Cupertino High School
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| Established | 1958 | |
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| Type of institution | Public 4-year | |
| Faculty | 129 | |
| Principal | Bill Richter | |
| Enrollment | 1540 | |
| Location | Cupertino, California, USA | |
| Location | 10100 Finch Avenue | |
| Colors | Cardinal, Gold, and Gray | |
| Mascot | Pioneers | |
| Website | http://www.chs.fuhsd.org/ | |
Cupertino High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Rancho Rinconada neighborhood of Cupertino, California, USA. It is part of the Fremont Union High School District. The school serves mostly suburban residential and IT-enriched areas in eastern Cupertino, southern Santa Clara, and west San Jose.
Cupertino High School opened in 1958 with 700 9th and 10th graders with George Fernandez as principal. Cupertino has a student body of 1540.
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[edit] Classes
Like most other American high schools, Cupertino is a four-year high school that consists of freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes.
As of 1999, Cupertino High school began providing a program to help students with special needs, especially Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. This class, Academic Communications, provided them with an opportunity to learn social skills, hygiene skills, and how to apply for jobs. It is run by Elizabeth Rochin.
[edit] Schedule
Cupertino High has a unique schedule. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays are regular days, starting at 7:35 and ending at 2:55. However, Wednesdays and Thursdays are special "block days." On Wednesdays, school starts at 9:00 and students only attend periods 2,4, and 6 (each 80 minutes in length). On Thursdays, school starts at normal time and students attend periods 1, 3, 5, and 7. On both block days, there are also tutorial periods, which students may either spend studying in their designated classrooms or traveling to another classroom through the use of a tutorial pass. In past years, the schedule had been set up with the odd period block day on Tuesdays to correspond with that of Lynbrook High School. This was to allow students to take classes at Lynbrook if they so chose. However, there was very little demand for this, so the schedule was changed to its current format.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kurt Rambis - former NBA basketball player, assistant coach LA Lakers
- Peter Shin - director Family Guy, character layout artist The Simpsons
- John Doolittle - U.S. House of Representatives (4th District-CA)
- Azadeh Moaveni - journalist and author
- Rene Montagne - National Public Radio Host
- Ross McGowan - KTVU morning news
- Kelli Richards - digital music pioneer, former Apple exec, author, producer, digital music/media consultant
- Bob Reiger - Founder, Netcom
