Davis Senior High School
Encyclopedia
Davis Senior High School (known as Davis High or DHS or DSHS) is one of four high schools
located in Davis, California
, in the United States
. DHS is a WASC
accredited, 3-year, public comprehensive high school covering grades 10-12. The campus opened its current location in 1961. Enrollment for school year 2004-2005 was 1,831 student
s. The school's mascot
is the Blue Devil.
Sac-Joaquin Section
's Delta Valley Conference. The school has had more team championships (91) than any other in the section. in girls' soccer (other than St. Francis who has more titles in girl's soccer), boys' tennis
, girls' track and field
and boys and girls Cross Country. 42 section titles have been awarded in aquatic sports. Only one has been awarded in football.
In the 2008-2009 school year, Davis Cross Country team won seven section championships in both boys' and girls'. In the 2008 season, Boys' Sophomore team had their best, and Davis cross country's best appearance in Section Championship.http://www.xcstats.com/race_results_report.php?school_id=834&event_num=573&rpt=t&run_num=17
DHS has some of the top athletic facilities in the region, with a notable exception outdoor facilities (Halden Field).
Davis High's principal athletic rivals are Woodland High School
, Elk Grove High School
and Jesuit High School
.
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
located in Davis, California
Davis, California
Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. DHS is a WASC
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. The Western Association of...
accredited, 3-year, public comprehensive high school covering grades 10-12. The campus opened its current location in 1961. Enrollment for school year 2004-2005 was 1,831 student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s. The school's mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
is the Blue Devil.
Academics
- Approximately 96% of Davis High School's 2004 graduates continued on to higher educationHigher educationHigher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
, with 66% attending 4-year collegesUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
and 30% attending 2-year collegesJunior collegeThe term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries.-India:In India, most states provide schooling through 12th grade... - According to sacbee.comThe Sacramento BeeThe Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its creation in 1857, the Bee has become Sacramento's largest newspaper, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 25th largest paper in the U.S...
, the average SATSATThe SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
score Davis High in 2008 was 613 Math, 583 Verbal, and 578 Writing with 80.68% of seniors in attendance. - Davis High offers 20 Advanced Placement ProgramAdvanced Placement ProgramThe Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
courses, with 80.5% of testtakers earning a passing grade of 3 or above in 2004. - 14 students were named National Merit Scholar semifinalists in 2004–05., 20 in 2009–2010
- Student rankings are not listed, but fall into calculated percentiles.
- Davis High students occasionally elect to take courses at UC Davis or the Davis center of Sacramento City CollegeSacramento City CollegeSacramento City College is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009. Sacramento City College is officially accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges , offering...
through the Advanced Ed program.
Athletics
Davis High School is a member of the CIFCalifornia Interscholastic Federation
The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...
Sac-Joaquin Section
Sac-Joaquin Section
The Sac-Joaquin Section is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation, governing high school sports in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, the city of Sacramento, and the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley...
's Delta Valley Conference. The school has had more team championships (91) than any other in the section. in girls' soccer (other than St. Francis who has more titles in girl's soccer), boys' tennis
Tennis
Tennis 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...
, girls' track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
and boys and girls Cross Country. 42 section titles have been awarded in aquatic sports. Only one has been awarded in football.
In the 2008-2009 school year, Davis Cross Country team won seven section championships in both boys' and girls'. In the 2008 season, Boys' Sophomore team had their best, and Davis cross country's best appearance in Section Championship.http://www.xcstats.com/race_results_report.php?school_id=834&event_num=573&rpt=t&run_num=17
DHS has some of the top athletic facilities in the region, with a notable exception outdoor facilities (Halden Field).
Davis High's principal athletic rivals are Woodland High School
Woodland High School
Woodland is located in Dorchester, SC, it was established in 1999. It has a high free and reduced lunch student population. The school also has a high teacher turnover. Sixty-four percent of students passed the HSAP on the first try, compared to eighty-four percent in the neighboring district . ...
, Elk Grove High School
Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove, California)
Elk Grove High School or EGHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elk Grove, California,in the United States. It is part of the Elk Grove Unified School District, which also includes Cosumnes Oaks High School, Florin High School, Franklin High School, Laguna Creek High School, Monterey...
and Jesuit High School
Jesuit High School
Jesuits have founded and/or managed a number of institutions.Jesuit secondary schools include :-California:*Bellarmine College Preparatory...
.
Events
- On May 4, 1983, Vietnamese-American student Thong Hy Huynh was stabbed to death by a white student on campus after Huynh was taunted by a group of white students.
Alumni
This is a partial list of notable alumni of Davis Senior High School. Entries on this list should have an accompanying existing article link and reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are an alumnus.- Paul ScheuringPaul ScheuringPaul T. Scheuring is an American screenwriter and director for films and television shows. His work includes the 2003 film A Man Apart and, more notably, the creation of the television drama Prison Break, for which he is also credited as an executive producer and Head Writer.-Biography:Scheuring...
- creator and executive producer of Prison Break (Fox). Class of 1987. - Carol Greider - winner of Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (2009), Class of 1979.
- Nate BoydenNate BoydenNathaniel "Nate" Boyden is an American soccer midfielder who last played for Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division...
- professional soccer player. - Denise CurryDenise CurryDenise Curry is an American former basketball player and college and professional basketball coach. As of the 2007-2008 season, she is in her fifth year as an assistant basketball coach for the Cal State Long Beach women's basketball team.-College basketball:Curry moved to Davis, California by the...
- all-time leading scorer and rebounder in basketball at UCLA, gold medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics1984 Summer OlympicsThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
, played nine years professionally and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame - Malachi DavisMalachi DavisMalachi Davis is a former British Olympic athlete.Davis was a member of the UCLA athletics team, competing in the 400 metres and 200 metres.-Athens Olympics:...
- ran in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter at the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
and 2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 400 metres relay2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 400 metres relayThe 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.-Medals:-Qualifying:...
for the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
team. - Jason FiskJason FiskJason Fisk is a retired NFL defensive tackle. Fisk played high school football at Davis High School, and college football at Stanford University, where he lettered four years...
- 12-year NFL defensive tackle - Michael FrantiMichael FrantiMichael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock...
- musician and peace activist. - Gina MilesGina MilesGina Miles is an American eventing rider. Riding McKinlaigh, owned by Thom Schulz and Laura Coates, Miles won a silver medal in individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In her spare times she gives clinics to aspiring riders-References:...
- silver medalSilver medalA silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
ist in individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events... - Gabe NewellGabe NewellGabe Logan Newell is the co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation.-Work:...
- software executive. - Marcy Place - member of the US Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
Hall of Fame, US Olympian in 1984 and 1988 - Sam ReynoldsSam ReynoldsSam Reynolds is an American professional soccer player, now an assistant goalkeeper coach at Cal State Fullerton.-Youth and High School:...
- professional soccer player Miami FCMiami FCFort Lauderdale Strikers is an American professional association football team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...
, Toronto FCToronto FCToronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.... - Dave ScottDave Scott (triathlete)Dave Scott is a U.S. triathlete and the first six-time Ironman Triathon World Champion. He won the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii six times in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1987. Only his rival, Mark Allen, managed to match these six titles eight years later...
- triathleteTriathlonA triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
, six times Ironman triathlonIronman TriathlonAn Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break...
world champion - Nick WatneyNick WatneyNicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship....
- PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
golferProfessional golferIn golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;... - Paul WulffPaul Wulff-External links:*...
- 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...
coach at Washington State UniversityWashington State UniversityWashington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university... - Craig WilsonCraig Wilson (water polo)Craig Martin Wilson is a former water polo player from the United States, who won two Olympic silver medals during his career: in 1984 and 1988.-References:* * * *...
, 1975 - professional water poloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
goalie, US Olympian in 1984, 1988, and 1992 - Thretton PalamoThretton PalamoThretton Palamo is an American rugby union player of Samoan origin who plays as a centre or fly-half. He is the youngest ever player to have made an appearance at the Rugby World Cup...
- professional rugby player - ButterscotchButterscotch (performer)Antoinette Kai'Maiya Clinton , known by her stage name Butterscotch, is an American beatboxer/singer/pianist.- Early life :...
in the final round of America's Got TalentAmerica's Got TalentAmerica's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
as a beatboxer/singer/pianist (performed for DHS in early 2008) - Koosha ToofanKoosha ToofanKoosha Toofan is an Iranian American fitness model, competitive natural bodybuilder , sponsored athlete by "LA Muscle", entrepreneur , humanitarian, motivational speaker, as well as a 2006 graduate from the University of California, Davis; where he majored in Electrical Engineering, and has worked...
(Class of 2002) - placed 2nd in the nationally recognized MuscleMania "Model America" Championships in Orange County, California. - Jalil AnibabaJalil AnibabaJalil Anibaba is an American soccer player currently playing for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...
professional soccer player Chicago Fire
Administration
- Principal: Jacqueline Moore
- Vice principal : Sheila Smith
- Vice principal : Tom McHale
Departments
- AgricultureAgricultureAgriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
- ArtsARtsaRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
- AthleticsSportA Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
- Business educationBusiness educationBusiness education involves teaching students the fundamentals, theories, and processes of business. Education in this field occurs at several levels, including secondary education and higher education or university education. Approximately 38% of student enroll in one or more business courses...
- Career center
- DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
- Driver's 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...
- 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...
- HealthHealthHealth is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
- Home economicsHome EconomicsHome economics is the profession and field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home and community...
/ TechnologyTechnologyTechnology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;... - Industrial educationIndustrial artsIndustrial Arts is an umbrella term originally conceived in the late 19th century to describe educational programs which featured fabrication of objects in wood and/or metal using a variety of hand, power, or machine tools...
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
- 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....
- ROPCalifornia Association of Regional Occupational Centers and ProgramsThe California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs is an organization that promotes and supports ROCPs in providing career education, career development, and workforce preparation that contributes to student academic and career success and to the economic development of...
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- Social science
- Special educationSpecial educationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
- Work experience