Saguaro High School

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Saguaro High School
Established 1965
Type Secondary Public School
Principal Mr. Tyrus Timbrooks
Students 1736
Grades 9-12
Location 6250 N. 82nd Street
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
District Scottsdale Unified School District
Colors Black and Gold
Mascot Sinbad, The Sabercat
Yearbook The Saguaro Sentinel
Newspaper The Saguaro Sabercat
Website http://www.susd.org/Saguaro/

Saguaro High School is an A+ and Blue Ribbon Schools Program certified high schools of the Scottsdale Unified School District in Scottsdale, Arizona. Saguaro was opened in 1965 and is one of the older high schools in the greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area. In fall of 2006, most of the school will be torn down and rebuilt, due to the age of the school and safety concerns.

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[edit] Clubs


Fish Owner's Club (FOC)
Student Government
Speech and Debate Team
Service Learning Club
Sock Puppets Anonymous
The International Thespian Society
The Saguaro Sabercat:Student Newspaper
Cultural Diversity
The Chaparral Lake Yacht Club
Unitown
Monty Python Club
Swing Dancing Club
Alpha Theta Club
Teenage Republicans
Teenage Democrats
Science Olympiad
Band Club
Choir Club
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Table Tennis Club
Art Club
French Club
Murder Mystery Club
Asian Federation: Led by the Fearless Isaac Lee
The (Card) Club
Ambassadors
The InterAct Club
Latin Club
National Honors Society
And Many, Many More...

[edit] Academic Departments


Fine Arts Department Vocal Music Department
The Saguaro High School Vocal Music Department is headed by Gaylin Tutnick.
Drama Department
The Saguaro High School Drama Department is headed by Paul Townsend.
Orchestra Department
The Saguraro High School Orchestra Department is headed by Eileen Wright

Science Department
The Science Department is headed by Christopher Brandt.
Math Department
The Math Department is headed by Christopher Pavlovic.
Foriegn Language Department The Foriegn Language Department is headed by Charles Bailey.

Saguaro also has an English department as well as a Social Studies Department.

[edit] Famous Alumni

Sandra Bernhard

Holly Dunlap, shoe designer for Christian Lacroix and Lilly Pulitzer.

David Spade went to Saguaro and graduated in 1982.

Mike Brown, All-Pro Defensive Back for the Chicago Bears, graduated from Saguaro in 1996.

Popular fiction writer, J.S. Lewis (Grey Griffins Books One: The Revenge of the Shadow King) graduated from Saguaro in 1990.

[edit] External links


High Schools of Scottsdale Unified School District
Arcadia High School
Coronado High School
Chaparral High School
Desert Mountain High School
Saguaro High School
Logo for SUSD

http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2000/fb031300.htm.