Buchser High School

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Emil R. Buchser High School
Address
Buchser High School
3000 Benton Street [1]

Santa Clara, California
95051

United States
Coordinates 37°20′45″N121°58′56″W / 37.3457°N 121.9821°W / 37.3457; -121.9821
Information
Type Public high school [2]
EstablishedOctober 9, 1957
(67 years ago) (1957-10-09) [3]
StatusDefunct
Closed1981(44 years ago) (1981) [4]
School district Santa Clara Union High School District (1957–1966) [5]
Santa Clara Unified School District (1966–1981) [6]
Grades9–12 [7]
Color(s)  Red
  Black
  White [8]
Team name Bruins [3] [9]
Rival Santa Clara High School [3]
NewspaperBear Prints [10]
YearbookKodiak [11] [12]

Emil R. Buchser High School was a comprehensive, coeducational public high school in Santa Clara, California, United States that served students in grades nine through twelve. [2] [3] It opened in 1957 as the Santa Clara Union High School District's second high school, [3] [5] and it closed in 1981 due to declining enrollment. [4] The campus was repurposed as Santa Clara High School's new location, and Buchser Junior High School [a] was established at Santa Clara High's old location. [4] [13]

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History

Construction of Buchser High School began in 1957 and wrapped up in 1958. [14] The school opened to freshmen and sophomores on October 9, 1957 [3] and held half-day sessions for the first three weeks due to ongoing construction. [15] It grew to include grades nine through twelve by the 1959–1960 school year. [16] The school was dedicated to longtime superintendent Emil R. Buchser Sr. on October 11, 1959. [17] [18]

The Santa Clara Unified School District suffered declining enrollment throughout the late 1970s. [19] On November 6, 1980, the district board of education announced that the student bodies of Buchser High School and Santa Clara High School would merge before the 1981–1982 school year. [4] [20] Following the merge, Santa Clara High moved to Buchser High's location. [4] Buchser Junior High School [b] was established at Santa Clara's old location. [13]

Principals

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. ↑ Now Buchser Middle School [13]
  2. ↑ Buchser Junior High School became Buchser Middle School in 1986. [13]

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