San Gabriel High School (SGHS) is a public high school located in

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and operated by the Alhambra Unified School District. It is almost entirely in the city limits of

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with a small portion in the city limits of San Gabriel. It traditionally served students residing in San Gabriel although the balance was shifted in 1994 when

San Gabriel Unified School District San Gabriel Unified School District, also known as SGUSD, is a public school district that serves the community of San Gabriel, California. It is located in the San Gabriel Valley area. SGUSD separated itself from the Alhambra Unified School Distr ...

separated itself from Alhambra Unified. Upon separation, SGUSD opened

Gabrielino High School Gabrielino High School (abbreviated GHS and often referred to as Gab) is a public high school located on San Gabriel Boulevard in San Gabriel, California, east of downtown Los Angeles, serving the 9th to 12th grades. It was established in 1994. G ...

to serve its students. San Gabriel High School now serves students from portions of Alhambra, San Gabriel, and Rosemead.

History

San Gabriel High School first opened its doors in September 1955. It has been open with a couple of new buildings being built since then.

Principals

* Arthur H. Kruger (1955–1971) * R. Reed Channell (1971–1975) * Elizabeth C. Luttrell (1975–1977) * Jack B. Mount (1977–1996) * Linda Marryott (1996–1998) * Barbara Randolph (1998–2000) * Alex Ayala (2000–2004) * Marsha Gilbert (2004–2007) * Jim Schofield (2007–2015) * Debbie Stone (2015- )

Assistant principals

* Rene Regalado, Asst. Principal of Guidance and Pupil Services * Jocelyn Castro, Assistant Principal of Instruction * Jesse Toribio, Asst. Principal of Business and Activities * Carmen Mejia, Asst. Principal of Student Services * Shaun Thomas, Asst. Principal of Student Services

Academics

Students of San Gabriel High should complete 220 credits in order to graduate. San Gabriel offers 15

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(AP) courses including:

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, and

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Athletics

Cross country

The San Gabriel Cross Country team took 4th in State in 1991, led by a Cross Country champion, Angel Martinez.

School demographics

The school has 2,429 students and 76 full-time teachers. The ethnic composition of San Gabriel High School is 57.1%

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n, 41%

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, 1%

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, 1% Two or More Races, 0.2%

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, and 0.1%

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1988 hostage incident

Jeffrey Lyne Cox, a senior at San Gabriel High School, took an

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semi-automatic rifle to school on April 26, 1988, and held a humanities class of about 60 students hostage for over 30 minutes. Cox held the gun to one student when the teacher doubted Cox would cause harm and stated that he would prove it to her. At that time three students escaped out a rear door and were fired upon. Cox was later tackled and disarmed by another student. A friend of Cox's told the press that Cox had been inspired by the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking and by the novel '' Rage'', which Cox had read over and over again and with which he strongly identified. He pleaded no contest to charges of

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and

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after the jury deadlocked. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

Notable alumni

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, Academy Award winning producer * George Dyer, football coach * Bill Fisk, football coach *

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, artistic gymnast *

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, legal thriller author * Sylvia Mosqueda, Distance Runner * C. Rob Orr, All-American//Pan Am Games medalist-swimmer;coach

References

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External links

San Gabriel High School Official SiteSan Gabriel High School Alumni Assn.Alhambra Unified School District Web SiteSan Gabriel High School Reunion Site
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