San Bernardino High School (SBHS) is an American public

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and city located at 1850 North E Street within

San Bernardino, California San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...

and a member of the

San Bernardino City Unified School District San Bernardino City Unified School District is a public school district in San Bernardino County, California that serves most of the city of San Bernardino and the western portion of Highland. The district has an enrollment of approximately 57, ...

. SBHS was granted charter as a city in 1963, under the name Cardinal City after the school's mascot, the Cardinal. SBHS is the oldest high school in the City of

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History

San Bernardino High School was officially established when residents of the

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approved a $60,000 bond for construction of a high school in 1891. Construction of a three story-building at the southwest corner of Eighth and E Streets was completed in 1892 and received state accreditation in 1893 as San Bernardino Polytechnic High School. In 1915, after enrollment had exceeded 400 students, a new campus was built consisting of five main buildings. In 1963, California Governor Edmund G. Brown granted the SBHS a city charter under the name Cardinal City.

Academics

San Bernardino High School has a wide range of academic classes with regular 'College Prep', 'Honors' and

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classes.The school offers the AVID program as well. SBHS has exemplary Mock Trail, Academic Decathlon. numerous SBHS students are members of National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Quill and Scroll Journalism Honors Society, International Thespian Honors Society and the National Art Honors Society.

Notable alumni

* Byron Russell (1989) (NBA Player) * Thomas L. Bass, Class of 1953 - NFL Coach *

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(1967) - Actor *

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, Jr. (1941) - Founder of

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(1940) - Composer of cartoon themes * Jack H. Brown (1956) CEO of

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* Donald T. Campbell (1934) Psychology Professor, Member of The National Academic of Sciences * Patricia Carpenter (1940) - Professor, Musician *

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(1952)

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Member,

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Member *

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(1958)

Member * Kenneth M. Carr (1941) -Vice Admiral

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, Commander-in-Chief

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* Chester F. Carlson (1924) - Inventor of

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, Founder

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* Neal T. Baker (1942) Founder of

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* James E. Cunningham (1935) -

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* Kenneth Dyal (1928) - United States Representative * John Fiscalini (1944) - Minor League Baseball player,

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is named in his honor * Mel Nelson (1954) - Major League Baseball Player *

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(1942) - Major League Baseball Player *

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(1960) NBC TV news correspondent * Alexander Mattison (2016) NFL running back for the

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(1934) American Actress * Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (1991) Yucaipa-California Joint Unified School District Board Member (2018–20), California State Senator (2020–present)

References

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