Center High School (Antelope, California)
Encyclopedia
Center High School is a high school located located at 3111 Center Court Lane, in Antelope, California
, United States. The school opened up in its current location in 1984. It is one the of the two high schools in the Center Unified School District
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because of the negative attention that was received by their family and friends. However coincidentally, the coach ended up resigning a year after being reinstated.
The school's main objective is to make every student a well-developed member of the their multiethnic society, and "to become actively involved in developing full potential as a human being." The school's Media Communications Academy (MCA), which is defined as "a school within a school", is dedicated to new media, video and audio production, and digital graphics. The current MCA Department chairman is Matt Chamberlain.
Most of the school's theater productions are housed in the Performing Arts building. The school is also known for its diversity.
There were two students who died at Center High School. Irene Maria Garcia died on December 28, 2002, after her family celebrated Christmas
. On September 2, 2008 a fourteen-year-old student, Brandon Mitchell Baker, who was a freshman at the time, died during JV soccer practice.
African American Student Alliance
in the years 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 all being Gold awards. After changing 3 Advisers in one year, the 07–08 Newspaper was awarded a Silver Crown.
Center High School's "Epic Yearbook" had received seven National Pacemaker Awards
. It has also won multiple awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
in 1998 (Silver), 1999 (Gold), 2000 (Gold), 2002 (Silver), 2003 (Silver), 2004 (Silver), 2005 (Gold), and 2006 (Gold). In 2007-2008, The Epic Yearbook converted from the traditional black-and-white print to an all-color print. The upcoming 2010 design also received two awards at the 2009 Yearbooks CA summer workshop including New Voice (AP Design) and Opening Copy (Experienced Yearbook).
Throughout the 2008–2009 school year, C-TV's young staff "work[ed] to create relevant and interesting programs for Center High School. It feature[d] seven shows which are created by the students of the Media Communications Academy Advanced Broadcast
class [talked about by Vernon Bisho] and run on a loop for the school on Channel 25 during the school day." Shows in that period included: C-TV News, Monday Mayhem, Current Events, ASB Update, Thiessen's Thoughts, Autofabula, and Battle of the Classes.
During the 2010-2011 school year, C-TV began to broadcast a wave of new shows which included Cougar Nation (CHS sports), Tight Shorts (short comedic videos), the CHS Problem Solvers (comedic response videos), Warped Wednesday (current events), Murphy's Law (short videos), and the Daily Data (CHS news).
Antelope, California
Antelope is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States located approximately 15 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento and 5 miles southwest of Roseville. The population was 45,770 at the 2010 census....
, United States. The school opened up in its current location in 1984. It is one the of the two high schools in the Center Unified School District
Center Unified School District
Center Joint Unified School District is a school district, located in Antelope CA, California|Sacramento County]], California, in the town of Antelope...
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History
Center High School was under construction for years until it opened in 1982. However, it moved during the summer of 1984. The school was involved in a minor controversy when its football coach's contract was not renewed by two of the school districts board members. The members were ridiculed by both students, parents and staff and were ultimately recalled by the community. One of the members ended up having to move to IdahoIdaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
because of the negative attention that was received by their family and friends. However coincidentally, the coach ended up resigning a year after being reinstated.
The school's main objective is to make every student a well-developed member of the their multiethnic society, and "to become actively involved in developing full potential as a human being." The school's Media Communications Academy (MCA), which is defined as "a school within a school", is dedicated to new media, video and audio production, and digital graphics. The current MCA Department chairman is Matt Chamberlain.
Most of the school's theater productions are housed in the Performing Arts building. The school is also known for its diversity.
There were two students who died at Center High School. Irene Maria Garcia died on December 28, 2002, after her family celebrated Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
. On September 2, 2008 a fourteen-year-old student, Brandon Mitchell Baker, who was a freshman at the time, died during JV soccer practice.
Academics
- BusinessBusinessA business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
- Career Education
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- English Learner
- Foreign LanguageForeign languageA foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
: FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... - Media Communications Academy
- Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- Social StudiesSocial studiesSocial 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...
- Special Services
- Visual & Performing Arts
Athletics
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- Soccer
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- Cheer & Song Leaders
- Track & Field
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Dance Team
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
Student groups
- Student Government
- Color GuardColor guardIn the military of the United States and other militaries, the color guard carries the National Color and other flags appropriate to its position in the chain of command. Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag...
- Academic Decathlon
- Gay Straight Alliance
- RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
- California Scholarship FederationCalifornia Scholarship FederationThe California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship....
- University of California Early Academic Outreach Program
- Asian Pacific Islander Club
- Drum LineDrum lineDrum Line commonly refers to:* Drum lines, An anti shark precautionary measure* Drumline, A formation for a section of percussion instruments* Drumline , A 2002 motion film...
- Link CrewLink CrewLink Crew is a leadership program offered to high schools in the United States and Canada. The program allows the school to choose upper-classmen to be linked with freshmen throughout the year. The Link Leaders help the freshman get involved by informing them about the activities put on by the...
- Spanish Club
- Poetry Out loudPoetry Out LoudThe Poetry Out Loud: Recitation Contest was created in 2006 by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. The contest was created to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with substantial cash prizes being awarded to schools that participated as well as...
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Bowling Club
- Debate Club
- Anime ClubAnime clubAn anime club is an organization that meets to discuss, show, and promote anime in a local community setting and can also focus on broadening Japanese cultural understanding. Anime clubs are increasingly found at universities and high schools. Organizers may also utilize public meeting spaces such...
African American Student Alliance
Alumni
- Rich ManningRich ManningRichard Alan Manning is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 1993 NBA Draft. A 6'11" power forward-center, Manning played two years in the NBA, for the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Clippers...
- Retired NBA basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles ClippersLos Angeles ClippersThe Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
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- Fenuki TupouFenuki TupouFenuki Tupou is an American football guard who is currently a member of the New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon.-Early years:...
- NFL guard, drafted in 2009 by the Philadelphia Eagles as a 5th round pick. Was injured during a practice and is currently a free agent.
Media
Blue & Gold is a school newspaper that covers topics dealing with events and going-ons within the High School as well as in popular entertainment. Its sections include "News", "Scene", "Center Spread", "Athletics", "Forum", and "Photo Essay". Blue & Gold was awarded with multiple Scholastic Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press AssociationColumbia Scholastic Press Association
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs...
in the years 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 all being Gold awards. After changing 3 Advisers in one year, the 07–08 Newspaper was awarded a Silver Crown.
Center High School's "Epic Yearbook" had received seven National Pacemaker Awards
National Pacemaker Awards
The National Pacemaker Awards are awards for excellence in American student journalism, given annually since 1927. The awards are generally considered to be the highest national honors in their field, and are unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism."The National Scholastic...
. It has also won multiple awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs...
in 1998 (Silver), 1999 (Gold), 2000 (Gold), 2002 (Silver), 2003 (Silver), 2004 (Silver), 2005 (Gold), and 2006 (Gold). In 2007-2008, The Epic Yearbook converted from the traditional black-and-white print to an all-color print. The upcoming 2010 design also received two awards at the 2009 Yearbooks CA summer workshop including New Voice (AP Design) and Opening Copy (Experienced Yearbook).
Throughout the 2008–2009 school year, C-TV's young staff "work[ed] to create relevant and interesting programs for Center High School. It feature[d] seven shows which are created by the students of the Media Communications Academy Advanced Broadcast
Broadcast
Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...
class [talked about by Vernon Bisho] and run on a loop for the school on Channel 25 during the school day." Shows in that period included: C-TV News, Monday Mayhem, Current Events, ASB Update, Thiessen's Thoughts, Autofabula, and Battle of the Classes.
During the 2010-2011 school year, C-TV began to broadcast a wave of new shows which included Cougar Nation (CHS sports), Tight Shorts (short comedic videos), the CHS Problem Solvers (comedic response videos), Warped Wednesday (current events), Murphy's Law (short videos), and the Daily Data (CHS news).
Traditions
- Welcome Week
- Fall Homecoming
- Bogus Ball
- Tolo Rally
- Sadie Hawkins
- Winter Homecoming
- Every 15 MinutesEvery 15 MinutesEvery 15 Minutes is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, and the responsibility of making mature decisions...
- Purple Cord Dinner
- Junior Prom
- Senior Ball
- Sober Grad Night
- Sports-o-Rama
- No Shave November