Sequoia High School
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Sequoia High School is a high school in downtown Redwood City, California. Established in 1895, it is the oldest high school in the San Francisco Bay Area between San Francisco and San Jose. It was founded as a feeder school for Stanford University. Today, it is one of the few schools to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme within the Bay Area.
The current school campus, originally part of the large Las Pulgas Rancho (Ranch of the Fleas), was sold to Redwood City for municipal use in 1920 by Georgia Pissis. The grounds include a Japanese tea garden and is surrounded by a number of historical trees; the Giant Sequoia, Monkey-puzzle tree, Australian Tea tree, Ginkgo biloba trees, and many others.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Gary Beban: 1967 Heisman Trophy winner, briefly played professional football for the Washington Redskins.
- Spencer Folau: Super Bowl Championship Team with the Baltimore Ravens.
- Charlie Johnson: professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors.
- Paul McClellan: Major League Baseball (MLB) player for the San Francisco Giants.
- Gordon Moore: Co-founder of Intel Corporation, best known for Moore's Law.
- Paul Noce: former MLB player with the Chicago Cubs.
- Dick Sharon: former MLB player.
- Dick Stuart: former MLB player.
- Ashley Wyrick, 2006.
