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Sunnyside High School (Tucson, Arizona)
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History
Recent directors
Recent field shows
Under Allie Coyle:
Under Scott Matlick:
Under Matthew Hoolsema:
Under Armando Salas:
- 2006: Scott Matlick, Drum Major for The Pride of ArizonaThe Pride of ArizonaThe Pride of Arizona is the University of Arizona's marching band. The band was founded in 1902 as the UA ROTC Band and contained 12 members. Over the years, the band has performed in prestigious venues such as Super Bowl I and the Inaugural Parade of President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. ...
(2002–2004), is hired as Director of Bands at Sunnyside High School. Reinvents the band, dawning the name The Pride of Sunnyside Marching Band. The band's show is GladiatorGladiatorA gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the...
picked by previous Director Allie Coyle. - 2007: Scott Matlick introduces the show "Adentro: The Music of Ricardo Arjona", based on Latin singer-songwriter Ricardo ArjonaRicardo ArjonaEdgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
's album AdentroAdentroAdentro is the tenth studio album by singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on December 6, 2005. It was named best Latin Pop Album for 2007 at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.-Track listing:#Para Bien o Para Mal#De Vez En Mes...
. The tradition of the marching on to the field in the opening set known as the "S" is brought back to commemorate the school's 50th anniversary. After two years as Director of Bands at Sunnyside, Scott Matlick returns to the University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
to be part of the Graduate Teaching Assistant program for the UA Bands and The Pride of ArizonaThe Pride of ArizonaThe Pride of Arizona is the University of Arizona's marching band. The band was founded in 1902 as the UA ROTC Band and contained 12 members. Over the years, the band has performed in prestigious venues such as Super Bowl I and the Inaugural Parade of President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. ...
. - 2008: During the summer the band was temporarily under the direction of Joseph Molinar. The band plays "The Return of AerosmithAerosmithAerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
" the show Director Allie Coyle created in 2005 for the band. In early August the band gets Director of Bands Matthew Hoolsema from MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. Under the new direction of Matthew Hoolsema, the school's choir program is brought back. - 2009: Matthew Hoolsema introduces the show Music of the Big Band Era. The program includes tunes "La Suerte De Los Tontos", " House of the Rising Sun", "Blue Groove", and "Big Noise from Winnetka". The band has a very successful year, making it to State Marching Competition.
- 2010: Although not as successful as the previous year, the Pride of Sunnyside continued to a new season with the music of Journey.
Recent directors
- 2004-2006: Allie Coyle
- 2006-2008: Scott Matlick
- 2008–2011: Matthew Hoolsema
- 2011–present: Armando Salas
Recent field shows
Under Allie Coyle:
- 2004: Mask of Zorro
- 2005: The Music of AerosmithAerosmithAerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
Under Scott Matlick:
- 2006: GladiatorGladiatorA gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the...
- 2007: Adentro: The Music of Ricardo ArjonaRicardo ArjonaEdgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
Under Matthew Hoolsema:
- 2008: The Return of AerosmithAerosmithAerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
- 2009: The Music of the Big Band Era
- 2010: The Music of JourneyJourney (band)Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...
Under Armando Salas:
- 2011: Latin Sketches
Student groups
- Academic Decathlon
- Astronomy
- Blue Devil Dancers
- Blue Devil Images
- Blue Devil News
- Cafe Diablo
- Chess Club
- DECADECA (organization)DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
- Drama/Thespians
- El Diablo
- FolkloricoBaile FolkloricoBaile folklórico, literally "folkloric dance" in Spanish, is a collective term for traditional Latin American dances that emphasize local folk culture with ballet characteristics - pointed toes, exaggerated movements, highly choreographed. As mentioned below, baile folklórico owes its inception to...
- Four Feathers Club
- French Club
- Fashion design
- Health Care Tech
- Hero Club
- Honors Academy
- Jobs for America's Graduates
- MASCC
- Mariachi
- MECHA Club
- MESA
- National Honor Art Club
- Photography Club
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- NEOS Teatro
- Noche de las Estrellas
- Peer Advisor
- Photography
- Poetry Club
- P.R.I.S.M. (Gay–straight alliance)
- Southern Arizona Border Health Careers Opportunity Program
- Spanish
- Teenage Parent Program (T.A.P.P.)
- Teachers Of Tomorrow
- Tri-MTri-MTri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher...
- VICASkillsUSASkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
- Video Production
- Wildcat Society
- Writing Devils
- Youth Alive
Notable alumni
- David Adams, former professional football player; former standout football player at the University of Arizona
- Dr. Ben Chavis, businessman,educator, national spokes person on education, and writer. He paid the college tution for many of his former students to attend some of the top universities in the United States.
- Raul GrijalvaRaul GrijalvaRaúl M. Grijalva is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes half of metro Tucson, all of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix.-Early life, education and career:...
, Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional districtArizona's 7th congressional districtArizona's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Situated in the southwestern part of the state, it includes all of Yuma County and parts of La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties.... - Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O'odhamTohono O'odhamThe Tohono O'odham are a group of Native American people who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of the southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico...
nation since 2007. - Mike ScurlockMike ScurlockMichael Lee Scurlock is an American football coach and former NFL player.-Early years:Born in Tucson, Arizona, Mike attended Sunnyside High School and later transferred to Cholla High School. He played college football at the University of Arizona, where he graduated with a B.A...
, former professional football player