Southwest Senior High School

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Southwest High School
Address
Southwest Senior High School
1685 Hollister Street

San Diego
,
California

United States
Information
TypeSenior High School
Motto"Once a Raider, Always a Raider!"
Established1975
School district Sweetwater Union High School District
SuperintendentMoisés G. Aguirre
PrincipalEaster Finley [1]
Faculty71.08 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,586 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio22.31 [2]
Campus Suburban
Color(s)   Cardinal red and gold
MascotRaider
Newspaper Raider's Digest
YearbookThe Scimitar
ASB PresidentCamila Murguía
Website http://soh.sweetwaterschools.org/

SouthwestHigh School (SOH) is a public high school in San Diego, California, United States. It was established in 1975. It was built on the site of a small railroad yard owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad along the original San Diego–Tijuana line. It existed until the mid-1930s when the tracks were moved east to the present-day trolley tracks.

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Part of Sweetwater Union High School District, it serves all socioeconomic communities of San Diego (specifically the Nestor community), as well as some students living in Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and San Ysidro. The school serves approximately 1,750 students.

History

A Southwest High School senior achieved a perfect score on the 2015 AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, one of only 55 students worldwide to do so. [3] After exiting the English Learner program, the student went to college prep courses and took multiple AP classes. [4] The accomplishment was supported by the school and Sweetwater Union High School District. [5]

Academics

The school has shown achievements in academic competitions such as the Academic Decathlon, in which they held six consecutive county titles from 2003–2008 and received 3rd place in the 2009 and 2010 competitions. Along with these six consecutive county titles, Southwest High School is the first school in San Diego County to have achieved five and later six consecutive county titles. The Varsity Academic League won eight varsity Metro [District] championship titles in 1999, 2001, 2003–2007, and 2009. The Varsity won their division nine times in 1999, 2001, and 2003–2010. The varsity team in 2005 concluded their season by winning the County Academic League title beating La Jolla High School 124–53 making it the highest score in San Diego County Academic League championship history. For their accomplishments in League and Decathlon the San Diego County School Board declared in 2005 that June 17 would be known as Southwest High Academics Day. The JV Academic League held 8 consecutive Metro championship titles from 2001–2008 and have won their division for 10 years in a row from 2001-2010 (also an 11th win back in 1999).[ citation needed ]

Athletics

The Southwest Raiders sports teams represent Southwest Senior High School in high school sports programs.

The Raiders football team played its first home game in 1985 after previously hosting games at Mar Vista High School, Montgomery High School, and Southwestern College. [6]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Southwest High School | Administration".
  2. 1 2 3 "Southwest Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ Garske • •, Monica (February 2, 2016). "Southwest High School Senior Earns Perfect Score on AP Spanish Exam". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  4. ↑ ABC 10 News (February 3, 2016). South Bay teen earns perfect AP score . Retrieved October 7, 2024– via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Southwest High Student Among only 55 Worldwide to Achieve Perfect AP Spanish Score – Sweetwater Union High School District" . Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  6. ↑ Cisneros, Michael (October 27, 1985). "There's no place like home at S'west". Chula Vista Star-News . p. C1. Retrieved January 30, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Devenish, Colin (May 29, 2003). "Frankie J. Back At School". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
  8. ↑ Brents, Phillip (January 26, 2001). "Washington is South Bay's Giant on Super Bowl Sunday". The Star-News . p. 13. Retrieved October 19, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Krasovic, Tom (November 7, 2019). "Column: Fox Deportes' Adrian Garcia Marquez lauds San Diego upbringing". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved October 19, 2023.(subscription required)
  10. ↑ "Rene Ortiz signs with Sockers". Imperial Beach Star-News . August 2, 1987. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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