT, their A team placing 11th and their B team placing 43rd, out of nearly 200 teams that went to the event.
In 2010, despite missing all of their seniors, Mission San Jose's Quiz Bowl Team A took 11th place nationally. Team B made a strong appearance as well, but did not place. The same year, their Science Bowl C team defeated their own A team to go on to nationals, where they failed to place. In 2011, MSJ's Science Bowl A team defeated Bellarmine College Prep to win their regional event, the first time in 3 years that MSJ's A team has won (as opposed to its B and C teams). The team placed ninth in nationals.
team (also known as OHSODEF) is a nationally renowned program - in 2004-2005, the team was ranked first in the country. Notable accomplishments for the team include winning the National Tournament of Champions
in 2003 and closing out (having two debaters meet in the final round of) the 2004 Fall Classic tournament at the Greenhill School.http://www.hsdebate.com/archives/results/04-05/LD_Greenhill.html However, since the Speech and Debate club was suspended in the 2007-2009 school year, many of the school's debaters have left the school team. In the 2010-2011 school year, the team had three students go to State and three students go to Nationals to compete in speech.
. In its first year of Science Olympiad competition, Mission advanced to the 2006 NorCal State Championships at which it placed 7th. In 2007, it took 1st at the regional level and 2nd at the state level. In 2008, Mission sent 2 teams to the Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad, capturing 1st and 4th place, and at states, the A team captured 4th place, losing out to 3rd place by only 1 point. In 2009, Mission sent 3 teams to the Bay Area Regional, capturing 1st, 5th, and 6th.
Mission San Jose has consistently sent strong teams to the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium WonderCup Challenge. MSJ has won the Challenge 4 out of the 6 years the Challenge has existed; three of those wins were in a row (2004–2006).http://www.wonderfest.org/html/wondercup_info.html MSJ managed to get 2nd in 2007 and 2008, losing to Albany High School
.
The school's robotics club has seen some recent successes, with a FIRST Tech Challenge
team taking first place at a local regional event. A FIRST Robotics team was organized at the school in 2008 and won an outreach award, and has since grown to include students from other schools in the district.
semifinalists, 635% higher than the national average by numbers of semifinalists and 350% higher by the ratio of semifinalists to participants (those who did not qualify). In both years, one student advanced to the National finals, an intense 14-day training camp at George Mason University
that decides the 4-member USA IBO
team. In 2011, 21 students were named semifinalists, and two students advanced to the National finals at Purdue University
.
Mission San Jose's math team has consistently scored among the top in the nation on the American Mathematics Competition, AIME
, and USAMO tests. In 2006, Mission San Jose's team produced 2 USAMO qualifiers, and has consistently produced multiple USAMO and USAJMO qualifiers since. In 2005, one student was invited to participate in MOSP. Furthermore, the team won 1st place in the California Math League in 2006, edging out rival Lynbrook High School
by one point. In 2007 and 2008, Mission settled for second place, whereas in 2009, the team tied for first place with a perfect score with three other schools.
In 2008, Mission San Jose High School had a student qualify for the United States National Physics Olympiad, and in 2009, two students, including a sophomore, qualified. Those two students later moved on to compete for the US at the International Physics Olympiad
, where they both received gold.
In 2011, Mission San Jose had two students advanced to the National finals (top 20) of the United States National Chemistry Olympiad
at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado.
and Monta Vista High School
. In 2008, the MSJ go club sent a team of 4 to compete in the ING National School Tournament and won 1st place in the Open Division to become the national champions. In 2009, the club won 2nd place in the Division B Tournament. In 2010, Mission won first place in Division A at the newly formed Bay Area High School Go Tournament.
Mission San Jose High School belongs to the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL)
, which comprises the five high schools in Fremont as well as James Logan High School
and Newark Memorial High School
, the only high schools in Union City
and Newark
, respectively. The MVAL is a league of the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation
.
Sports at which Mission high-school typically excels at includes badminton
(2004-2011 NCS champions), tennis
(2004 & 2009 NCS champions), wrestling
, and swimming
(League champions for over 26 consecutive years). The Boy's Tennis team became a dominant force in MVAL surrendering only 6 individual matches during the 2008 season, and 4 during the 2009 season. In 2008, the (ninth-seeded) boy's team upset the #1 seeded team Redwood Giants (Larkspur); equally as impressive, the 2008 girl's team (seventh-seeded) upset the San Ramon Valley High School
team (second-seed).
In 2009, the Boy's team headed to the NorCal Championships after upsetting both the #2 seeded team from Redwood, but also defeating #1 powerhouse Monte Vista in a rousing come from behind victory at Logan High School. Monte Vista lead 3-1, with MSJ winning the final four sets that were in play, to win 4-3, capping an NCS Championship. The following fall, the girl's team set an impressive record as well, with an undefeated 84-0 league individual record, 1st place in the MVAL team tournament, 1st and 3rd place in the MVAL singles tournament, and a clean doubles sweep in the MVAL doubles tournament. The previously number two seeded 2009 Girl's Tennis Team went on to the NorCal Championships after they placed first in Division 1 NCS, upsetting the number one seed, Foothill High School, at Golden Gate Park.
In recent years the Mission water polo
team has come out very strong. In the 2008 season, the Water Polo team has won the MVAL Tournament.
Mission's volleyball program has increased in strength in recent years. In 2009, the Mission Girl's Volleyball team, composed of 9 juniors and 3 sophomores, won the MVAL league championship with a 11-1 record, losing only to Logan High School. In the 2009-2010 season, Mission Girls Volleyball headed up to second round North Coast Sectionals. In 2009, the Mission Boy's Volleyball
team seized the MVAL league championship with a 12-0 season and scored 2nd place in Division 1 NCS. In the 2009-2010 season, MSJ Boys Volleyball went up to North Coast Sectionals first round.
In recent years Mission's mens soccer team as excelled under the coach of Joe Marden. In 2007 the Warrior's men's soccer team were Division 1 National Champions with an astonishing season of 14-1 led by captains Cody Foster and Christopher Wright. Their reign continued when coach Marden led the Warriors to another NCS championship in 2008 after Greg Loski's last minute goal against St. Mary's. As Joe Marden stepped down as head coach in the 2009-2010 season Mission's soccer teams struggled as they ended the season with a 4-7 record.
Mission San Jose has also traditionally fielded a strong wrestling
program, often placing at the top of the team standings in the North Coast Section Tournament. Mission hosts its own tournament towards the end of the season, generally considered to be the toughest wrestling tournament in the North Coast Section, and is often seen as a predecessor to the standings of the NCS tournament for each weight class. Led by Coach Thomsen, Mission has sent several warriors to the medal podiums in the last couple of years at NCS.
Historically, Mission San Jose High School has been known for its strong football teams. In the 1978 football season, the team was the first in MVAL history to win the North Coast Section 4A Varsity Football Championship going undefeated 12-0. They were coached by Jim Randall and led by the record breaking running back Michael Carnell, who rushed for a record 2,364 yards and 44 http://www.nflhs.com/News/Records/11man_ind_offense.asp touchdowns in one season. The Warriors also produced former SF 49er and Super Bowl XXIX Champion Gary Plummer
.
However, in recent years the performance of Mission's football teams has fallen. In 2002, the team was disbanded due to lack of interest, but was reformed the following year and in 2005, it won their homecoming
game. In the recent 2008 football season, the freshman football team won its first game in 4 years. The game was won against Santa Teresa High School
by a score of 7-6. This team was lead by captain Jay "The Suckh" Shah who ran for the only touchdown and intercepted the ball to seal the game. The 2009 Freshman football team beat Irvington High School 32-0, but only during preseason. The 2010 Varsity football team beat De Anza High School 27-6 in the preseason, but it should be noted that the star player on the De Anza team was injured and many players were not present. The 2010 Freshman football team beat American High School 30-6 in regular season on their last game.
Mission's Winter Guard team recently won Champion status in the 2006 Novice Division competition against fifteen other Guard Units at Del Oro. The baseball program enjoyed a run of success in the late '80s through the mid '90s, but has seen a lack of interest recently. Johnny Abrego
, Greg Moore, and Bobby Hill
are former Mission San Jose baseball players who have enjoyed professional success. Abrego and Hill played a number of years within the Chicago Cubs
organization, while Moore played with the Anaheim Angels and Colorado Rockies
.
More recently, however, the freshman (class of '13) football
and baseball
teams have consistently placed high in their leagues. The freshman football team has placed an outstanding record against other teams in the Tri-Valley district, despite their mercurial loss of 45-0 against American High. Nonetheless, the baseball team is receiving praise for placing top in many of its respective games, with an amenable 17-2 seasonal record.
Despite a terrible boys Basketball and Football team, the athletics remain strong with MSJ scoring first at MVALS in over half of its other sports. Notable teams who consistently make it to the state level include the badminton team and swim team.
The school colors
are green and white and the mascot
is the warrior. Its logo was the Mission Peak
(a mountain easily visible from campus) until recently when a new warrior logo was designed and implemented by student vote. The school's previous logo was a feathered arrow, but this was changed in the mid-1990s in response to controversies surrounding the use of Native American
mascots and symbols by American schools. Currently, the school designates the "Mission Man" as a mascot.
Student Activities are directed by the Associated Student Body, or ASB, Council, composed of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Activities Coordinator.
Elections (with votes from the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) are held annually to determine the new officers for the following school year. The ASB Council meets every Wednesday at lunch to approve checks, pass new clubs, and discuss important announcements.
The two major student publications are the Smoke Signal, an award-winning, self-funded student newspaper which is printed every three weeks, and the Costanoan, the school's full-color yearbook
. A student literary magazine
, the Phoenix, also is published by the Phoenix club once a year.
design. Built in the 1960s, the campus was designed for about 1,600 to 1,800 students and has eight wings and a main office
. B-wing classrooms are typically for the math and social science department, and the C-wing is primarily for the science department. The main auditorium
, C-120, is part of the C-wing. The English
and fine arts departments are located in the E-wing.
The G-wing includes the large and small gyms, the boys and girls locker rooms, swimming pool
, and weight training
room. Likewise, L-wing is the library
section. Located just across from the main office, it also includes the copy center and other rooms.
The drama
and foreign language
classes are found in the M-wing. N-wing classrooms typically hold the freshman classes (i.e. health, geography, etc.), but the culinary arts classroom, foreign language classrooms, and some English classes are found there.
The P-wing is composed entirely of portable buildings. As of 2009, it includes 13 portables. The Fremont Unified School District recently approved a plan to replace the portables with a new two-story facility, with the first floor designed specifically for students with special needs.
A new A-wing was constructed and used during the 2010-11 school year. It is used as a cafeteria and classrooms for statistics.
The school has over 2,000 students, exceeding its design capacity and resulting in overcrowding and many other major problems. Fremont's population
has grown from less than 50,000 when the school was built in 1964 to well over 200,000 today. Almost every school in the city has space issues stemming from this population explosion (four of the five high schools in the district have at least 1,500 students), but Mission has been among the most impacted. Even after a significant redistricting
by the Fremont Unified School District
in the late 1990s, which reassigned much of the Warm Springs area students (mostly from Weibel Elementary School, causing significant unrest in the community) from Mission to Irvington High School
, Mission's enrollment is once again at about 2000.
In the 2008-2009 school year, construction was started on the school to make new classrooms and a new cafeteria
. MSJHS was proposed to become a closed-campus school beginning with the school year 2009-2010; however, due to limited funding as well as statewide and district budget cuts, this is likely to be indefinitely postponed. Furthermore, to accommodate the increase in the student body population, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, proposals have been made to eliminate small freshmen classes, increase the student-teacher ratio
for general classes to 35:1, and increase the student-teacher ratio for PE classes to 50:1.
of Mission San Jose High School include:
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
, United States. It consistently ranks as one of the top high schools in the United States and is known for its strong academics, sending 91% of its graduates to post-secondary schools.
Academics
On December 9, 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked Mission San Jose High as the 36th best high school in the United States as well as the 4th best (open enrollment) public school nationwide.Mission San Jose has a strong AP program, as demonstrated by the high percentage of students earning passing scores of 3 or above on AP exams. Among large public high schools, Mission has the highest passing rate for both AP Statistics and AP French.
Mission San Jose students also perform well in other state and national tests. The school holds an API (Academic Performance Index
Academic Performance Index
The Academic Performance Index is a measurement of academic performance and progress of individual schools in California, United States. It is one of the main components of the Public Schools Accountability Act passed by the California legislature in 1999...
) of 952 in 2010. A ranking by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
places the school 140th in the United States. The school claims many other achievements and honors, among them the high number of students earning National Merit Scholarships. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1987, 1996, and 2008. In addition, 87% of the students are on the honor roll with a GPA of 3.0 or higher and students' SAT scores are in the top 95% of the nation.
Research Symposiums
In 2009, Mission had its first ever Intel STSIntel Science Talent Search
The Intel Science Talent Search , known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" science competition. In his speech...
finalist. In 2008, Mission sent two students to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific research event in the world, and is owned and administered by the Society for Science & the Public a 501 non-profit organization based in Washington, DC...
, as they had won Grand Prize at the local San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair (SFBASF.) In 2011, Mission again sent a student to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific research event in the world, and is owned and administered by the Society for Science & the Public a 501 non-profit organization based in Washington, DC...
after that students Grand Prize award at the local SFBASF. Mission has also had a consistent showing in the Siemens Competition, the best years being 2007 and 2011, with 4 semifinalists each. In addition, Mission students have been participating in many other research symposiums, such as the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
Quiz Bowl-style Tournaments
Students have participated in various quiz bowl tournaments, often qualifying for the National Ocean Sciences BowlNational Ocean Sciences Bowl
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl is a national, high-school science competition sponsored by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program and managed by the which started in the 1970s. It uses a quiz-bowl format, with lockout buzzers and extended team challenge questions to test students on...
and National Science Bowl. From 2003 to 2005, MSJ placed in the top 39 at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (runner-up in 2003, champion in 2004, and third place in 2005). In 2005, MSJ achieved its best-ever showing at the National Science Bowl, finishing runner-up to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...
. Also, later that year, they placed 50th overall.
In 2007, MSJ also made solid showings in both national competitions, placing in the top 16 out of 64 in NSB and 10th out of 25 in NOSB. In 2008, Mission San Jose's Science Bowl team lost to Monte Vista High School
Monte Vista High School
Monte Vista High School can refer to several high schools in California:*Monte Vista High School *Monte Vista High School...
at the regional competition, placing third behind Albany High School
Albany High School (Albany, California)
Albany High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Albany, California. Educating students in grades 9–12, the school has an enrollment of 1293 students. The school mascot is a cougar and the school colors are red and white...
and Monte Vista and failing to advance to the national competition. However, in that same year, Mission San Jose's National Ocean Science Bowl Team placed first at the regional competition, advancing to the National Competition and placing second behind Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School is a public, regional high school located at 390 Lincoln Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Its current superintendent/principal is Scott Carpenter.-History:...
.
In 2009, Mission San Jose's Ocean Science Bowl team finished fourth in nationals, and its Science Bowl team finished in the top 12 at nationals. Mission San Jose has also sent teams to the HSNCT, the quizbowl national championship. In 2009, they sent two teams to the HSNCT, their A team placing 11th and their B team placing 43rd, out of nearly 200 teams that went to the event.
In 2010, despite missing all of their seniors, Mission San Jose's Quiz Bowl Team A took 11th place nationally. Team B made a strong appearance as well, but did not place. The same year, their Science Bowl C team defeated their own A team to go on to nationals, where they failed to place. In 2011, MSJ's Science Bowl A team defeated Bellarmine College Prep to win their regional event, the first time in 3 years that MSJ's A team has won (as opposed to its B and C teams). The team placed ninth in nationals.
Speech and Debate
Mission San Jose's Lincoln-Douglas DebateLincoln-Douglas debate
Lincoln–Douglas debate is sometimes also called values debate because it traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic, ethical values, and philosophy...
team (also known as OHSODEF) is a nationally renowned program - in 2004-2005, the team was ranked first in the country. Notable accomplishments for the team include winning the National Tournament of Champions
Tournament of Champions (debate)
The Tournament of Champions is a high school debate tournament held annually at the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is the most prestigious tournament on the "national circuit," representing some of the most competitively successful debaters from the nation's most prestigious...
in 2003 and closing out (having two debaters meet in the final round of) the 2004 Fall Classic tournament at the Greenhill School.http://www.hsdebate.com/archives/results/04-05/LD_Greenhill.html However, since the Speech and Debate club was suspended in the 2007-2009 school year, many of the school's debaters have left the school team. In the 2010-2011 school year, the team had three students go to State and three students go to Nationals to compete in speech.
Local (Bay Area) Competitions
In 2006, Mission San Jose took second at the first Bay Area Regional Science OlympiadScience Olympiad
Science Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
. In its first year of Science Olympiad competition, Mission advanced to the 2006 NorCal State Championships at which it placed 7th. In 2007, it took 1st at the regional level and 2nd at the state level. In 2008, Mission sent 2 teams to the Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad, capturing 1st and 4th place, and at states, the A team captured 4th place, losing out to 3rd place by only 1 point. In 2009, Mission sent 3 teams to the Bay Area Regional, capturing 1st, 5th, and 6th.
Mission San Jose has consistently sent strong teams to the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium WonderCup Challenge. MSJ has won the Challenge 4 out of the 6 years the Challenge has existed; three of those wins were in a row (2004–2006).http://www.wonderfest.org/html/wondercup_info.html MSJ managed to get 2nd in 2007 and 2008, losing to Albany High School
Albany High School (Albany, California)
Albany High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Albany, California. Educating students in grades 9–12, the school has an enrollment of 1293 students. The school mascot is a cougar and the school colors are red and white...
.
The school's robotics club has seen some recent successes, with a FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge
The FIRST Tech Challenge , formerly the FIRST Vex Challenge , is a mid-level robotics competition targeted toward high-school aged students. It offers the traditional challenge of a FIRST Robotics competition but with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit...
team taking first place at a local regional event. A FIRST Robotics team was organized at the school in 2008 and won an outreach award, and has since grown to include students from other schools in the district.
National Olympiads
When in its prime in both 2006 and 2007, Mission San Jose had 14 USA Biology OlympiadUSA Biology Olympiad
The USA Biology Olympiad is a national competition sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education. Each year, twenty National Finalists gather at a nationally recognized institution for a two-week training camp. From the program's inception through 2009, the camp was held at George Mason...
semifinalists, 635% higher than the national average by numbers of semifinalists and 350% higher by the ratio of semifinalists to participants (those who did not qualify). In both years, one student advanced to the National finals, an intense 14-day training camp at George Mason University
George Mason University
George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
that decides the 4-member USA IBO
International Biology Olympiad
The International Biology Olympiad is a science olympiad for students in sixth form . The first academic international Olympiads after the International Mathematical Olympiad were launched under the auspices of the United Nations in the 1960s...
team. In 2011, 21 students were named semifinalists, and two students advanced to the National finals at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
.
Mission San Jose's math team has consistently scored among the top in the nation on the American Mathematics Competition, AIME
American Invitational Mathematics Examination
The American Invitational Mathematics Examination is a 15-question 3-hour test given since 1983 to those who rank in the top 5% on the AMC 12 high school mathematics contest , and starting in 2010, those who rank in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10.The AIME is the second of two tests used to determine...
, and USAMO tests. In 2006, Mission San Jose's team produced 2 USAMO qualifiers, and has consistently produced multiple USAMO and USAJMO qualifiers since. In 2005, one student was invited to participate in MOSP. Furthermore, the team won 1st place in the California Math League in 2006, edging out rival Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook High School is a co-educational, public, four-year secondary school located in the West San Jose neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA...
by one point. In 2007 and 2008, Mission settled for second place, whereas in 2009, the team tied for first place with a perfect score with three other schools.
In 2008, Mission San Jose High School had a student qualify for the United States National Physics Olympiad, and in 2009, two students, including a sophomore, qualified. Those two students later moved on to compete for the US at the International Physics Olympiad
International Physics Olympiad
The International Physics Olympiad is an annual physics competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads. The first IPhO was held in Warsaw, Poland in 1967....
, where they both received gold.
In 2011, Mission San Jose had two students advanced to the National finals (top 20) of the United States National Chemistry Olympiad
United States National Chemistry Olympiad
The United States National Chemistry Olympiad is a contest held by the American Chemical Society used to select the four-student team that represents the United States at the International Chemistry Olympiad ....
at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Go Tournaments
Mission San Jose's Go team has taken first place at the California High School Go Championships 3 years in a row (2005–2007), beating out Piedmont High SchoolPiedmont High School
Piedmont High School is a public high school located in Piedmont, California, United States. It is noted for its nationally ranked academics, nationally-known Bird Calling Contest, and the A-11 football offense...
and Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, USA. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino...
. In 2008, the MSJ go club sent a team of 4 to compete in the ING National School Tournament and won 1st place in the Open Division to become the national champions. In 2009, the club won 2nd place in the Division B Tournament. In 2010, Mission won first place in Division A at the newly formed Bay Area High School Go Tournament.
Chess Tournaments
The chess team has taken 2nd place in the Northern California Chess Championship for three years straight. In 2005, the team tied for 1st at the CalNorthYouthChess regionals. In 2000, the team took 1st at the State Scholastic Championship.Athletics
Mission Valley Athletic League
The Mission Valley Athletic League is a collaboration of 7 schools in the Tri-Cities area of Fremont, Newark and Union City, California. The MVAL is part of the Bay Shore Conference in the North Coast Section ....
, which comprises the five high schools in Fremont as well as James Logan High School
James Logan High School
James Logan High School is a public secondary school in Union City, California, United States. The school is administrated by the New Haven Unified School District and has an enrollment of more than 4000 students.-Demographics:...
and Newark Memorial High School
Newark Memorial High School
Newark Memorial High School is a comprehensive high school in Newark, California. It is located to the southeast of Newark's business district, between I-880 and San Francisco Bay.- History :...
, the only high schools in Union City
Union City, California
Union City is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated in 1959, combining the communities of Alvarado and Decoto. Alvarado was the original county seat of Alameda County, and the site of the first county courthouse is a California Historical Landmark . The city...
and Newark
Newark, California
Newark is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in September 1955. Newark is an enclave, completely surrounded by the city of Fremont. Its population was 42,573 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
, respectively. The MVAL is a league of the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation
California Interscholastic Federation
The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...
.
Sports at which Mission high-school typically excels at includes badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
(2004-2011 NCS champions), tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
(2004 & 2009 NCS champions), wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, and swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
(League champions for over 26 consecutive years). The Boy's Tennis team became a dominant force in MVAL surrendering only 6 individual matches during the 2008 season, and 4 during the 2009 season. In 2008, the (ninth-seeded) boy's team upset the #1 seeded team Redwood Giants (Larkspur); equally as impressive, the 2008 girl's team (seventh-seeded) upset the San Ramon Valley High School
San Ramon Valley High School
San Ramon Valley High School is a four-year public high school located in the East Bay neighborhood of Danville, California, USA. San Ramon Valley High School is one of the schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon school from the Blue Ribbon Schools...
team (second-seed).
In 2009, the Boy's team headed to the NorCal Championships after upsetting both the #2 seeded team from Redwood, but also defeating #1 powerhouse Monte Vista in a rousing come from behind victory at Logan High School. Monte Vista lead 3-1, with MSJ winning the final four sets that were in play, to win 4-3, capping an NCS Championship. The following fall, the girl's team set an impressive record as well, with an undefeated 84-0 league individual record, 1st place in the MVAL team tournament, 1st and 3rd place in the MVAL singles tournament, and a clean doubles sweep in the MVAL doubles tournament. The previously number two seeded 2009 Girl's Tennis Team went on to the NorCal Championships after they placed first in Division 1 NCS, upsetting the number one seed, Foothill High School, at Golden Gate Park.
In recent years the Mission water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
team has come out very strong. In the 2008 season, the Water Polo team has won the MVAL Tournament.
Mission's volleyball program has increased in strength in recent years. In 2009, the Mission Girl's Volleyball team, composed of 9 juniors and 3 sophomores, won the MVAL league championship with a 11-1 record, losing only to Logan High School. In the 2009-2010 season, Mission Girls Volleyball headed up to second round North Coast Sectionals. In 2009, the Mission Boy's Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team seized the MVAL league championship with a 12-0 season and scored 2nd place in Division 1 NCS. In the 2009-2010 season, MSJ Boys Volleyball went up to North Coast Sectionals first round.
In recent years Mission's mens soccer team as excelled under the coach of Joe Marden. In 2007 the Warrior's men's soccer team were Division 1 National Champions with an astonishing season of 14-1 led by captains Cody Foster and Christopher Wright. Their reign continued when coach Marden led the Warriors to another NCS championship in 2008 after Greg Loski's last minute goal against St. Mary's. As Joe Marden stepped down as head coach in the 2009-2010 season Mission's soccer teams struggled as they ended the season with a 4-7 record.
Mission San Jose has also traditionally fielded a strong wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
program, often placing at the top of the team standings in the North Coast Section Tournament. Mission hosts its own tournament towards the end of the season, generally considered to be the toughest wrestling tournament in the North Coast Section, and is often seen as a predecessor to the standings of the NCS tournament for each weight class. Led by Coach Thomsen, Mission has sent several warriors to the medal podiums in the last couple of years at NCS.
Historically, Mission San Jose High School has been known for its strong football teams. In the 1978 football season, the team was the first in MVAL history to win the North Coast Section 4A Varsity Football Championship going undefeated 12-0. They were coached by Jim Randall and led by the record breaking running back Michael Carnell, who rushed for a record 2,364 yards and 44 http://www.nflhs.com/News/Records/11man_ind_offense.asp touchdowns in one season. The Warriors also produced former SF 49er and Super Bowl XXIX Champion Gary Plummer
Gary Plummer (American football)
Gary Plummer is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League and the United States Football League. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as a free agent in 1986 after playing three years in the USFL...
.
However, in recent years the performance of Mission's football teams has fallen. In 2002, the team was disbanded due to lack of interest, but was reformed the following year and in 2005, it won their homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
game. In the recent 2008 football season, the freshman football team won its first game in 4 years. The game was won against Santa Teresa High School
Santa Teresa High School
Santa Teresa High School secondary school located in the suburban southern region of San Jose, California, United States. The school is part of the East Side Union High School District , serving students in grades 9-12...
by a score of 7-6. This team was lead by captain Jay "The Suckh" Shah who ran for the only touchdown and intercepted the ball to seal the game. The 2009 Freshman football team beat Irvington High School 32-0, but only during preseason. The 2010 Varsity football team beat De Anza High School 27-6 in the preseason, but it should be noted that the star player on the De Anza team was injured and many players were not present. The 2010 Freshman football team beat American High School 30-6 in regular season on their last game.
Mission's Winter Guard team recently won Champion status in the 2006 Novice Division competition against fifteen other Guard Units at Del Oro. The baseball program enjoyed a run of success in the late '80s through the mid '90s, but has seen a lack of interest recently. Johnny Abrego
Johnny Abrego
Johnny Ray Abrego is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. His career was a brief one, as he was a member of the Cubs' starting rotation for the last month of the 1985 season...
, Greg Moore, and Bobby Hill
Bobby Hill (baseball player)
William Robert Hill is a former baseball infielder.Hill attended the University of Miami, where he played baseball, and was then drafted by the Chicago Cubs. In 2000, before playing for the Cubs organization, he played for the Newark Bears in the independent Atlantic League. He hit .326 with 13...
are former Mission San Jose baseball players who have enjoyed professional success. Abrego and Hill played a number of years within the Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
organization, while Moore played with the Anaheim Angels and Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...
.
More recently, however, the freshman (class of '13) football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
teams have consistently placed high in their leagues. The freshman football team has placed an outstanding record against other teams in the Tri-Valley district, despite their mercurial loss of 45-0 against American High. Nonetheless, the baseball team is receiving praise for placing top in many of its respective games, with an amenable 17-2 seasonal record.
Despite a terrible boys Basketball and Football team, the athletics remain strong with MSJ scoring first at MVALS in over half of its other sports. Notable teams who consistently make it to the state level include the badminton team and swim team.
The school colors
School colors
School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. Most schools have two colors, which are usually chosen to avoid conflicts with other schools with which the school competes in sports and other activities...
are green and white and the mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
is the warrior. Its logo was the Mission Peak
Mission Peak
Mission Peak is a peak east of Fremont, California. It is part of a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Peak. Mission Peak is located in the Mission Peak Regional Preserve and is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District. There is regular snowfall every winter, but it is typically...
(a mountain easily visible from campus) until recently when a new warrior logo was designed and implemented by student vote. The school's previous logo was a feathered arrow, but this was changed in the mid-1990s in response to controversies surrounding the use of Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
mascots and symbols by American schools. Currently, the school designates the "Mission Man" as a mascot.
Student activities
Mission has numerous different clubs organized by students. They cover a variety of categories, including sports, volunteering, languages, publications, and academics.Student Activities are directed by the Associated Student Body, or ASB, Council, composed of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Activities Coordinator.
Elections (with votes from the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) are held annually to determine the new officers for the following school year. The ASB Council meets every Wednesday at lunch to approve checks, pass new clubs, and discuss important announcements.
The two major student publications are the Smoke Signal, an award-winning, self-funded student newspaper which is printed every three weeks, and the Costanoan, the school's full-color yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
. A student literary magazine
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
, the Phoenix, also is published by the Phoenix club once a year.
Demographics
As of the 2005-2006 school year, 75% of the students were Asian American (primarily Chinese but with a burgeoning Indian population), 20% were European American, and 5% were other races.Campus
Campus Design
Mission has a somewhat unusual and spacious campusCampus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
design. Built in the 1960s, the campus was designed for about 1,600 to 1,800 students and has eight wings and a main office
Office
An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
. B-wing classrooms are typically for the math and social science department, and the C-wing is primarily for the science department. The main auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
, C-120, is part of the C-wing. The English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
and fine arts departments are located in the E-wing.
The G-wing includes the large and small gyms, the boys and girls locker rooms, swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, and weight training
Weight training
Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...
room. Likewise, L-wing is the library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
section. Located just across from the main office, it also includes the copy center and other rooms.
The drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and foreign language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
classes are found in the M-wing. N-wing classrooms typically hold the freshman classes (i.e. health, geography, etc.), but the culinary arts classroom, foreign language classrooms, and some English classes are found there.
The P-wing is composed entirely of portable buildings. As of 2009, it includes 13 portables. The Fremont Unified School District recently approved a plan to replace the portables with a new two-story facility, with the first floor designed specifically for students with special needs.
A new A-wing was constructed and used during the 2010-11 school year. It is used as a cafeteria and classrooms for statistics.
Overcrowding
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
has grown from less than 50,000 when the school was built in 1964 to well over 200,000 today. Almost every school in the city has space issues stemming from this population explosion (four of the five high schools in the district have at least 1,500 students), but Mission has been among the most impacted. Even after a significant redistricting
Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...
by the Fremont Unified School District
Fremont Unified School District
Fremont Unified School District is a primary and secondary education school district located in Fremont, California.The District has 28 elementary school campuses, 5 junior high campuses, and 5 high school campuses, as well as one alternative school campus.-School campuses and attendance areas:The...
in the late 1990s, which reassigned much of the Warm Springs area students (mostly from Weibel Elementary School, causing significant unrest in the community) from Mission to Irvington High School
Irvington High School (Fremont, California)
Irvington High School is an American public high school located in Fremont, California. It is one of five public high schools in the Fremont Unified School District.-Campus:...
, Mission's enrollment is once again at about 2000.
In the 2008-2009 school year, construction was started on the school to make new classrooms and a new cafeteria
Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
. MSJHS was proposed to become a closed-campus school beginning with the school year 2009-2010; however, due to limited funding as well as statewide and district budget cuts, this is likely to be indefinitely postponed. Furthermore, to accommodate the increase in the student body population, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, proposals have been made to eliminate small freshmen classes, increase the student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher...
for general classes to 35:1, and increase the student-teacher ratio for PE classes to 50:1.
Notable alumni
Notable alumniAlumnus
An alumnus , according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university." An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor or inmate as well as a former student. In addition, an alumna is "a female graduate or former student of a school, college,...
of Mission San Jose High School include:
- Johnny AbregoJohnny AbregoJohnny Ray Abrego is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. His career was a brief one, as he was a member of the Cubs' starting rotation for the last month of the 1985 season...
, former Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher. (Class of 1981) - Consuelo Maria CallahanConsuelo María CallahanConsuelo María Callahan is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.-Background:...
, Ninth Circuit Appeals CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...
Judge. (Class of 1968) - Natali Del ConteNatali Del ConteNatali Terese Morris, née Del Conte is a technology news journalist and online media personality. Morris is a former editor for CNET.com and is a former co-host of the technology news podcast Buzz Out Loud, one of CNET.com's flagship podcasts, in addition to Loaded, a daily technology news show...
, Host of CNETCNETCNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
Loaded. (Class of 1996) - Scott FisherScott Fisher (basketball)Scott Fisher is a retired American-Australian basketball player and former head coach of the National Basketball League's Perth Wildcats.-Playing career:...
, former National Basketball LeagueNational Basketball League (Australia)The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
MVP player and coach. (Class of 1981) - Don HertzfeldtDon HertzfeldtDon Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated Rejected and Everything Will Be OK. His animated films have received over 150 awards and have been presented around the world. Before the age of thirty, his films were already the subject of several...
, Academy Award nominated animator. (Class of 1994) - Lev KirshnerLev KirshnerLev Kirshner is the head coach for the men's soccer team San Diego State University.-High school and college:Kirshner attended Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California where he played soccer, badminton and ran cross country. He graduated in 1987 and was inducted into the school’s Hall...
, San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State UniversitySan Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
men's soccer coach. (Class of 1987) - Joe KrakoskiJoe Krakoski (linebacker)Joseph Joshua Krakoski is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Washington and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Krakoski attended Mission San...
, former NFL linebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
. (Class of 1981) - Joe LonsdaleJoe LonsdaleJoe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He is a founder of Palantir Technologies, a private company focused on analyzing, integrating, and visualizing data. Prior to Palantir Lonsdale was an early executive at Clarium Capital. He helped Peter Thiel grow the global...
, successful entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. Founder of Palantir, CEO of Addepar, and President of Anduin Ventures. - Justin MedlockJustin MedlockJustin Charles Medlock is a professional American and Canadian football placekicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA.Medlock has also been a member of the St...
, CFLCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
placekickerPlacekickerPlacekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...
of the Edmonton EskimosEdmonton EskimosThe Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...
. (Class of 2002) - Gary Plummer, former NFL linebacker. (Class of 1978)
- Dina Ruiz-EastwoodDina EastwoodDina Ruiz Eastwood is an American reporter, TV news anchor and film actress. In March 1996 she married actor/director Clint Eastwood and has acted in two films which he directed.- Private life :...
, TelevisionTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
personality and wife of Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
. (Class of 1983) - Kevin SakudaKevin SakudaKevin Sakuda is an American soccer player currently playing for Austin Aztex in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-Youth and College:...
, DefenderDefender (association football)Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
/Midfielder of Montreal ImpactMontreal ImpactMontreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
. (Class of 1998) - Kevin TanKevin Tan-Early life:Tan was born in Fremont, California in 1981 to immigrants from Taiwan. He graduated from Mission San Jose High School, Class of 2000.He is of Chinese descent. His Chinese and legal name is Kai Wen and that is the name he uses in international competition...
, 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medalist for men's team gymnastics. (Class of 2000) - Kevin Wing, Emmy Award-winning Bay Area television journalist (Class of 1981)
- Kristi YamaguchiKristi YamaguchiKristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...
, Olympic Figure SkatingFigure skatingFigure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
gold medalist, Champion of Dancing with the Stars season 6Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 6)The sixth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 17, 2008; the first results show was a double-elimination episode airing on March 25, 2008. The show followed the format of previous seasons, with 12 couples....
. (Class of 1989)