Truckee High School

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Truckee High School
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Truckee High School
11725 Donner Pass Rd

Truckee, Nevada County
,
California
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96161

United States
Coordinates 39°19′29″N120°12′59″W / 39.32475°N 120.21637°W / 39.32475; -120.21637
Information
Type Public Secondary
Established1951
School district Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District
PrincipalJohn Neuberger
Grades 9th – 12th
Enrollment852 (2023-2024) https://www.ttusd.org/domain/96
Color(s)Silver, Scarlet, and White
Mascot Wolverine
RivalSouth Tahoe
Website Main page

Truckee High School is one of two high schools in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, which is based in the Lake Tahoe area town of Truckee in eastern Nevada County, California. Truckee High School is known for their athletics but is very strong academically as well sending students to top universities consistently. Truckee's Academic team has won 5 straight State Championships. Many of Truckee's sports programs include Academic State Championships as well as State titles. Most recently, their football team had the top GPA in the NIAA for two consecutive years (2022,2023) while at the same time winning the State Championship. Truckee High School's ratings are traditionally very high and they are considered to be one of the top public schools in the nation: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/tahoe-truckee-unified-school-district/tahoe-truckee-high-school-3546?scrlybrkr=e9960e61

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Athletics

Truckee High School is one of five California high schools who are a member of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and competes in the 3A Northern League. In 2011 the girls volleyball team completed a "3-peat" state championship run and has 4 State titles. Truckee's baseball team has had some recent success winning back to back titles in 2018 and 2019. The Baseball program has 5 State titles. In 2012 the football team completed a "4-peat" State Championship run and posted a 47-1 record over a 4 year span. Most recently, their football team has completed Back to back Championships beating SLAM Academy for the title 40-13 at Allegiant Stadium in 2022 and then beat SLAM again 35-14 in 2023 on Nevada's Mackay Stadium. Truckee's football program was recently on a 34 game win streak that ended in 34-30 loss to SLAM Academy in the Nevada 3A State Championship game played in Allegiant Stadium. The Wolverines are best known for its football program. The Wolverines have won 14 Nevada state championships and have finished runner-up 8 times. The football team tied the Nevada state record (11-man) with 41 consecutive wins from 2009-2012. The football team was recently[ when? ] featured on KCRA news,. [1] Second to football is Truckee's soccer program, in particular, the girls program who has a 4-Peat Championship of their own 2016-2019. The girls soccer program has won 12 State Titles, second to only football, and generally dominates their Northern competition year to year.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State championships

Band

Programs:
-Wind Ensemble
-Symphonic Band
-Jazz Bands (1 & 2)
-Jazz Combos (1 & 2)
Truckee High School's Band program was formerly directed by Mr. Dave Green, a well-known name in music, for almost two decades until he retired in 2013. Since 2015 the band has been under the direction of Jesse Steele who is one of finest educator's in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. The traditional bands (Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band) contain around 70 students in total and are split into these two bands primary based on age (The Freshmen and Sophomores in Symphonic Band and the upperclassmen in Wind Ensemble). However, there are exceptions due to equalizing class sizes and scheduling conflicts with other classes. The students learn music theory, practice concert pieces, and play skills on their instruments during the school day. During the football season, the band members also participate in Marching Band and can be seen at the varsity home games. The students also have the option to participate in Region V Honor Band in Chico, California, Solo and Ensemble Festival, the local band festival, Sierra College Honor Band, and more. Annually, they take a trip known as band tour, during which they take a charter bus to San Francisco and the surrounding bay area, and Napa, California, and play at convalescent homes, children's hospitals, elementary schools which lack music programs, and Veterans homes.

Clubs and organizations

Truckee High School has an extensive list of programs for students participate in. These include:

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