Upland High School is a four-year public high school located in the city of
Upland,
California
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. The school was established in 1955 as part of the
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Chaffey Joint Union High School District is a 9-12 school district located in San Bernardino County, California, United States that serves the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and portions of Fontana, Upland, Chino, and ...
, and since 1988 it has been a member of the
Upland Unified School District. It currently serves students from Upland and the northern portions of
Ontario
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and
Montclair that are above the San Bernardino Freeway.
History
Just prior to the City of Upland's growth spurt in the 1960s, Upland High School was established in 1955. By the 1980s this population growth had the side-effect of overcrowding, which in turn caused students to transfer to other high schools in the
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Chaffey Joint Union High School District is a 9-12 school district located in San Bernardino County, California, United States that serves the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and portions of Fontana, Upland, Chino, and ...
. The affected families then began a movement towards unifying Upland High School with the existing elementary and middle schools of the Upland School District. Superintendent George Renworth promoted this movement and the
Upland Unified School District was established in 1986. Upland High School has been a part of the district since it left the Chaffey Joint Union High School District in 1988. The school offers many classes, electives, and sports. Auto, Graphic Arts, Art, Photo, Cooking, Choir, Marching Band, Colorguard and Ceramics are just a fraction of the extra classes available. For more advanced students, the school offers a wide variety of
Advanced Placement
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and honors courses. In addition, there are many sports available to the students, including Volleyball, Football, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Tennis, Water Polo, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Track & Field, Cross Country, Soccer, and Swimming. The main quad area has been renovated, along with the football field and pool to offer a better environment at Upland High School. A bond passed by the community has allowed for "Twenty-First Century Classrooms," a series of renovations which include skylights, smart boards, and class sets of laptops.
Notable alumni
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Jimmy Alapag
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Lauren Barnes
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Jeff Bennetzen, Eminent Scholar and Professor of Genetics at
University of Georgia
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Rollie Fingers, baseball player with
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, member of
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Chad Moeller
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Josh Nunes
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Kirk Snyder
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Clubs
Upland High School provides a variety of different clubs and organized groups for the student body. Chartered at the beginning of each year, clubs including Global Aid, Mock Trial, Interact Club,
FBLA-PBL
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, French club,
ComedySportz
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Match format
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, and many others. The school also has chapters of
Key Club
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,
California Scholarship Federation
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Members of the California Scholarship Federation are eligi ...
, and
National Honor Society
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.
Courses
The school offers the standard
University of California
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"a-g" requirement courses, as well as a wide variety of others. AP Biology, AP European History, AP World History, AP Art History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, AP English Literature, AP Language Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Probability and Statistics, AP Environmental Science, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Spanish, AP French, and AP United States History are just a few of the advanced courses offered. In fact, the school is known for promoting a high-achieving academic agenda. It is a certified testing site for the
PSAT,
SAT
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,
ACT, and has teachers on campus registered to administrate BYU online course exams.
Upland Marching Arts
Upland High School's marching band, known as the Upland Highland Regiment, is one of the most successful marching band programs in California. With a consistent year-to-year size of over 220 students, the regiment competes in the highest-level divisions of local competitive marching band circuits. The regiment has received numerous first place and sweepstakes awards in
Bands Of America
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,
Western Band Association
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, and
SCSBOA
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events and field tournaments.
The regiment has been a finalist every year it has competed in WBA Regional Championships, from 2004 through 2012, with several medaling seasons. In 2006, the regiment took part in the prestigious Bands of America Grand National Championships, where they placed among the top 20 bands in the nation. On January 1, 2011, the regiment marched in the 2011
Tournament of Roses Parade
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. This was the band's second appearance in the parade. That same fall, the band was named 2011 Utah
Bands of America
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regional champion. On November 23–24, 2013, the regiment competed in the Western Band Association championships, where they won first place for the first time in regiment history. In November 2014, the regiment again traveled to the Bands of America Grand National Championship at
Lucas Oil Stadium
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in Indianapolis, Ind. They placed 26th.
Other marching arts programs at Upland High School include a winter percussion program and winter guard program. During the spring semester, the regiment's percussion program participates in several
SCPA and
WGI competitions. The colorguard takes part in
WGI, where it has placed among the top eight scholastic open guards in the nation, and WGASC, where it is the defending scholastic open champion for the past two years.
References
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