Saddleback High School is a six-year IB

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located in Santa Ana,

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, United States, and is part of the

Santa Ana Unified School District The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is a school district in Orange County, California that serves most of the city of Santa Ana and small portions of the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. Although its geographic ...

. The school was established in 1967. Its mascot is the

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, and its colors are green, gold, and white. The

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from 2009 to June 2015 was Dr. Robert Laxton. The current principal is Edward Bustamante. Saddleback High School has adopted the nickname "The College Majors School". The very first CIF Champions in school history was under the leadership of Coach Jim Knapp (Track and Field), in 1973. The track athletes were all sophomores, John Peterson, Scott Brooklyn, Danny Ruvolo, and Sammy Murrietta

Notable alumni

* Daniel Arreola - sportscaster for Fox Sports International *

David Bernal David "Elsewhere" Bernal (born August 2, 1979) is an illusionary dancer from Santa Ana, California. His mother is Peruvian, and his father is from New Mexico. He became known through a viral video video clip, clip —often titled ''Kolla2001''— o ...

- dancer, performed "Robot Dance" at the 2001 Kollaboration competition *

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- voice and film actor, gladiator turned host of '' American Gladiators'' *

Jere Fields Jerelyn Fields (born July 2, 1959), better known as Jere Fields, is an American former actress. Early life and education Fields was born in Onslow County, North Carolina, and attended Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California. She earn ...

- film and television actress * Tony Guerrero - jazz musician, composer, producer and writer *

Henry Hate Henry Hate, (born July 16, 1968) as Henry Martinez Jr in Orange, California, is an American expatriate tattoo artist, artist and former musician living in London, England. Hate's high-profile clients include Amy Winehouse and fashion designer Ale ...

- celebrity tattoo artist and visual artist * Rishard Matthews - wide receiver, Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans, 2012–2019 * Erasmo Ramirez - professional baseball player * Carlos Rincon - film executive, producer, agent *

Ronny Rios Ronny Rios (born January 22, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBC- NABF super bantamweight title since 2019 and challenged for the WBC super bantamweight title in 2017. and the unified WBA (super) and IBF super bantamweig ...

- Mexican-American professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division *

Terry Rossio Terry Rossio (born July 2, 1960) is an American screenwriter. He co-wrote the films ''Aladdin'', ''Shrek'', and all five of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Shrek' ...

- screenwriter and film producer, ''

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'' and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' *

Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo, (born December 1, 1972) is a Mexican radio broadcaster. He is currently host of the nationally syndicated radio show ''El Show De Piolín'' on Entravision''.'' His nickname means "Tweety Bird" in Mexican Spanish, a nickname ...

- Spanish-media radio host, KSCA FM

References

External links

Saddleback High School website
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1967 High schools in Santa Ana, California Public high schools in California 1967 establishments in California