Piedmont Hills High School

Piedmont Hills High School is a comprehensive public four-year high school located in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA. It is part of the East Side Union High School District and in 2019 was ranked in the highest categories on the California School Dashboard, earning the top rating of "blue" for Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Graduation Rate. In 2003, it was awarded a California Distinguished School recognition and has received various awards in several aspects of its curriculum since. Together with Independence High School and Yerba Buena High School, Piedmont Hills is one of a few schools in the district to have retained its own music program.

The school began operation in 1965, under founding principal Gerald R. Bocciardi.

Recent history

*In 2010, the Pirates won the 2010 CCS Division I Championship for football, the first in the school's history.
*In 2011, the school's cheerleaders were required to wear sweatpants under their cheerleader skirts while attending classes; the principal considers the miniskirts "too risque" though the rule does not appear during games.
*In 2012, the school's concert choir received a Unanimous Superior at the CMEA Festival, the first in the school's history.
*In 2012, the school's vocal jazz group, the "Treblemakers", competed in and won the vocal jazz portion of Northern California Jazz Festival for a second consecutive time.
*In 2012, the girls' track & field team was the #1 CCS champion. Also became state champions and earned the second fastest time in the country
*In 2013, the Piedmont Hills Drama Department production of "Hairspray" won Best Ensemble at the Stage's Top Honor Awards.
*In 2014, the Treblemakers competed in the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival and won a Commanding Performance rating.
*In 2014, concert choir received a Unanimous Superior from CMEA, held at Silver Creek High School.
*On March 20, 2015, a dead man in his twenties was found at the bottom of the diving pool.
*In 2015, Piedmont Hills celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an all-alumni production of ''A Chorus Line'', as well as a Homecoming Reunion.
*In 2015, the school's baseball team won the 2015 CCS Division Championship for baseball, the first in the school's history.
*In 2018, the school repaired its swimming pool.
*In 2019, the school finished its new, modern science building.
*In 2020, the school was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*In 2021, the school reopened after closing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable alumni

* Stephen Anderson, American football player for the Houston Texans
* Ato Boldon, Olympic track medalist & World Champion
*Lucius Davis (born 1970), basketball player
* Melissa (Nichols) Dyrdahl, co-founder and CEO of Bring Light, former Senior VP of Adobe Systems Incorporated
* Steve Papin, American football player
* Rex Walters, professional basketball player and coach
* Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
* Faraz Jaka, professional poker player

AP Courses

Piedmont Hills offers a variety of AP courses. As of 2022, Piedmont Hills offers these courses:

* AP Calculus AB
* AP Calculus BC
* AP Statistics
* AP Computer Science A
* AP Computer Science Principles
* AP Biology
* AP Chemistry
* AP Physics 1/2
* AP Environmental Science
* AP English Language and Composition
* AP English Literature and Composition
* AP World History
* AP US History
* AP Government & AP Microeconomics
* AP European History
* AP Psychology
* AP Chinese
* AP Spanish
* AP French

See also

* Santa Clara County high schools

References

External links

Official websiteEast Side Union High School District

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East Side Union High School District
Educational institutions established in 1965
High schools in San Jose, California
Public high schools in California
1965 establishments in California