Sequoia High School
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Sequoia High School is a high school in downtown Redwood City, California. Established in 1895, it is the oldest high school in the San Francisco Bay Area between San Francisco and San Jose. It was founded as a feeder school for Stanford University. Today, it is one of the few schools to offer the internationlly acclaimed International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme within the Bay Area.
The current school campus, originally part of the large Las Pulgas Rancho (Ranch of the Fleas), was sold to Redwood City for municipal use in 1920 by Georgia Pissis. The grounds include a Japanese tea garden and is surrounded by a number of historical trees; the Giant Sequoia, Monkey-puzzle tree, Australian Tea tree, Ginkgo biloba trees, and many others.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dick Sharon, MLB player
- Dick Stuart, MLB player
- Paul McClellan, MLB player, SF Giants
- Gordon Moore, Co Founder of Intel Corp, PHD Cal Tech.
- Paul Noce, MLB player, Chicago Cubs
- Gary Beban, Heisman Trophy Winner, UCLA Football, Washington Redskins NFL
- Spencer Folau, Super Bowl Championship Team with Baltimore Ravens
- Charlie Johnson, NBA, Golden State Warriors
- Ashley Wyrick
