San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, California)
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| Established | 1959 |
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| School type | Public high school |
| District | Santa Barbara School Districts |
| Principal | Craig Morgan |
| Students | 2000 |
| Colors | Scarlet and royal blue |
| Mascot | Royals |
| Location | 4750 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA |
| Information | (805) 967-4581 |
| Website | www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/~gillsmhs/index.htm |
San Marcos High School (SMHS) is a public high school located in the Southern California city of Santa Barbara. It is under the governance of the Santa Barbara School District, and enrolls approximately 2000 students in Grades 9-12. The school's athletic mascot is the Royals, and the symbol is a Lion. San Marcos High School was founded 1959. Since 1995, it has been on the block schedule. In recent years, the school has been recognized on the state and national levels in several different arenas. The mock trial team won the state competition and advanced to the national championships in 2004 and 2006, and the school was named a California Distinguished School in 2005. Also, in 2006, the San Marcos Madrigals won first place in a national vocal music festival in New York. Additionally, San Marcos received a full 6-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in the 2005 school year, and faculty member Eric Burrows was named California Teacher of the Year the same year.
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[edit] SMHS Marching Band
San Marcos High School Marching Band
Under the direction of Dan Garske and San Marcos alumni Jason Nam, the San Marcos High School Royal Marching Band continues to remain an excellent band program. Starting before the school year is out, the members meet twice a week, 6 hours a week, where they perfect their marching skills; reconditioning the veterans and working new members up to speed, along with their own Hell Week A.K.A Band Camp, which meets the week before school starts from 9AM to 9PM.
With alumni that have gone on to march in the Concord Blue Devils, such as Charlie Jarrott, Jacob Swartz, and Jason Nam, all of whom come back every summer to help the band reach its full potential.
Music is all original composition by Lozell Henderson . Head Marching Tech Dave Thompson, a graduate of rival school Dos Pueblos who then went on to march in a DCI, devotes almost all of his time to the band and is dedicated to the ensemble.
[edit] Clubs
Gay-Straight-Alliance Club (G.S.A. Club) is currently active at San Marcos High School. The club promotes open mindness to those of the Gay, Lesbian, Transsexual, and Bisexual community within the school. The goal is to promote equality and awareness in the community of the sexual and verbal abuse that the Gay Community face daily.
[edit] Notable Alumni
Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, Kathy Ireland, Bradlee Van Pelt, and Chuck Liddell.
