San Dimas High School is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in San Dimas, California

San Dimas, California

San Dimas is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 33,371. The city historically took its name from San Dismas Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains above the northern section of present day San Dimas...

, in the United States

United States

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. It is part of the Bonita Unified School District

Bonita Unified School District

Bonita Unified School District is based in San Dimas, California serving San Dimas, La Verne, and parts of Glendora in Los Angeles County. The Bonita Unified School District has over 10,000 students in 14 schools.-Elementary schools :...

. Most of the students come from Lone Hill Middle School which shares the same city block as the High School.

History

The school was opened in 1970 to serve the growing population of the City of San Dimas. A distinctive bell tower was built on campus to create an icon for the main quad.

Honors

San Dimas High School has been named a California Distinguished School

California Distinguished School

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 three times, most recently in 2009 http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/disting2009.asp. It has been on Newsweek Magazine's list of "America's Best High Schools" several years running, most recently in 2010 http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html. The Animation Program received a Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association.

Advanced Placement Courses

San Dimas High School offers 16 Advanced Placement (AP) Courses along with a variety of honors and accelerated courses.

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 Biology

AP Biology

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AP Chemistry

AP Chemistry

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AP World History

AP World History

Advanced Placement World History is a college-level course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts and interactions between different types of Human societies...

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 Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC

AP Statistics

AP Statistics

Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...

AP Physics

AP Physics

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AP United States Government

AP Music Theory

AP Music Theory

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AP English Language

AP English Literature

AP French Language

AP French Language

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AP Spanish Language

AP Spanish Language

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AP Studio Art

AP Studio Art

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Athletics

San Dimas Saint Football won the CIF Southern Section Division Mid-Valley (XI)(Section) Champion for 2009 after defeating Monrovia High School 12–7 at Citrus College on December 12, 2009. San Dimas Saint Baseball won the CIF Southern Section Division Champion for 2009 at Angel Stadium.

Popular culture

San Dimas High School is referenced in the 1989 movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction–comedy buddy film and the first film in the Bill & Ted franchise in which two metalhead slackers travel through time to assemble a menagerie of historical figures for their high school history presentation.The film was written by...

, with the line "San Dimas High School Football Rules" later becoming the title of a song from the 1999 Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits

Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits

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 album by The Ataris

The Ataris

The Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...

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Notable alumni

Jamie Dantzscher

Jamie Dantzscher

Jamie Annette Dantzscher is a retired American gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal winning US team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney...

 (1982- ), an Olympic Gymnast in the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney for the U.S. Olympic Team.

D. J. Hackett (1981- ), a professional football wide receiver played for the Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

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 and Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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External links

• San Dimas High School Website
• Bonita Unified School District