Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, California)

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Fremont High School
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Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, California)
575 W Fremont Ave

Sunnyvale
,
California
94087

United States
Coordinates 37°21′11″N122°02′01″W / 37.3531°N 122.0335°W / 37.3531; -122.0335
Information
Type Public 4-year
Established1923
School district Fremont Union High School District
PrincipalBryan Emmert
Enrollment2,172 (2019-20) [1]
Color(s) Cardinal and white   
Athletics conference Santa Clara Valley Athletic League
CIF Central Coast Section
Team name Firebirds
Rival Homestead High School
YearbookPathfinder
Nobel laureates Andrew Fire
NewspaperThe Phoenix [2]
Website fhs.fuhsd.org

Fremont High School is a co-educational, public high school in Sunnyvale, California, United States. Fremont is currently the only open public high school located in the city of Sunnyvale and is part of the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD).

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History

Fremont High School was originally named West Side Union High School, the first school opened in the West Side Union High School District. In 1923, it opened in rooms of the Sunnyvale Grammar School as the only high school in the Sunnyvale–Cupertino (West Valley) area, and then moved to a temporary building after purchase of the school site in 1923. The school building was designed in 1925 by noted California school architect W. H. Weeks, after the necessary bond referendum passed on the third attempt. On March 27, 1925, the board of trustees unanimously voted to change the name of the school and district to Fremont Union High School. [3]

In 1942, during the Second World War, Fremont became a temporary recruitment training ground and around half of the class of 1942 joined the military. [4]

In 1969, a late-night fire occurred in the bell tower of the main building; the 1970 freshman class went to Monta Vista High School in Cupertino while rebuilding was done. [5]

On July 1, 1996, after much controversy, the Fremont Union School Board did away with the original Indian mascot, replacing it with the current Firebirds mascot. [6]

Famous Youtuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober uploaded a video about the true scale of the Solar System in 2016, with scaled objects laid on starting on Fremont’s field and going beyond. [7]

Campus

Fremont High School is located at the intersection of Fremont Avenue and Sunnyvale–Saratoga Road. The Fremont Union High School District's offices are also located on the school campus.

The original buildings are built in a Spanish mission architectural style. Three classroom buildings that were added in the 1950s on the Fremont Avenue side were demolished and replaced with new instructional and administrative space also in mission style, creating a quadrangle. [8]

Demographics

In the 2014-2015 school year, Fremont had a total enrollment of 1,964 students. Asian students comprised 20.7% of the school's student population while Filipino & Pacific Islander students made up 12.1%. Black students made up 3.1% of the population. Hispanic students were the largest group, representing 44% of the student population with White students the second largest at 26.9% of the student population. Also, there were a small number of American Indian & Alaska Native students, around 0.1% of the student population.

Additionally, 21.1% of the students are English language learners and 42.3% are socio-economically disadvantaged. [9]

Extracurriculars

Fremont students participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities ranging from marching band and athletics to various cultural, community service, and general interest clubs like Octagon, Key Club, Culinary Club, Smart Finance Club, LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), the Apple Club, KDT(Konnect Dance Troupe) a Kpop club, and The Movie Club. The poetry slam team has won numerous awards at spoken word poetry competitions. Fremont High School DECA has a variety of outstanding achievements, having over 2000 hours of community service as a whole for the 09-10 school year (more than all other Fremont clubs combined) and having sent numerous competitors to represent at the international competitive level. Seventy-five percent of those representatives became finalists at those international competitions. The Fremont wrestling team was one of the highest ranking high school wrestling teams in the state, taking 3rd place as a team at California Interscholastic Federation championships in 2006. They had 3 state champions that year and 2 of them went on to compete internationally. [10] They still are one of the top teams in the Central Coast Section. In 2003–2004 the Fremont varsity cheerleaders took 1st place in every regional competition in which they competed. They then went on to win two United Spirit Association National Championships in Anaheim. They won the title for Small Coed Show Cheer and Coed Partner Stunt.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Fremont High School include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Fremont High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ↑ The Phoenix Online Archived March 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ History Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at Fremont Union High School District, retrieved April 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ "History & School Culture -". fhs.fuhsd.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Sue Larson, "Blast from the Past: Fire in the main building", History of Fremont High School, March 2010, retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ http://fremonths.schoolloop.com/file/1268488274550/1249846225445/3740948526099281133.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  7. ↑ Solar System Model From a Drone's View , retrieved February 20, 2024
  8. ↑ Victoria Kezra, "Demolition in June will pave way for new admin and classroom building at Fremont High", San Jose Mercury News , April 11, 2017, updated April 13, 2017.
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