Stockdale High School

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Stockdale High School is an American senior high school located in Bakersfield, California. Its athletics teams are known as the Stockdale Mustangs and the school colors are Black and Silver. Stockdale High School first opened in 1991. Now in its 15th year, with a record 2,548 students enrolled, Stockdale has earned a reputation in the community and around the state as a school that meets the needs of all students. Sixty-four sections of GATE, Honors, and Advanced Placement classes are offered for the college-bound. For students interested in career pathways, eight are offered, including Agricultural Science and Technology, Applied Engineering and Design, Computer and Commercial Graphics, Computer Science and Information Systems, Accounting and Finance, Medicine (M.A.S.H.), Virtual Business Enterprise, and Construction Technology. The school motto speaks for itself: "Branded by Excellence."

Contents 1 Faculty and Staff 2 Associated Student Body 3 Current School Activities 4 Notable Programs 5 Athletics 6 Commencement Ceremony 7 Notable Students 8 Architecture 9 District 10 External links

[edit] Faculty and Staff

• Ramon Hendrix, Principal
  
• Roger Sanchez, Assistant Principal, Curriculum
  
• Matt Watkins, Assistant Principal, Administration
  
• Jeff Sarratt, Dean of Instruction/Testing Director
  
• Robert Moore, Dean of Students
  
• Mark Hance, Athletic Director
  
• Stella Kidd, Dean of Activities
  
• Dina Elliot, Office Supervisor
  
• Marianne Padilla, School Secretary
  
• Troy Mehlhaff, Head Counselor (Students V-Z and Medical Academy Students)
  
• Lisa Hance, Counselor (Students A-D)
  
• Martha Zaragoza, Counselor (Students E-K)
  
• Linda Garone, Counselor (Students L-P)
  
• Lindsay Carey, Counselor (Students Q-V and Retention Program)
  
• Paul Garcia, Community Specialist
  
• Lorri Michael, Resource Center Director
  
• Daniel Binsfeld, Graphic Arts Director
  

[edit] Associated Student Body

Stockdale High School's official student governing body is the Associated Student Body (ASB). The ASB Executive Board is made up of two representatives from each class as well as a panel of board members elected by the students. Elected offices include:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Historian
• Commissioner of Athletics
• Commissioner of Clubs
• Commissioner of Cultural Affairs
• Commissioner of Public Relations
• Commissioner of Rallies
• President of Each of the four classes
• ASB Representative from each of the four classes

Headed by the Dean of Activities, the Executive Board sees over all dances, clubs, student groups, activities, community service, and various other school events. Weekly meetings are closed sessions, but the Executive Board's actions are fully audited.

[edit] Current School Activities

Food Sale Day A few times each quarter, clubs and other campus organizations bring in outside vendors to sell food in the quad during campus lunch periods in an effort to raise funds for each club and organization. On these days, the school is filled with music, activity, smiles, and food.

FFA: Food For America Stockdale's Future Farmers of America dedicates a full day to brining in outside elementary school children to educate them on the agriculturaly rich history and economy of Bakersfield and Kern County. Hundreds of children are greeted by Maverick the Mustang and enter Mustang Field for food, fun, games and learning.

Homecoming Week Stockdale's Homecoming week occurs once a year around October and sometimes in late November. The Homecoming football game is played that Friday and consists of a number of events culminating the week of festivities. The Saturday prior to the start of the school week plays host to the Homecoming Dance: Black and Silver. Monday through Thursday are dedicated as spirit days and assigned a dress-up theme. Themes have included: Western Day, Twin Day, Backwards Day, Emo vs. Bling Bling Day, Class Color Day, and many other wild and outlandish days. Friday is always reserved for Black and Silver Day. Along with noon activities and games, the school is filled with club and sport sponsored activity. Homecoming Floats are another staple of Mustang Homecoming. Each year, a theme is selected. Past examples include Cereals, Cartoons, Cities, and others. Each class selects a theme corresponding with the overall theme and builds a float to be displayed at halftime of the Homecoming game. At the homecoming game, the floats are judged and the winning class is announced. Of course, Stockdale has a Homecoming Court composed of four to five senior Males and Females nominated by the staff and voted upon by the students. Halftime of the game sees the presentation of the court in Mustang Convertibles from the community and the previous years King and Queen crown the new Royalty on the fifty yard line.

Spring Fling Week Spring Fling Week is the week with the Sadie Hawkins Dance and is celebrated with basketball games, noon activities, dressup days, and the dance.

Red Ribbon Week A national movement is visible on the Stockdale campus to raise awareness for anti-smoking needs.

School Dances Stockdale High sponsors a number of schoolwide and closed dances. Below are some examples and their descripton.

• Aloha Dance- annual dance to innaugerate the new school year. Held a few weeks into class, all students are invited to dress in Hawaiin attire and dance the night away.
• Homecoming Dance- Held the Saturday before Homecoming Week, this Black and Silver affair is a semi-formal dance with alumni permitted to come.
• Shake Your Can Dance- This dance is sometimes held as part of the Stockdale Cares Program and instead of a monetary entrance fee, canned foods are used to gain entry and then donated to a food drive.
• Winter Formal- This yearly dance is the highlight of the dances for the majority of the school. Held every year at the Kern County Fairgrounds, the Winter Formal is natuarlly a formal affair romantically themed. From Arabian Nights to Spanish Romance to Winter Wonderland, this dance is open to all Stockdale students and promises to be an unforgettable night. Formal Royalty is also crowned at this event.
• Sadie Hawkins Dance- This role reversal is held every spring and the girls are invited to ask the boys!
• Junior/Senior Prom- This culmination dance invited the upperclassmen to celebrate the end of end. A more exciting theme than Winter Formal, previous dances have been Candyland, Pirate's Prom, Mardi Gras, and others. Prom is characterized by shorter dresses, brighter colors, and a lot of happy tears. The Prom King and Queen are always members of the graduating class and are crowned on this night.

[edit] Notable Programs

Associated Student Body- Stockdale Cares Program Stockdale high takes great pride in serving the community beyond the educational goals of the institution. The Associated Student Body (ASB) organizes, funds (when needed), and is in charge of the Stockdale Cares Program. This program involves community service projects throughout the year ranging from canned food drives to Holiday Gift drives. In the past the Mustangs have responded to national and global disasters with an amazing sense of community. Raising funds for Hurrican Katrina victims, Tsunami victims, victims of September 11, 2001, as well as many other crises. Along with Medical Academy and HOSA, the ASB helps advertise and promote two yearly Blood Drives with Houchin Blood Bank. Stockdale was honored in 2006 with a Beautiful Bakersfield Award for its efforts.

Medical Academy and HOSA

The Medical Academy of Stockdale High (MASH) is one of the more renowned secondary academies in California. The MASH also has its own Health Occupation Students of America club, HOSA for short. Their students regularly place in the HOSA state competition and several students place nationally each year. One of the reasons the program is so successful is its integrated educational program. A student enters the acedemy freshman year and takes special medically-focused classes throughout the remainder of their high school careers. The counselors for MASH and HOSA at Stockdale High is Janell Burke. She also teachs Medical Terminology and Introduction to Medicine.

[edit] Athletics

Centennial High School, Liberty High School, and Bakersfield High School are Stockdale's main city rivals. Stockdale High has won Valley Championship titles in the majority of its sports.

[edit] Commencement Ceremony

The Commencement Ceremony or Graduation is held for the graduating class each year in early June at Bakersfield College's Memorial Stadium.

[edit] Notable Students

• David Carr, quarterback for the Houston Texans in the NFL
  
• Cory Hall, NFL Player played for Cincinati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons
  
• Casey Mears, NASCAR driver
  

[edit] Architecture

The schools design is unique and has not been replicated in other districts. The design includes a central quad that is bordered with a gymnasium, a cafeteria, and the administation building. A clock tower guards the entrance to the "spine" of the school. Off the spine branch six wings of classes and the sides of the building are lined with lockers. East of the "spine" and quad lay the student parking lot, activity fields, and Mustang Stadium.

[edit] District

Stockdale High School is a part of the Kern High School District, one of the largest High School Districts in the state of California. The map to the right demonstrates Stockdale High's boundaries, which cover much of the southwest corner of Bakersfield, California.

[edit] External links

• Stockdale High School
• Kern High School District