San Marino High School
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| San Marino High School |
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| Established | 1955 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Loren Kleinrock |
| Asst. Principal | Mary Johnson, Steve Gasca |
| Students | approx. 1,300 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 2701 Huntington Drive San Marino, California USA |
| Mascot | Titans |
| Website | http://www.sanmarinohs.org [1] |
San Marino High School (SMHS) is a public high school in San Marino, California. It is a part of the San Marino Unified School District. [1]
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[edit] History
Before 1955, this high school was combined with South Pasadena's, and known as the South Pasadena San Marino High School. In 1955, San Marino High School enrolled its first class. The high school is now situated on the former site of Carver Elementary School, also apart of the San Marino School District. School construction began in 1996 and is now complete. The school is equipped with new laboratories, classrooms, and ethernet connections. The new buildings include a brand new cafeteria, orchestra and band room, dance studio, journalism lab, and renovated auditoriums, as well as a renovated baseball field and a brand new football field/track.
San Marino High School is part of the San Marino Unified School District. Its public funding is supplemented by private donations raised through the San Marino Schools Foundation.
[edit] Athletics
San Marino High School has several good tennis teams; at one point the school won five straight CIF titles and became ranked number one in USA Today's High School Tennis Teams in 1998.
SMHS has a history of athletic rivalry with South Pasadena High School, a high school in the neighboring city. SMHS won the first football game played between the two schools.
SMHS has the second most C.I.F. Southern Section Championships, second to Long Beach Poly.
SMHS Athletes are transported by charter buses on road games.
[edit] Classes
San Marino High School currently has a 59 member teaching faculty. SMHS offers a variety of AP Classes in mathematics, history, foreign languages, English, and science. [2]
Extra-curricular classes include small business, fashion design, computer graphics, three courses in media arts (digital film making, animation, and field work), the school newspaper Titan Shield , the school yearbook Titanian, forensics, and band.
[edit] Student Population
The student body at San Marino High School is made up of approximately 1,200 students of various ethnicity and backgrounds. About 73% of that number consists of Asian Americans or immigrants, 24% Caucasians, and 5% Chicano-Latinos, Indian-Americans, African-Americans, multiracial, and other. [2]
[edit] School Events
The high school holds events several events, including sports, theater, and others. The Associate Student Body puts on the Coronation Ball, a dance held to crown the Homecoming Queen and Princesses. These young ladies will then be honored throughout homecoming. The ball is held on the Saturday directly before the Homecoming game, takes place in the home of a student, and also features a annual theme. During the week before the homecoming game, the ASB usually holds lunch- and snack-time rallies to boost school spirit. Finally on the Thursday night before homecoming day, the ASB will stay over night at school to decorate the campus. In the afternoon of Homecoming day, SMHS students hold a homecoming parade with the assistance of the San Marino Police Department and Fire Department. The parade is usually attended by community figures such as the mayor, the principal, and San Marino Unified School District Board members. Floats include each class' advisory board and community service clubs. The SMHS Marching Band usually leads the parade. The homecoming game takes place that night, with the marching band and color guard performing during half-time. The 2006 game against Blair High School, which San Marino won 24-15, also featured fireworks during halftime.
The annual winter formal is held by the Amicians, one of the school's many service clubs. The dance is usually held in December and has an annual theme. The 2006 theme was "Alice in Wonderland."
In March, the ASB holds "Monte Carlo Night," a "pseudo casino night" event, where students play BlackJack, Poker, Craps, or Roulette to win chips they then trade in for raffle tickets. Prizes for 2007 included iPods, a PlayStation 3, two Nintendo Wiis, Laker game tickets, a digital camera, mini-bike, and gift certificates.
[edit] Interesting Facts
Rivals of San Marino include Arcadia High School, La Canada High School, and South Pasadena High School. Aimee Richelieu `86, Cara Rullman `91, Keli Hutchins `96, Caroline Hsu `02 and Alexandra Wucetich `03 have been named Tournament of Roses Queens for the Rose Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena.
[edit] References
- ^ The San Marino Unified School District. San Marino Unified School District. 8 April 2007 <http://www.san-marino.k12.ca.us/>
- ^ 2004–2005 Local School Accountability Report. San Marino Unified School District. 8 April 2007 <http://www.san-marino.k12.ca.us/sa/sarcs/0405SMHS.pdf>
