Santa Rosa High School (SRHS) is a secondary school located in

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. It is part of the Santa Rosa City High School District, which is itself part of

Santa Rosa City Schools Santa Rosa City Schools are the combination of two school districts in Santa Rosa, California: the Santa Rosa Elementary School District (grades K-6) and the Santa Rosa High School District (grades 7–12). The combined districts have over 16,000 ...

. Santa Rosa High School has 1,991 students as of the 2017-2018 school year.

History

SRHS was the only public high school for Santa Rosa from 1874 to 1958.

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(SRJC), located on the adjacent property, was actually a part of Santa Rosa High School from 1918 to 1927. The school had several locations. The previous location on Humboldt Street burned to the ground in 1921. The school was moved to its current location and opened in 1924. The school's current Brick Gothic design was created by W. H. Weeks in 1922. In 2011 Santa Rosa High School received the California Distinguished School and the California Career Technical Awards. In 2015 Santa Rosa High School received the California Gold Ribbon Award, which replaced the California Distinguished Schools Award as the highest award a school can receive from the state of California.

Nevers Field

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attended Santa Rosa High School, where he excelled in football. In 1920, as a senior, he led the team to the NCS Championships. He went on to attend Stanford University, and play for the

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and the

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of the

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. In 1925 the football field at Santa Rosa High School was renamed Nevers Field in his honor. In 2004, just in time for the homecoming game, a $2 million refurbishment of Nevers Field was completed. The improvements included an artificial turf, an all-weather 8-lane track, new bleachers, a snack bar and ticket booth, restrooms, and lights for night games.

Extracurricular Activities

Sports

Santa Rosa High School has a wide variety of athletic programs and competes in the 5-A North Bay League of the North Coast Section of the

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. The teams are known as the Santa Rosa Panthers. Sports offered include football, volleyball, cross country, tennis, golf, basketball, wrestling, soccer, baseball, softball, track and field, badminton, and swimming. The cross country varsity boys team was the undefeated league champions, a record of 7-0, in the 2008-2009 season. In the 2016 swim season, both men's and women's varsity teams were undefeated with 7-0 records. In the 2017 school season, the boys team was similarly undefeated.

ArtQuest

ArtQuest is a magnet program for Santa Rosa High School that allows students to take classes with a focus on the arts. ArtQuest has specialty course work in visual fine arts, dance, theatre arts, photography, instrumental and vocal music, digital arts, and video. It was awarded the prestigious Jack London Award for Educational Excellence.

School Newspaper

Santa Rosa High School has a journalism class that produces newspapers about once a month. Entitled ''The Santa Rosan,'' it has consistently won awards at the annual

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competition, among others, and in 2012 won second overall.

Clubs

Santa Rosa High School has several student-organized and teacher-supervised clubs, ranging from many different subjects. Some of the groups include anime club, arts and writing club, chess club, debate club, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), InterKey, math club, National Honor Society (NHS), and the writer's group.

Foundation

The Santa Rosa High School Foundation is a group of alumni who take an active interest in SRHS. The Foundation helps raise money for school programs and other services.

In films

Santa Rosa High School was used for several Hollywood movies, including ''

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'' (1986) and ''

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'' (1997). Director

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applied for the use of Santa Rosa High School and reached a verbal agreement with the principal of the school for the filming of his 1996 horror film ''

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''. Just days before filming was to begin, the school board denied permission for the use of the school. In response, following the listing of organizations and individuals whom the filmmakers wished to thank in the closing credits of ''Scream'', Craven included the note, "No thanks whatsoever to the Santa Rosa City School District Governing Board".

Notable alumni

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(born 1936), baseball catcher *

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, two-time member of the

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* Tim Cossins (born 1970), baseball coach *

Gabe Cramer Gabriel Isaac Cramer (born November 1, 1994) is an Israeli-Canadian-American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who is currently a free agent.Brett E. Crozier, class of 1988, United States Navy Captain * Daniel Farrands, class of 1987, producer and screenwriter of '' Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' and '' The Haunting in Connecticut'' *

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, class of 1961, rock and roll recording artist,

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* Kevin Kwan Loucks, class of 2000, CEO of

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; co-founder of

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; member of classical music ensemble Trio Céleste *

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, Air Force fighter pilot, aerospace defense executive, historian *

, Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback who played for

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, major league baseball player *

Robert Ripley LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, ...

, cartoonist and creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not! * Rolando Toyos, ophthalmologist who developed

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treatment for eye conditions * Peter Schmidt, class of 1961, archaeologist of Africa, fellow of World Academy of Art and Science, Professor of Anthropology—Brown University and University of Florida. Author and editor of 15 books on African archaeology and heritage.Time Magazine, Sept. 28, 1978

Notable faculty

Edward Von der Porten Edward Paul Von der Porten (October 29, 1933 – April 9, 2018) was an American scholar noted for his work in history, archaeology, and museum practices. His areas of expertise included Sir Francis Drake, Drake's New Albion claim, Chinese porce ...

(1933-2018) early nautical archaeologist; expert on Sir Francis Drake's visit to

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in 1579; expert in early Chinese export porcelains; author on the German Navy in WW II, Francis Drake and Chinese porcelains. Led efforts leading to the Drakes Bay National Historic and Archeological National Historic Landmark in 2012.