Oak Grove High School is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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 which serves students in grades 9–12. Average student enrollment is 2800 students, compared to the state average of 900 students. The school is part of the East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD). As of 2010, the principal is Martha Brazil

Oak Grove High School has a history of athletic success, particularly in football

American football

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 (C.C.S. Champion years: '78, '86, '97, '99, '04, '07, and 08'), basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, track, soccer, and many other sports competitions. The school's mascot

Mascot

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 is the eagle

Eagle

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I.D. badges

The use of badges was discontinued for the 2010-2011 school year because of budget cuts.

Graduation requirements

Students must have 220 credits; including:

• English
  English studies
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  — 40 credits (4 Years)
• Social Studies
  Social studies
  Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
  
  — 30 credits (3 Years)
• 1 year of World History
• 1 year of United States History
• 1 semester of American Government
• 1 semester of Economics
• Math — 20 credits (2 Years)
• 1 year of Algebra 1 / Course 1 or higher
• Science
  Science
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  — 20 credits (2 Years)
• 1 year of Bio. Science
• 1 year of Physical Science
• Physical Education
  Physical education
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  — 20 credits (2 Years)
• Fine Arts or Foreign Language
  Foreign language
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  — 10 credits (1 year)
• Electives — 80+ credits

Elective Courses may be selected from the following areas:

• Art
  Art
  Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
  
  
• Business
  Business
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• JROTC
• Consumer & Homemaking Ed.
• English, Foreign Language
• Industrial Ed.
• Math
• Music
  Music
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• Physical Ed.
• Reading
  Reading (process)
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• Science
  Science
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• Social Science
• Vocational Ed. (CCOC)

• Unit Requirement:

The unit requirement for graduation is 220. To complete the unit requirement, students may select the elective courses listed above. The California High School Exit Exam

California High School Exit Exam

The California High School Exit Exam is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school graduates, in the areas of reading,...

 (or CAHSEE) is also a requirement for graduation.

• Proficiency Requirement:

Students must pass mathematics, reading, and writing proficiency examinations. Students in designated special programs shall meet proficiency requirements contained in their individual education programs.

Advanced Placement

As of the 2010/2011 school year, the following Advanced Placement are offered at Oak Grove High School.

• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Computer Science
  AP Computer Science
  Advanced Placement Computer Science is the name of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course...
  
  
• AP English Language and Composition
  AP English Language and Composition
  Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....
  
  
• AP English Literature and Composition
  AP English Literature and Composition
  Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
  
  
• AP Spanish
  AP Spanish
  AP Spanish can stand for two distinct Advanced Placement Programs provided by the College Board:*AP Spanish Language*AP Spanish Literature...
  
  
• AP United States History
  AP United States History
  Advanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
  
  
• AP United States Government and Politics
  AP United States Government and Politics
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• AP Environmental Science
  AP Environmental Science
  Advanced Placement Environmental Science is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students interested in the environmental and natural sciences...
  
  
• AP Art History
  AP Art History
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Clubs

• Academy of Finance
  Academy of Finance
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• Academy of Hospitality and Tourism
  Academy of Hospitality and Tourism
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• Anime Club
  Anime club
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• Art Club'
• Art History Appreciation
• B-Boys
• Black Student Union
• Bullying Club
• Calculus Club
• Chess Club
  Chess club
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• Christian Club
• Club Everytown
• California Scholarship Federation
  California Scholarship Federation
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   (CSF)
• Eaglebots
• Environmental Action Club (EAC)
• Filipino Student Union
• French Club
• Gay-Straight Alliance
  Gay-straight alliance
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• Interact Club
• Junior Statesmen of America (JSA)
• Key Club
  Key Club
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• Knitting Club
• National Honors Society (NHS)
• Paintball Club
• Red Cross Club
• Rock Climbing Club
• StarCraft Club (SCC)
• Tech Deck Club
• Theatre Club
• Vietnamese Student Union (VSU)

Athletics

Oak Grove High School's official mascot are the Eagles.

The Varsity Football Team won 7 CCS Open School Titles. Mike Holmgren

Mike Holmgren

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 (now Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

' President) was an assistant coach for the Eagles when they won the CCS title in 1979. Only nine freshmen ever made the varsity football team since 1967, not counting playoffs, and a total of 28 sophomores made the varsity.

In 2008, Cal-Hi Sports named Varsity Football Head Coach Ed Buller was named as California's High School Football Coach of the Year award after leading the eagles to a victory in the 2008 Open Division Central Coast Section for varsity football.

Theatre

Every year, monologues and one-act plays are performed by the Advanced Drama classes. There, students are allowed to come watch the shows during class periods. Along with Drama, Musical Theatre also hosts the annual Broadway Review in December and the Senior Show, directed by seniors, in May. In addition, the drama department puts on a fall play and spring musical. Recent productions include Grease

Grease (musical)

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, The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

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, Cabaret

Cabaret (musical)

Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....

, Alice in Wonderland and The Wiz

The Wiz

The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...

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Spirit Week

Spirit Week is annually held during the week of the Homecoming Dance. During Spirit Week, class competitions and spirit days are held. The freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior class all wear their class colors. On the Friday of the Homecoming Rally, a skit called Spirit Patrol is performed by graduating seniors. Spirit Patrol is a senior directed skit and it is where the seniors cross dress with their partners and perform a dance during the rally. Spirit Patrol has been part of the homecoming tradition since 1992.

Fantastics

Fantastics is an annual night rally held by the ASB Officers and Leadership Class students. Fantastics consists of a class skit, class pyramid, and various class competitions. 2009 was the first that Oak Grove held Fantastics, an event that almost every district of the East Side Union High School District hosts. The inaugural theme of OGHS's Fantastics was "Super Heroes". At the time, the freshmen's super hero theme was Power Rangers

Power Rangers

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, the sophomore's Super Mario Brothers, the junior's Justice League

Justice League

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, and the senior's theme Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Oak Grove High School include:

• Mike Brown
  Mike Brown (outfielder)
  Michael Charles Brown is a former Major League Baseball outfielder born on Tuesday, December 29, 1959, in San Francisco, California. He played all or part of five seasons in the major leagues between and , and one season in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants in ....
  
  , Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
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   player
• Andre Carter
  Andre Carter
  Rubin Andre Carter is an American football defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League...
  
  , NFL player
• Eric Frampton
  Eric Frampton
  Eric Ulyssee Frampton is a safety for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League.-College career:Known as a big hitter with a motor that never stops, Frampton received the Washington State Ironman Award in 2004. Frampton was a two-year starter and was awarded All-Pac 10 honors as a senior...
  
  , NFL player
• Mark Grieb
  Mark Grieb
  Mark Grieb is an Arena football quarterback for the San Jose SaberCats . He was originally signed by the Anaheim Piranhas...
  
  , AFL player
• James Hodgins
  James Hodgins
  James Hodgins is a free agent fullback with National Football League experience.-High school years:Hodgins attended Oak Grove High School in San Jose, California and lettered in football, basketball, and track....
  
  , NFL player
• Mike Holmgren
  Mike Holmgren
  Michael George Holmgren is a former professional football coach and current President of the Cleveland Browns. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, and the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to 2008...
  
   (teacher), NFL coach
• Christina Kim
  Christina Kim
  Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
  
  , LPGA
• Marty Mornhinweg
  Marty Mornhinweg
  Marty Mornhinweg is the offensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles, having joined the Eagles in 2003 as the assistant head coach. He was named offensive coordinator on January 6, 2006, after the Eagles previous offensive coordinator Brad Childress was hired as the head coach of the...
  
  , NFL coach
• Marcus Reese
  Marcus Reese
  Marcus Reese is an American football linebacker. He is currently a free agent.Marcus Reese played high school football at Oak Grove High School in San Jose and college football at UCLA.-External links:*...
  
  , NFL player (former)
• Tim Ryan
  Tim Ryan (American football)
  Timothy Edward Ryan is a former National Football League defensive tackle. He is currently an NFL analyst on the NFL on Fox and the host of "Movin' the Chains" on Sirius XM NFL Radio.-College career:...
  
  , NFL player (former)& NFL Color Analyst
• Dave Stieb
  Dave Stieb
  David Andrew Stieb [STEEB] is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.-Playing career:Born in Santa Ana, California, Stieb played varsity baseball at Southern Illinois University as an outfielder...
  
  , MLB
  Major League Baseball
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   player
• Mike Villines, former Assemblyman from Clovis, CA. Served as Minority Leader.
• Michael Whelan
  Michael Whelan
  Michael Whelan is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years he worked as an illustrator specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art...
  
  , artist/illustrator
• Gibril Wilson
  Gibril Wilson
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  , NFL player

See also

• Santa Clara County high schools
• California Color Guard Circuit
  California Color Guard Circuit
  California Color Guard Circuit is one of the many circuits part of Winter Guard International . It consists of many schools and independent guard and percussion groups throughout mostly Northern California. Each year CCGC holds its own championships and sends many groups to the world championships...
  
  
• National Academy Foundation (non-profit organization)
• Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

External links

• Oak Grove High School website
• Oak Grove High School profile provided by schooltree.org
• East Side Union High School District website