American High School (California)

American High School
Location
36300 Fremont Boulevard Fremont , California 94536 United States
Coordinates	37°33′53″N122°00′57″W / 37.5645917°N 122.015947°W / 37.5645917; -122.015947
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Diversity and Dedication Enhance Learning and Education.
School district	Fremont Unified School District
Principal	Sandhya Sharma
Teaching staff	100.45 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	2,587 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	25.75 [1]
Campus size	42.79 acres (173,200 m2)
Campus type	Suburban
Colors	Red, blue and white
Nickname	Eagles
Publication	Eagle Nation
Newspaper	Eagle Era
Yearbook	Aerie
Website	fremontunified.org/american/

American High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located in Fremont, California, United States. It is one of five public high schools within the Fremont Unified School District. ^[2] The school receives its students through the American High School attendance area boundary set by the district. It was a California Distinguished School from 2005 to 2009 and a California Gold Ribbon School from 2017 to 2019. ^[3] It was recognized as a California Distinguished School once again in 2019. ^[4] Most of the school body is Asian, with a significant South and East Asian population. ^[5]

Athletics

American High School is a member of the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL), which includes high schools in Fremont as well as Newark Memorial High School in Newark, James Logan High School in Union City, and Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward. The league competes within the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable alumni

• James Cannida, NFL football player
• Yousef Erakat, YouTuber - Fouseytube
• Robert Flynn, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist/founder of heavy metal band Machine Head.
• Michelle Go, Asian American woman pushed off of train platform in 2022.
• Steve Lewis, 400m runner who won three gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
• Garry Tan, venture capitalist and entrepreneur
• Len Wiseman, filmmaker ^{[6] [7]}
• Joel Souza, filmmaker

References in pop culture

"American High," the eighth track from Machine Head's 2001 album Supercharger , references American High School, the alma mater of its lead singer. ^[8]

Demographics

Student enrollment in 2021 was approximately 2,544 students. Their ethnic makeup was:

• 64.8% Asian
• 11.2% White
• 9.0% Hispanic
• 8.3% Filipino
• 3.6% Two or more races
• 2.2% African American
• 0.7% Pacific Islander
• 0.3% American Indian

5.4% of students were English language learners. ^[9]

References

1. "American High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
2. Fremont Unified School District Home Page
3. "California Gold Ribbon Schools Awardees 2017 - California Gold Ribbon Schools Program (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
4. "California Distinguished Schools Awardees 2019 - California Distinguished Schools Program (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov. Archived from the original on February 5, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
5. "American High School".
6. "Len Wiseman, Biography, Filmography, Photos – MSN Movies UK". Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
7. "Len Wiseman Biography – Yahoo! Movies".
8. "Machine Head". Spotify.
9. "American High Summary". California School Dashboard. California Department of Education.

External links

• Official website