Saratoga High School
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Saratoga High School is a high school
in Saratoga
, California
, United States
, part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
. The school is jointly accredited by the California Department of Education
and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
. Student enrollment averages around 1350. According to US News, Saratoga High is ranked #93 amongst public high schools in America based on AP test scores.
Saratoga High is locally known for its rigorous academic program. 98% of graduate
s go on to college
or technical school
. In 2005, 98% of the students took the SAT with a mean of 1283. In 2006, 908 AP exams were taken with 89% receiving qualifying scores. 23% of the class of 2007 were semifinalists or commended students in the National Merit Scholarship Program http://www.saratogahigh.org/academics/SeniorYearBookletFall2006.pdf. In 2003, the school's California State Academic Performance Index (API) score was 911, the leading score among all comprehensive public schools in the State of California. The school's 2005 API score was 914 http://api.cde.ca.gov/APIBase2006/2006GrowthSch.aspx?cYear=2005-06&allcds=43-695344337762, and its 2009 API score was 933. Its long time athletic rival is Los Gatos High School
and its academic rivals are Lynbrook High School
, Gunn High School
and Monta Vista High School
. Many of Saratoga's alumni have gone on in droves to UC
schools, Ivy League
schools and other top schools. It is common for students to apply to Stanford University
, Harvard University
, Yale
, Princeton
, Penn
, and MIT. In recent years, five Saratoga High alumni have been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship
http://www.saratogafalcon.org/content/another-year-another-rhodes-scholar-fifth-alumni-wins-award.
. Other faculty members include new teacher Seth Jones (Symphonic and Jazz band director), Jim Yowell, Choir
director, and administrative assistants Janet Verson and Takako Hasegawa.
The Saratoga High School Music Department travels to world events every three years. In 2006, the band, choir, and orchestra went to Australia
to perform in the Sydney Opera House
. The tour band premiered "The Sails of Time" by David Gillingham
. Past events include performing in Europe (2009),(2003) and Hawaii (2000). The Saratoga High School Choir will travel to Italy in the summer of 2012. In 2010, the Saratoga Strings and the Saratoga Wind Ensemble was invited to be featured performers on March 8, 2011 at the 2011 New York Wind Band Festival. They performed in the Evening Showcase Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. On May 13, 2011, it was announced at the high school that the Saratoga High Marching Band had been selected to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2012.
currently has 220+ members, which is over 15% of the school population.
In the Western Band Association
(WBA) Championships in 2006; The Saratoga High School Marching Band competed and advanced into finals competition for the first time where they placed in State.
In 2007, the marching band purchased new uniforms, breaking the 20 year tradition of its previous uniform. The new uniforms are in the color red, white, and black, replacing the colors of the venerated 20 year old uniforms, which were red and cream.
The band director for the Saratoga High School Marching Band is Michael Boitz, a student favorite.
* = Did not Advance to Finals
^ = Rained Out
lights have been slow to come to Saratoga High's football field until recently. In the past, the team has had to play at Los Gatos High School
. In April 2006, the Trustees of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District approved permanent lights for the football field http://www.community-newspapers.com/archives/saratoganews/20060426/news5.shtml. The lights were first used in the Fall of 2006.
SHS football is known for its yearly rivalry with Los Gatos High School
. In 1983, LGHS began a 27-year winning streak that SHS has tried to end year after year. On October 22, 2010, history was made; SHS's 27-year losing streak ended when the Saratoga Falcons defeated the Los Gatos Wildcats 21-17. This event was momentous all around the community and even Seattle Seahawks' head coach, Pete Carroll
, gave the Falcons a shoutout from his Twitter
, saying "congrats to the saratoga falcons for beating los gatos 21-17 last night... 1st win over los gatos in 29 years!"
Saratoga Football has won 5 CCS championships: 1973, 1976, 1980, 1987, 1996.
SHS Baseball won a division II CCS championship in 1999.
The golf team has won six league titles in the last seven years, and is currently on a five-year winning streak. The boys tennis team won the league title in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The badminton team held the league title for three consecutive years, from 2003 to 2005.
The cross country team has seen success in its past in both the women's and men's teams with state champions William Kraemer and Alicia Follmar
In 2009, the girls' varsity tennis team defeated rival Monta Vista High School
5-2 for their first CCS championship in the history of the tennis program.
, On the Razzle
, and Romeo and Juliet
. The past three Spring Musicals have been Jekyll & Hyde
, Anything Goes
, and Grease
.
Saratoga High School is also home of International Thespian Society
Troupe #6354. Every year, the members of Troupe #6354 travel down to Ontario and participate in multiple events at the Southern California Thespian Conference. The Drama Club now has a website for members to stay informed about the program.
High school
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in Saratoga
Saratoga, California
Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, directly west of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay area. The population was 29,926 at the 2010 census....
, California
California
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District is a high school district in the greater San Jose, California, USA area. It operates two high schools :Note: Based on 2002-2003 school year data....
. The school is jointly accredited by the California Department of Education
California Department of Education
The California Department of Education is a California agency that oversees public education. The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement...
and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
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...
. Student enrollment averages around 1350. According to US News, Saratoga High is ranked #93 amongst public high schools in America based on AP test scores.
Academics
Alumnus
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s go on to college
College
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or technical school
Technical school
Technical school is a general term used for two-year college which provide mostly employment-preparation skills for trained labor, such as welding, culinary arts and office management.-Associations supporting technical schools:...
. In 2005, 98% of the students took the SAT with a mean of 1283. In 2006, 908 AP exams were taken with 89% receiving qualifying scores. 23% of the class of 2007 were semifinalists or commended students in the National Merit Scholarship Program http://www.saratogahigh.org/academics/SeniorYearBookletFall2006.pdf. In 2003, the school's California State Academic Performance Index (API) score was 911, the leading score among all comprehensive public schools in the State of California. The school's 2005 API score was 914 http://api.cde.ca.gov/APIBase2006/2006GrowthSch.aspx?cYear=2005-06&allcds=43-695344337762, and its 2009 API score was 933. Its long time athletic rival is Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School is a high school in Los Gatos, California, a small town near San Jose in the Silicon Valley. Los Gatos High School was founded in 1908 and is part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District...
and its academic rivals are Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook High School is a co-educational, public, four-year secondary school located in the West San Jose neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA...
, Gunn High School
Gunn High School
Henry M. Gunn High School is one of two public high schools in Palo Alto, California. Gunn High School is a four-year high school with a current enrollment of just over 1,900 students. The Class of 1966 was the first class to graduate from Gunn High School. The academic year has two semesters with...
and Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, USA. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino...
. Many of Saratoga's alumni have gone on in droves to UC
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
schools, Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
schools and other top schools. It is common for students to apply to Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Yale
YALE
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, Princeton
Princeton University
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, Penn
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, and MIT. In recent years, five Saratoga High alumni have been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for study at the University of Oxford. It was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships, and is widely considered the "world's most prestigious scholarship" by many public sources such as...
http://www.saratogafalcon.org/content/another-year-another-rhodes-scholar-fifth-alumni-wins-award.
Music Department
Saratoga High School is well known for its award-winning and accomplished Music Department. The Music Department is under the supervision of department chair Michael Boitz, who directs the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Saratoga Symphony Orchestra, and the Saratoga StringsString orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass , the piano, the harp, and sometimes percussion...
. Other faculty members include new teacher Seth Jones (Symphonic and Jazz band director), Jim Yowell, Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
director, and administrative assistants Janet Verson and Takako Hasegawa.
The Saratoga High School Music Department travels to world events every three years. In 2006, the band, choir, and orchestra went to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
to perform in the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
. The tour band premiered "The Sails of Time" by David Gillingham
David Gillingham
David R. Gillingham is a contemporary composer. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh for his undergraduate degree in Music Education and Michigan State University for his PhD in Music Composition/Theory. He currently serves as professor of music theory and composition at Central...
. Past events include performing in Europe (2009),(2003) and Hawaii (2000). The Saratoga High School Choir will travel to Italy in the summer of 2012. In 2010, the Saratoga Strings and the Saratoga Wind Ensemble was invited to be featured performers on March 8, 2011 at the 2011 New York Wind Band Festival. They performed in the Evening Showcase Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. On May 13, 2011, it was announced at the high school that the Saratoga High Marching Band had been selected to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2012.
Marching Band
The Saratoga High School marching bandMarching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
currently has 220+ members, which is over 15% of the school population.
In the Western Band Association
Western Band Association
The Western Band Association is a nonprofit organization that promotes high school music education in California, Arizona and Nevada. Specifically, the WBA organizes many marching band competitions for high school students...
(WBA) Championships in 2006; The Saratoga High School Marching Band competed and advanced into finals competition for the first time where they placed in State.
In 2007, the marching band purchased new uniforms, breaking the 20 year tradition of its previous uniform. The new uniforms are in the color red, white, and black, replacing the colors of the venerated 20 year old uniforms, which were red and cream.
The band director for the Saratoga High School Marching Band is Michael Boitz, a student favorite.
| Year | Show | WBA Class Championship 5A Prelims | WBA Grand Championship Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | Score | Placement | Score | ||
| 2005 | "The Wind and the Lion" | 10th | 83.25 | * | – |
| 2006 | "The Process of Invention" | 8th | 84.80 | 10th | 83.89 |
| 2007 | "Boundless" | 6th | 88.05 | 8th | 87.40 |
| 2008 | "Mirror Images" | 9th | 86.44 | 11th | 87.08 |
| 2009 | "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" | 6th | 89.85 | 6th | 89.00 |
| 2010 | "Thoughtcrime" | 6th | 88.70 | ^ | – |
| 2011 | "In the Beginning" | 4th | – | 5th | – |
Chess Team
At the 2005 National Grade Level Chess Championships in Houston, the 9th graders were national champions, led by team captain Jeff Young, and the 10th graders took second http://www.calchess.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59000http://www.calchess.org/news/2005_12_08_news_story.pdf. At the 2006 National High School Chess Championships in Milwaukee, the school chess team placed 3rd out of more than 50 teams from across the nation. David Chock beat the then IM Alex Lenderman, and Jeff Young beat IM Salvijus Bercys to make the two largest upsets of the tournament. The team has won the NorCal State Championship 6 consecutive years (2004–2010) which is a record for state tournaments. In 2008 the Saratoga player Jeff Young tied for 1st at the individual level to secure a team win. The most recent win came in April, 2010 when SHS edged out Mission San Jose in the last round and won the record 6th consecutive State Championship http://www.saratogafalcon.org/content/chess-team-breaks-six-year-win-streak-state-tournamenthttp://www.saratogafalcon.org/content/little-known-chess-team-aims-sixth-straight-state-championship.Sports and Athletics
Because of neighbor complaints, American footballAmerican football
American 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...
lights have been slow to come to Saratoga High's football field until recently. In the past, the team has had to play at Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School is a high school in Los Gatos, California, a small town near San Jose in the Silicon Valley. Los Gatos High School was founded in 1908 and is part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District...
. In April 2006, the Trustees of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District approved permanent lights for the football field http://www.community-newspapers.com/archives/saratoganews/20060426/news5.shtml. The lights were first used in the Fall of 2006.
SHS football is known for its yearly rivalry with Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School is a high school in Los Gatos, California, a small town near San Jose in the Silicon Valley. Los Gatos High School was founded in 1908 and is part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District...
. In 1983, LGHS began a 27-year winning streak that SHS has tried to end year after year. On October 22, 2010, history was made; SHS's 27-year losing streak ended when the Saratoga Falcons defeated the Los Gatos Wildcats 21-17. This event was momentous all around the community and even Seattle Seahawks' head coach, Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll
Peter Clay Carroll is the head coach and executive Vice-President of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots and the University of Southern California Trojans football team.-Early life:Carroll attended Redwood High...
, gave the Falcons a shoutout from his Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, saying "congrats to the saratoga falcons for beating los gatos 21-17 last night... 1st win over los gatos in 29 years!"
Saratoga Football has won 5 CCS championships: 1973, 1976, 1980, 1987, 1996.
SHS Baseball won a division II CCS championship in 1999.
The golf team has won six league titles in the last seven years, and is currently on a five-year winning streak. The boys tennis team won the league title in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The badminton team held the league title for three consecutive years, from 2003 to 2005.
The cross country team has seen success in its past in both the women's and men's teams with state champions William Kraemer and Alicia Follmar
In 2009, the girls' varsity tennis team defeated rival Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, USA. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino...
5-2 for their first CCS championship in the history of the tennis program.
Drama Department
Saratoga High School has a strong and talented Drama Department. The Drama class is taught by Karin Babbitt. The Department produces a Fall Play and a Spring Musical every year, each directed by an outside director. The most recent Fall Plays have been Our TownOur Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
, On the Razzle
On the Razzle
"On the razzle" is a euphemism often used in the British press to describe the actions of a celebrity who has drunk, or is about to drink, a considerable amount of alcohol...
, and Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
. The past three Spring Musicals have been Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
, Anything Goes
Anything Goes
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...
, and Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
.
Saratoga High School is also home of International Thespian Society
International Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
Troupe #6354. Every year, the members of Troupe #6354 travel down to Ontario and participate in multiple events at the Southern California Thespian Conference. The Drama Club now has a website for members to stay informed about the program.
McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center
The McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center, a community facility, was recently completed on the campus. It was originally planned for the early 1960s but construction was postponed and the funds used for seismic upgrades to the Los Gatos campus. Public and private funds were raised 40 years later and it was scheduled to open in early-2004, but budget and construction delays pushed the completion date back to August, 2005. The center is named after Saratoga residents Eric and Marguerite McAfee, who donated $1 million towards its construction. The lecture center is now being operated by Adrian Stapleton, a stage tech director. http://www.community-newspapers.com/archives/saratoganews/20050907/sn-coverstrip2.shtmlNotable alumni
- Steven SpielbergSteven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
- 1965 - Academy Award winner for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Other Spielberg films include Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993) - Julie Hicks-Herman Craig - 1976 - Author of The Festival Hoppers' series of six books
- Lance GuestLance GuestLance R. Guest is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Guest developed a serious interest in acting in the ninth grade, and he majored in theater while attending UCLA. He has starred in many theatrical films including his role as Jimmy alongside actress Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween...
- 1978 - Actor best known for his role as Alex Rogan in 1984's "The Last Starfighter" - Ed SolomonEd SolomonEd Solomon is an American writer, producer and director. After graduating from Saratoga High School and UCLA, Solomon came to fame as one half of the writing duo that created the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and its sequel.Solomon was born in Saratoga, California...
- 1978 - Actor, Director, Writer and Producer - Robert HicksRobert HicksRobert Hicks may refer to:* Barbecue Bob, born Robert Hicks, early American blues musician* Robert Hicks , British Conservative Member of Parliament for Cornish constituencies...
- 1980 - Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player - Bill HaselmanBill HaselmanWilliam Joseph Haselman is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He served as the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox in . Before taking over the role of first base coach, Haselman served as bullpen coach...
- 1984 - Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player - Mark ArnoldMark Arnold (comic book and animation historian)Mark Arnold is an American writer who grew up in Saratoga, California. He has contributed to several publications in the United States, including The Comics Journal, Hogan's Alley, Back Issue Magazine, and Comic Buyer's Guide...
- 1984 - self-published author - Carrie SteinseiferCarrie SteinseiferCarolyn Lynne Steinseifer is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal in the women's 100m freestyle at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
- 1986 - Gold Medal in swimming - 100 meter freestyle at 1984 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... - Stephanie ElamStephanie ElamStephanie Elam was born on January 23, 1974 and is best known for her former job as a CNN business news correspondent for Headline News and CNN International.-Background:...
- 1990 - CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
business news correspondent for HLN and CNN InternationalCNN InternationalCNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly... - Arturo G. Fallico - 1991 - Special Educator, Author, IOOF Member
- Vienna TengVienna TengCynthia Yih Shih , better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is a Taiwanese American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Teng has released four studio albums: Waking Hour , Warm Strangers , Dreaming Through the Noise , and Inland Territory...
- 1996 - popular singer-songwriter - Patricia MirandaPatricia MirandaPatricia Noriko Miranda is the first American woman in Olympic history to receive a medal in woman's wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics games in Athens, Greece...
- 1997 - Bronze medalist in wrestling in the summer 2004 Olympics - Beth LisickBeth LisickBeth Lisick is an American writer, performer, and author of four books. With Arline Klatte, she co-founded the Porchlight Storytelling Series of open-mic spoken word performances in San Francisco in 2002. Her spoken word performances were featured at the Lollapalooza festival in 1994, the South by...
, spoken-word artist and author of several books, including the best-sellers Helping Me Help Myself - David WarshofskyDavid WarshofskyDavid Warshofsky is an American film and television actor.-Life and career:Warshofsky was born in Saratoga, California. There is some dispute about this. Other sources, some self-contradictory, have listed his place and date of birth as San Francisco in 1961 or 1959, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and...
- American actor best known for appearances in There Will Be BloodThere Will Be BloodThere Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and...
, Public EnemiesPublic EnemiesPublic Enemies is a 2009 American crime drama film directed by Michael Mann and written by Mann, Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34...
, TakenTakenTaken, also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken, is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries...
, and many other films.
Principals
- Vernon Trimble (1959–1971)
- Donald Brand (1971–1980)
- Tod Likins (1980–1990)
- Patricia Dickson (1990–1993)
- Kevin Skelly (1993–2004)
- Bill Richter (interim) (2004–2005)
- Harry Bettencourt (interim) (2005)
- Jeff Anderson (2005-)
Assistant Principals
- Gerald Zapelli (1959–1976)
- Henry Rogalsky (1980–1990)
- Jerry McClosky (1990–1996)
- Karen Hyde (1977–present)Special Ed, Activities, and Community Service
- John Martin Nichols (2000–2002)
- Dan Fowler (2002–2003)
- Brian Safine (2003–2005, 2008–present) In charge of Guidance and Curriculum
- Gail Wasserman (2004–2008)
- Markus Autrey (2005–2006)
- Joe Bosco (2006–2010)
- Chris Cerbone (August 2010-December 2010)
- Kevin Mount (2011–Present)
External links
- Saratoga High School Official School Web-Site
- Saratoga High Test Scores / College Acceptance Statistics, page 2
- Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District
- The Saratoga Falcon, The Official Student Newspaper
- Saratoga Falcons, The Official Student Athletic Website
- Saratoga Robotics, The Official Website for the Saratoga High School Mechanical Science and Engineering Team
- Saratoga Music Boosters, The Official Website for the Saratoga Music Boosters
- Saratoga Speech & Debate Boosters, The Official Website for the Saratoga Speech & Debate Boosters
- Toga Math Club, The Official Website for the Toga Math Club (Saratoga HS and Redwood MS)
- Saratoga Chess Club, The Official Website for the Saratoga Chess Team