San Marin High School
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San Marin High School is a high school
located in Novato
, California
, in the United States
. Novato is in Marin County
.
The current enrollment is 1039. 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.
Novato High School
is the other high school in the Novato Unified School District.
Robert Vieth became principal in 2007, after the former principal was dismissed by the District's board, resulting in extended protests by parents, staff, and students. Vieth established the first code of conduct for student athletes and coaches in Marin County and began the San Marin Plus school-within-a-school program in 2010 for credit deficient students. Vieth announced plans for his retirement in March 2011.
Athletic facilities include tennis and basketball courts, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer field and a newly upgraded artificial turf football field and an all weather track.
The school has a 98.3% graduation rate. It has 62 teachers, 25 classified staff and a regional occupational program. The school newspaper
is called The Pony Express.
Drama Department
The Drama Department offers drama and advanced drama programs and produces three full-length Drama productions (fall, winter and spring), beginning drama spring play and cafe theaters. Among many other awards, the Drama students recently won First Place (Command Performance with perfect score) in the Sacramento State Statewide Lenaea Drama Festival and first places in both Monologue and Scene Category at the Marin Theater Company Scene Fest. The Drama department was also invited to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with AHSTF during the summer of 2009.
Music Department
An extensive music experience is provided. In addition to Concert/Jazz choirs and bands during normal school hours, the music department offers show choir, 3 Jazz Combos, Music theater, Music Technology, and other small ensembles. The department presents two full-length musicals with orchestra and tech crew; a madrigal feast, featuring music, drama, and dancing; 9 concerts; district music festival; and community events. Students also attend regional, national and international music festivals and won numerous awards.
Recent production by the San Marin Musical Theater include Westside Story, Lucky Stiff http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=219&Itemid=2, Crazy for You, Singing in the Rain http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=2, Seussical the Musical http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=2, Into the Woods http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=182&Itemid=2, Thoroughly Modern Millie http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=208&Itemid=2, and most recently Little Mary Sunshine http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=318&Itemid=2.
Visual Art Department
A variety of art classes using different media are offered. The classes are Art and Design, 3D Art, Glass Art, Photography 1, Photography 2 and AP Photography, Drawing and Painting, and AP Art, for which students can receive college credit for approved portfolios.
Fall Sports - Cross Country (Co-Ed Frosh, JV, Varsity), Football (Co-Ed, Frosh, JV, Varsity), Soccer (Boys JV and Varsity), Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball (Frosh, JV, Varsity), Water Polo (Boys and Girls Varsity, Boys JV), Girls Golf and Cheerleading (Boys and Girls).
Winter Sports - Basketball (Frosh, JV, Varsity), Wrestling and Cheerleading (Boys and Girls).
Spring Sports - Baseball (Boys Frosh, JV, Varsity), Lacrosse (Boys and Girls Varsity, Boys JV), Soccer (Girls JV, Varsity), Boys Golf, Softball (JV, Varsity), Swimming (Co-Ed), Boys Tennis, Track and Field (Co-Ed) and Boys Volleyball.
In 2001 the San Marin Football had its first and only undefeated football season going (12-0). They won the MCAL and North Coast Section
2A Championships.
Other accomplishments are: 2005 Track team won MCAL Girls and Boys High Jump championships and 3200 meters frosh soph championship, 2006 Cross country team won MCAL girl’s Championship with 3rd fastest time on MCAL course, 2006 Girls Tennis MCAL doubles championship, 2006 North Coast Section Champion Girls Softball, 2006 North Coast Section Champion Boys Baseball
San Marin recently won the 2007 MCAL Girls Tennis Champions, 2007 MCAL Championship Boys Baseball, 2007 North Coast Section Girls Softball Champion, the 2008 Varsity Baseball NCS Champions, and JV Baseball MCAL Champions.
The various student 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, Environment Club, GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) club, Interact Club, Mountain Biking, Pageturners: Book Club, Poetry Club, Polynesian Island Club, Real Politik, Robotics Club (Penguin Empire Robotics), Save the Waves Club, Social Action Club, Spanish Club Teen project services(a club designed to help the community and provide services to different organizations) 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 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 FRC (First Robotics Competition)http://www.usfirst.org/ UC Davis Regional Competition and regional tournament in March 2008.
Reports of racial and ethnic intolerance began as early as 1995, when an American-born Asian-American senior at the school was beaten by a group of teenagers shouting racial slurs and telling him to go back to China. The one assailant who took responsibility was sentenced to 20 hours of community service.
In early 1998, a student yelled racial epithets at members of the visiting Tamalpais High School
basketball team. In reaction to the slurs and actions committed by the San Marin High student, 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".
In the 1998–99 school year, San Marin received widespread media coverage after repeated incidents of hate crime
s committed against one of their openly gay students. He was beaten by three youths off campus on September 15, 1998, soon after forming the Gay-Straight Alliance at San Marin. The Novato Police offered a reward, but the attackers were never identified. Some students at the school, which had been stressing tolerance at a series of "respect days" that year, spoke out in support of the victim and 1000 students and faculty walked out of San Marin to show support for him and pride in their school. The next day, San Marin's principal was reassigned to a District office. Novato's city manager, Rod Wood, referred to "a small group of individuals who are fairly socially maladjusted", who identified themselves as white supremacists and called themselves "the hicks".
The school's behavior 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 player 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 paren ts 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 remainin g games of the season. The code of conduct put into place by Principal Robert Vieth models the importance of sportsmanship and respect.
High school
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located in Novato
Novato, California
Novato is a city located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in northern Marin County. Novato is located about north-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 30 feet above sea level . The 2010 U.S. Census estimated the city population to be about 51,904. Novato is about ...
, California
California
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, in the United States
United States
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. Novato is in Marin County
Marin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...
.
The current enrollment is 1039. 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.
Novato High School
Novato High School
Novato High School is a high school located in Novato, California, in Marin County.-History:Built in 1955 and founded in 1957, it is one of two comprehensive high schools in the , the other being San Marin High School.-Demographics:...
is the other high school in the Novato Unified School District.
History
San Marin High School opened in 1968 in Novato.Robert Vieth became principal in 2007, after the former principal was dismissed by the District's board, resulting in extended protests by parents, staff, and students. Vieth established the first code of conduct for student athletes and coaches in Marin County and began the San Marin Plus school-within-a-school program in 2010 for credit deficient students. Vieth announced plans for his retirement in March 2011.
Campus
The school occupies 39.6 acres (160,255.7 m²), with a total of 51 classrooms, one gymnasium and one mini-gym, a student center, library, college and career center, media room, art department, gym, and science lab. All the facilities have recently been upgraded thanks to the Facility Bond. The seniors have a tradition of chalking their graduating class year on a hill on the north side of the school named, "Senior Hill".Athletic facilities include tennis and basketball courts, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer field and a newly upgraded 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. It has 62 teachers, 25 classified staff and a regional occupational program. The school newspaper
Newspaper
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is called The Pony Express.
Performing and Visual Arts
San Marin offers more performance opportunities than any other high school in Marin County:Drama Department
The Drama Department offers drama and advanced drama programs and produces three full-length Drama productions (fall, winter and spring), beginning drama spring play and cafe theaters. Among many other awards, the Drama students recently won First Place (Command Performance with perfect score) in the Sacramento State Statewide Lenaea Drama Festival and first places in both Monologue and Scene Category at the Marin Theater Company Scene Fest. The Drama department was also invited to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with AHSTF during the summer of 2009.
Music Department
An extensive music experience is provided. In addition to Concert/Jazz choirs and bands during normal school hours, the music department offers show choir, 3 Jazz Combos, Music theater, Music Technology, and other small ensembles. The department presents two full-length musicals with orchestra and tech crew; a madrigal feast, featuring music, drama, and dancing; 9 concerts; district music festival; and community events. Students also attend regional, national and international music festivals and won numerous awards.
Recent production by the San Marin Musical Theater include Westside Story, Lucky Stiff http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=219&Itemid=2, Crazy for You, Singing in the Rain http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=2, Seussical the Musical http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=2, Into the Woods http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=182&Itemid=2, Thoroughly Modern Millie http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=208&Itemid=2, and most recently Little Mary Sunshine http://www.sanmarinmustang.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=318&Itemid=2.
Visual Art Department
A variety of art classes using different media are offered. The classes are Art and Design, 3D Art, Glass Art, Photography 1, Photography 2 and AP Photography, Drawing and Painting, and AP Art, for which students can receive college credit for approved portfolios.
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.Sports
San Marin High School athletic teams participates in the North Coast Section, Marin County Athletic League programs. The school is known for its successful athletic program. San Marin has thirty two sports teams and three seasons (Fall, Winter, Spring) of sports for girls and boys. The Sports Boosters is instrumental for raising funds for the athletic and sports programs at San Marin.Fall Sports - Cross Country (Co-Ed Frosh, JV, Varsity), Football (Co-Ed, Frosh, JV, Varsity), Soccer (Boys JV and Varsity), Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball (Frosh, JV, Varsity), Water Polo (Boys and Girls Varsity, Boys JV), Girls Golf and Cheerleading (Boys and Girls).
Winter Sports - Basketball (Frosh, JV, Varsity), Wrestling and Cheerleading (Boys and Girls).
Spring Sports - Baseball (Boys Frosh, JV, Varsity), Lacrosse (Boys and Girls Varsity, Boys JV), Soccer (Girls JV, Varsity), Boys Golf, Softball (JV, Varsity), Swimming (Co-Ed), Boys Tennis, Track and Field (Co-Ed) and Boys Volleyball.
In 2001 the San Marin Football had its first and only undefeated football season going (12-0). They won the MCAL and North Coast Section
North Coast Section
The North Coast Section is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation, governing the eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, up along the northern coast of the state of California, from Fremont in the south to Crescent City in the north. It also governs the private schools in the...
2A Championships.
Other accomplishments are: 2005 Track team won MCAL Girls and Boys High Jump championships and 3200 meters frosh soph championship, 2006 Cross country team won MCAL girl’s Championship with 3rd fastest time on MCAL course, 2006 Girls Tennis MCAL doubles championship, 2006 North Coast Section Champion Girls Softball, 2006 North Coast Section Champion Boys Baseball
San Marin recently won the 2007 MCAL Girls Tennis Champions, 2007 MCAL Championship Boys Baseball, 2007 North Coast Section Girls Softball Champion, the 2008 Varsity Baseball NCS Champions, and JV Baseball MCAL Champions.
Student clubs
San Marin students are involved in many extracurricular activities and, under the umbrella of the Leadership Class, the students are encouraged to form students clubs for various interests and disciplines.The various student 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, Environment Club, GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) club, Interact Club, Mountain Biking, Pageturners: Book Club, Poetry Club, Polynesian Island Club, Real Politik, Robotics Club (Penguin Empire Robotics), Save the Waves Club, Social Action Club, Spanish Club Teen project services(a club designed to help the community and provide services to different organizations) 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 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 FRC (First Robotics Competition)http://www.usfirst.org/ UC Davis Regional Competition and regional tournament in March 2008.
Student and parental conduct issues
During the 1990s, San Marin received significant media coverage locally and nationally for the intolerant behavior of some students and parents.Reports of racial and ethnic intolerance began as early as 1995, when an American-born Asian-American senior at the school was beaten by a group of teenagers shouting racial slurs and telling him to go back to China. The one assailant who took responsibility was sentenced to 20 hours of community service.
In early 1998, a student yelled racial epithets at members of the visiting Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais High School is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises more than above Mill Valley....
basketball team. In reaction to the slurs and actions committed by the San Marin High student, 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".
In the 1998–99 school year, San Marin received widespread media coverage after repeated incidents of hate crime
Hate crime
In crime and law, hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, social status or...
s committed against one of their openly gay students. He was beaten by three youths off campus on September 15, 1998, soon after forming the Gay-Straight Alliance at San Marin. The Novato Police offered a reward, but the attackers were never identified. Some students at the school, which had been stressing tolerance at a series of "respect days" that year, spoke out in support of the victim and 1000 students and faculty walked out of San Marin to show support for him and pride in their school. The next day, San Marin's principal was reassigned to a District office. Novato's city manager, Rod Wood, referred to "a small group of individuals who are fairly socially maladjusted", who identified themselves as white supremacists and called themselves "the hicks".
The school's behavior 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 player 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 paren ts 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 remainin g games of the season. The code of conduct put into place by Principal Robert Vieth models the importance of sportsmanship and respect.