Carlmont High School
| Carlmont High School | |
|---|---|
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Truth-Liberty-Toleration | |
| Address | |
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1400 Alameda De Las Pulgas Belmont, California United States | |
| Coordinates | 37°30′23″N 122°17′24″W / 37.5063°N 122.2901°WCoordinates: 37°30′23″N 122°17′24″W / 37.5063°N 122.2901°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public 4-year |
| Established | 1952 |
| School district | Sequoia Union High |
| Principal | Ralph Crame |
| Staff | 101 (2011-2012)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 2,183 (2014-2015)[2] |
| Color(s) | Blue, White |
| Mascot | Scot |
| Publication | Scot Scoop [3] |
| Newspaper | The Highlander [4] |
| Yearbook | Vistas |
| Website |
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Carlmont High School is a public high school in Belmont, California, United States serving grades 9–12 as part of the Sequoia Union High School District. Carlmont is a California Distinguished School.
Carlmont has students from Belmont, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Redwood City, and San Mateo.
History
Carlmont was originally founded in 1952 as "a school within a school" at Sequoia High School, with four hundred fifty freshman and sophomore students. On April 19, 1953, the school was dedicated to Truth- Liberty- Toleration. The morning after, the students arrived by bus caravan from Sequoia High School to occupy the newly built high school facility.
Name
Its name derives from the campus straddling the two adjacent cities of San Carlos and Belmont (thus the portmanteau of San Carlos + Belmont).
Because this hilly area is referred to as "the highlands", the school team was named "The Scots", and the mascot is a kilted Scottish highland warrior. The Carlmont campus was built on 42 acres (17 ha) at a cost of about $2.5 million.
Statistics
Demographics
2014-2015[2]
- 2,183 students: 1,106 Male (50.7%), 1,077 Female (49.3%)
| White | Hispanic | Asian | Two or More Races | Filipino | African American | Pacific Islander | American Indian | Not Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,034 | 436 | 359 | 167 | 71 | 54 | 49 | 13 | 0 |
| 47.4% | 20% | 16.4% | 7.7% | 3.3% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 0% |
Standardized testing
| SAT Scores for 2013–2014 [5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Reading Average | Math Average | Writing Average | |
| Carlmont High | 565 | 603 | 561 |
| District | 540 | 564 | 543 |
| Statewide | 492 | 506 | 489 |
| 2013 Academic Performance Index | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 Base API [6] | 2013 Growth API [7] | Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013 |
| 827 | 878 | 51 |
Alumni
- Craig Barrett, former chief executive officer, Intel Corporation.
- Ryan Boschetti defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders football team.
- Alfred Brown, Class of 1988, played for the Denver Broncos football team in the early 1990s.
- Dana Carvey, actor and comedian.
- Tiffany Lam, Class of 1999, former Miss Hong Kong 2002.
- Michelle McLaughlin, Playboy Playmate of the Month for February 2008.
- David Nelson, musician
- Bill Ring, Class of 1975, played for the San Francisco 49ers football team in the early 1980s.
- Devin Wyman, NFL Linebacker for the New England Patriots.
Awards
In 2014, Scot Scoop News received the National Scholastic Press Association's Online Pacemaker.[8]
In 2016, Scot Scoop News was announced as a finalist for the National Scholastic Press Association's Online Pacemaker. [9]
Dangerous Minds
The novel My Posse Don't Do Homework by LouAnne Johnson and subsequent movie adaptation Dangerous Minds were based upon her experience as a teacher at Carlmont in the 1990s.[10] Most of her students were African-Americans and Hispanics bused in to Carlmont from East Palo Alto, a then-unincorporated town at the opposite end of the school district from Carlmont.
With the closure of Ravenswood High School in East Palo Alto in the early 1970s, much of its predominantly African-American and Hispanic student body was bused to other high schools in the Sequoia High School District, including Carlmont, which had an equally predominantly Caucasian population at the time. A subsequent open enrollment policy in the school district permitted East Palo Alto students to attend high schools closer to home, space permitting.
Transportation
Carlmont can be accessed by driving and Samtrans routes 260 and 295.
See also
- San Mateo County high schools
- Tierra Linda Middle School (located across the street from Carlmont High)
References
- ↑ "School Profile 2011-12: Carlmont High School". California Department of Education.
- 1 2 "Enrollment by Ethnicity for 2014-15: Carlmont High School". California Department of Education.
- ↑ Newspaper section
- ↑ Newspaper section
- ↑ "SAT Report 2013-14 - District Level Scores". California Department of Education.
- ↑ "2009 Base API School Report - Carlmont High". California Department of Education Assessment, Accountability and Awards Division.
- ↑ "2013 Growth API School Report - Carlmont High". California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division.
- ↑ http://studentpress.org/nspa/awards/2014-online-pacemaker-winners/
- ↑ http://studentpress.org/nspa/2016-nspa-online-pacemaker-finalists-announced/
- ↑ Guthmann, Edward (1995-08-11). "Teacher Role Hokey, But It Works for Pfeiffer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-05-07.