Henry J. Kaiser High School (California)

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Henry J. Kaiser High School
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Henry J. Kaiser High School (California)
11155 Almond Ave

Fontana
,
California

United States
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Type Public school
MottoTogether We Build
EstablishedSeptember 1998
School district Fontana Unified School District
PrincipalChristopher Hollister
Faculty96.30 (FTE) [1]
Number of students1,978 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.54 [1]
Color(s)   
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Sunkist League
MascotCat
Website https://www.fusd.net/kaiser

Henry J. Kaiser High School is a small to medium-sized high school located at 11155 Almond Avenue in Fontana, California. Kaiser High is one of five comprehensive high schools within Fontana Unified School District. The school is named after renowned American industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, who founded the famous Kaiser Steel Mill, which helped to revolutionize the city of Fontana. [2]

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The school was established in 1998. As of 2023, the principal is Christopher Hollister. Kaiser High School has been experimenting recently with small learning communities.

Demographics

As of 2013, the student population was 84.5% Hispanic, 5.1% White/Non-Hispanic, 6.8% of African American, 1.4% Asian, 1.1% Filipino, .3% American Indian or Alaskan Native, .3% Pacific Islander, and .5% other or not specified ethnic backgrounds. [3]

Athletics

Football

Kaiser High School is known for its successful football program under coach Dick Bruich. Under his supervision, he led Kaiser Football to one state championship, two CIF championships, one CIF runner-up award, two CIF semi-final appearances, eight Sunkist League titles, and eight consecutive playoff berths, before retiring in 2009. [4]

In 2006 Lonyae Miller transferred to Kaiser from Rialto high school and he was a standout on the football team, chosen as All-CIF Southern Section at running back and named the Sunkist League Offensive MVP. [5] Miller later attended Fresno State and is now a professional player in the NFL. [6]

As of 2014 the football team were back-to-back Sunkist League champions. In 2012, the Kaiser Football team made it to the SS-CIF championship, where they defeated Rancho Verde to claim the 2012 CIF Central Division Championship Title.

Student activities

Catamount Pride Marching Band & Color Guard

Kaiser High School is home to the Catamount Pride Marching Band and Color Guard. In 2008, and most recently 2014, the band won the sweepstakes at the Azusa Golden Days Parade. They've also won sweepstakes in the Riverside King Band Review, 2nd place in the Chino Band Review, 10,000 dollars at the LA County Fair, sweepstakes and music award in the Ganesha Band Review, and 1st place in the Arcadia Band Review.

The Kaiser Catamount Pride Marching Band hosted the first annual Kaiser Band Review September 26, 2009.

In 2019, the band participated in the 2019 Rose Parade with Grand Marshal Chaka Khan in the opening show.

Kaiser Artistic and Theatrical Society

Kaiser Artistic and Theatrical Society, known as "K.A.T.S. Productions", is the name of the drama club at Henry J. Kaiser High. The club is responsible for producing the school theatrical productions each year. In addition, the club engages in other theatrical activities, like improvisational workshops and field trips to see professional productions. The club includes an active troupe of the International Thespian Society, number 6721.

Shows performed at Kaiser High School include: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella , The Devil and Daniel Webster , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , Harvey , Annie Get Your Gun , Picnic , Little Shop of Horrors , Arsenic and Old Lace , Into the Woods , Little Women , Once Upon A Mattress , The Mousetrap , A Christmas Story , Once On This Island , Fools , A Christmas Carol , Seussical the Musical , Twelve Angry Men , Taming of the Shrew , West Side Story , The Diviners , Hamlet , Midsummer/Jersey, Spoon River Anthology , Romeo and Juliet , Fame , Alice, Rent , Julius Caesar , Les Misérables , The Winter's Tale , Legally Blonde , Peter and the Starcatcher , Lazarus Rising, 1984 , Alice in Wonderland, The Laramie Project, The Addams Family , Titus Andronicus , Twelfth Night , Little Women , Bridge to Terabithia , The Wizard of Oz , A Piece of My Heart, and The Crucible .

Awards

Notable alumni

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