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, California. The school is part of the

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since its opening in 2006. Its campus is located on the corner of Allen Road and Olive Drive in Northwest Bakersfield.Frontier History
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History

Frontier High School was founded prior to the 2006-2007 academic year, opening its doors only to incoming freshmen and sophomores. The first day of class was held August 21, 2006. Frontier's first graduating class was the Class of 2009. The school's newspaper publication, entitled the Titan Tribune, posted stories and events online until 2011. It currently does not run a newspaper.

Academics

FHS provides the following AP courses: *

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* AP U.S. History *

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AP English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United State ...

AP English Language and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition (also known as AP English Language, APENG, or AP Lang) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. When AP exams were first implemen ...

AP French Language Advanced Placement (AP) French Language and Culture (also known as AP French Lang, AP French Language or AP French) is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit ...

AP Spanish Language Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Language and Culture (also known as AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish V, or AP Spanish) is a course and examination offered by the College Board in the United States education system as part of the Advanced Placeme ...

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Athletics

Mike Gibson is the FHS athletic director. FHS sports teams are called the Titans, and have their home games on campus. The Titans participate in the Southwest Yosemite League (Div. II, CIF Central Section) and have varsity,

junior varsity Junior varsity (often called "JV") players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as any football, basketball, or baseball game), usually at the high school level–– and formerly at the collegiate level ...

, and

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/ soph teams. The Titan Girls' golf and soccer teams have won the

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championship in both. In 2010, Frontier won the Valley Championship in baseball in the (Div. II, CIF Central Section) playoffs Its football team also hosted the Valley Championship in the (Div. II, CIF Central Section) playoffs. The sports FHS participates in, and their respective levels are: * Varsity, JV &

/ soph – Football, Volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, cross country * Varsity and JV – Women's tennis, women's soccer, wrestling, men's tennis, cheerleading, men's soccer, swimming, track and field * Varsity only – Men's Golf, women's golf, Men's Water Polo, Women's Water Polo

Notable alumni

* Joseph Baena, Son of

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, punter for the

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Logan Gillaspie Logan Craig Gillaspie (born April 17, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022. Amateur career Gillaspie attended Frontier High School from 2011-20 ...

, Major League Baseball pitcher with the

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* Cami Privett, former NWSL soccer player for the

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