Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)
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| Official name | Homestead High School |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Graham Clark |
| Website | http://hhs.fuhsd.org/ |
| Enrollment | 2089 |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Rival | Fremont High School |
| School colors | Green, Gold and white |
| School yearbook | Pegasus |
| School newspaper | The Epitaph |
Homestead High School serves western Cupertino, western Sunnyvale, and portions of southern Los Altos, in Santa Clara County, California. It belongs to the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD).
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[edit] Academics
Academically, Homestead ranks in the top 10 high schools in Santa Clara County with a 2005 CAT/6 ranking in the 80th percentile for Mathematics, 69th percentile for Science, and 67th percentile for Reading and Language.
Homestead provides a wide variety of classes, including the following Advanced Placement (AP) classes: US History, English, Physics, Calculus, Art, Government/Economics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Statistics, Spanish, French, Japanese, Music Theory, Chinese, and others.
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Homestead High School is nationally renowned for its chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). The chapter has won its state's sweepstakes award for the past eight years in a row, which is a state record. Furthermore, using California's sweepstakes point system (10 points for first place, 9 points for second place, down to 1 point for tenth place), Homestead FBLA would have won the sweepstakes at the 2006 National Leadership Conference (NLC). Other Fremont Union High School District schools have successful FBLA programs including Lynbrook High School and Monta Vista High School. See the district's NLC press release.
Homestead's award-winning student newspaper, The Epitaph, has been awarded eight Gold Crowns, the most prestigious high school journalism award, over the years from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Epitaph has also unleashed its new website this year: http://www.hhsepitaph.org/
Homestead's Mathematics Competitions Team includes some of the best high-school mathematicians in the country. In 2002, the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competition (AMC) awarded the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Excellence in Teaching to Homestead teacher and team faculty advisor Steve Headley. Over the years, students from the mathematics team have regularly qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). The team took fourth place nationally in the Mu Alpha Theta National Log 1 Contest Mathematics Contest in 2005 and in 2006.
Homestead also has a robotics team competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The team number is 670.
Homestead has an active theater department that presents multiple plays per year. Homestead also sends a contingent to the annual California Thespian Festival.
Homestead's music program is also highly respected. The Mighty Mustang Marching band tied for 6th place at the 2005 Western Band Association State Championships, and its wind ensemble consistently ranks superior in competitions.
[edit] Campus
Homestead High School is sandwiched between Homestead Road (to the north) and Interstate 280 (to the south). A football field, synthetic track (laid down in 2002), and a baseball field occupy the southern half of the school's campus. The other half, facing Homestead Road, consists of several school buildings, including a relatively newly built library. The campus is a combination indoor/outdoor, in that the majority of the buildings have an inner corridor, but these corridors do not connect with other buildings. Green-colored hoofmarks decorate Homestead High School's sidewalks and walkways, which are from the school's official mascot and color. The front walls of the school are decorated with murals of similar theme, including a large, newly painted mural of a Mustang Horse.
[edit] Notable alumni
Notable alumni at Homestead High School include:
- Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (founders of Apple Computer);
- Gordon Biersch Brewery co-founder Dan Gordon;
- Uday Mathur underground Bay Area rapper;
- 1976 Summer Olympics 400m relay silver medalist Linda Jezek;
- Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson.
- NFL wide receiver Sean Dawkins.
- NFL linebacker Bob Pifferini.
- NFL lineman Jeff Sevy.
- Radio Disney DJ Brian Huen.
[edit] Athletics
Homestead has teams in the following sports:
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Wrestling
[edit] District Links
- Fremont Union High School District
- Cupertino High School
- Fremont High School
- Lynbrook High School
- Monta Vista High School
