San Rafael High School | |
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150 Third St. , 94901 | |
Coordinates | 37°58′15″N122°30′48″W / 37.97083°N 122.51333°W [1] |
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School type | Public, High school |
Mottoes | San Rafael High School main building |
Founded | 1888 |
School board | San Rafael City Schools Board of Education |
School district | San Rafael City Schools |
Oversight | Western Assn of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools |
Superintendent | Michael R. Watenpaugh |
Administrator | Joe Ryan Dominguez |
Assistant Principals | Shannon Erby |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,302 (2023–2024) [3] |
Language | English, Spanish (ELD program) |
Area | Central Marin County |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Red and White |
Team name | Bulldog |
Rival | Terra Linda High School |
Communities served | San Rafael, California Park, Peacock Gap, Point San Pedro, The Canal, Santa Venetia |
Feeder schools | San Rafael Elementary School District
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Affiliation | none |
Website | http://sanrafael.srcs.org/ |
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San Rafael High School is a public high school located at 150 Third St. in San Rafael, California, United States.
The school is part of the San Rafael City Schools school district. Its official nickname is the Bulldog; however, its athletic teams have been known casually as the Dawgs since the mid-1980s.
The school is located on a 33-acre (130,000 m2) campus in central San Rafael. [4]
Residents of the high school district may choose either San Rafael High or Terra Linda High School. [5] The high school district includes San Rafael, Santa Venetia, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, and a portion of Larkspur. [6]
San Rafael High School opened in 1888. The school's current campus opened in 1924. [4]
The school is cited as the 1971 origin of the time and codeword 420 in cannabis culture. Originally "420" served as a code word for "The Waldos", a group of students who would meet in front of the 1940 Benny Bufano statue of Louis Pasteur at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana, both near the statue and at other clandestine locations on campus grounds. The "420" moniker was in widespread use on campus during the 1974–1976 timeframe by the school stoner community. As the usage spread, the original connotations of the term "420" faded away. [9]
San Rafael High School served as the setting for the video of the 1984 power ballad "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger. [10]
KSRH is the school's radio station, which is completely operated by students. The station broadcasts with 10 watts of power on 88.1 FM and 107.3 Cable FM. The station takes requests during school hours at (415) 457-KSRH.[ citation needed ]
Facilities at the school were upgraded with funds from bond measures passed in 1999 and 2002.[ citation needed ]
Beginning with the 2001–2002 school year, San Rafael High School moved to an A/B rotating block schedule.[ citation needed ]
In 2006, the school scored 680 on the Academic Performance Index (API), the California Department of Education’s program for measuring school accountability. It also passed all Adequate Yearly Performance (AYP) criteria required by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.[ citation needed ]
In September 2008, the school served as a primary location for the independent feature film The Prankster . School was in session while filming took place and some students and teachers had background roles in the movie. Former principal Judy Colton had a small speaking part with Kurt Fuller, who played Dean Pecarino in the film.[ citation needed ]
In 2019 construction began on a new two-story building to house the school's administrative offices, a kitchen, general student commons area and classrooms along with support spaces for Madrone High School, a continuation high school on the campus of San Rafael High School.[ citation needed ]
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