Chico Senior High School

Chico High School
Address
901 The Esplanade
Chico, California
USA
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1902
Principal Mark Beebe
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,083
Color(s) Red and gold
Mascot Panther
Yearbook Caduceus
Website http://chs.chicousd.org/

Chico High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Chico, California. It currently has 2,083 students.[1]

The first Chico High School on West First Street at the present site of the Meriam Library. Photo from Meriam Library Special Collections

Founded in 1902, it predominately serves as the senior school for graduates of Chico Junior High School.[1] In 1996, Chico High School became a California Distinguished School recognized by the California Department of Education.[1] Then 1998 and 1999 witnessed it earning the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence followed in 2001 with the National Service-Learning Leader School and 2002–2005 National Smaller Learning Communities School award.[1] In 2008, for the first time, Chico High ended off-campus lunch privileges for freshman students.[2]

Chico High School on The Esplanade ca. 1925

Since 1967, it has competed with cross-town rival Pleasant Valley High School at the annual Almond Bowl in junior varsity and varsity football. The game was unnamed in the schools' first three meetings, but local businessmen led by KPAY-AM radio executive Frank Mertz named the contest "Almond Bowl" before the 1970 clash, when the schools were members of the newly formed Eastern Athletic League.[3] The freshman game is unofficially referred to as the Peanut Bowl; Chico Junior High School played Bidwell Junior High School from the time of Bidwell's establishment in 1958 until 1992, after which freshmen were incorporated into the high schools.[4]

The school's graduation ceremony, held at California State University, Chico the evening of June 4, 1987, was featured on America's Funniest Home Videos due to the fact the University Stadium sprinkler system began spraying water on the graduates unexpectedly. Principal Roger Williams scrambled to place a garbage barrel over one sprinkler head before it inundated the podium.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chico Senior High School - Home Page". Chico High School. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  2. "Freshmen have the lunchtime blues". Chico News & Review. May 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  3. "Dave Davies column: Looking for memories of Almond Bowl". Chico Enterprise-Record. September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  4. WEINTRAUB-Sports, IRA (October 16, 2005). "Rodgers returns to watch Almond Bowl". Chico Enterprise-Record. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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