Bolsa Grande High School
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| Bolsa Grande High School | |
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| Address | |
| 9401 Westminister Blvd. Garden Grove, California, 92844, United States |
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| http://www.ggusd.k12.ca.us/bghs/ | |
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| Principal | Denise Jay |
| Vice principal | Ron Zayjec, Renee Perez |
| Mascot | Matadors |
| Team name | Matadors |
| Colors | Red and Blue |
| Enrollment | 1,596 (2006) |
Bolsa Grande High School is a high school in Garden Grove, California and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District.
Several areas, including the Garden Grove Little Saigon, are zoned to Bolsa Grande [1].
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[edit] Athletics
Bolsa Grande's sports teams are known as the Matadors, and compete in the Garden Grove League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section with five other GGUSD schools.
The Matador football team won the CIF Central Division championship in 1986 led by coach Greg Shadid,but has struggled since then. They have not made the playoffs since 1987, and hold the Orange County record for most consecutive losses, losing 43 straight games from 1999 to 2003. The streak was broken when Bolsa defeated their rival La Quinta High School in the final game of the 2003 season. In 2006, the Matador football team finished 4-6, making it the best season in over a decade,they were one game away from making the playoffs. the boys basketball team just won the garden grove league title in 07. and went undefeated 10-0. Along with the basketball team's great victory, the girls cross country team went undefeated and finally defeated their greatest rival, Santiago to take league champs of the very fist time. Rocio Pelayo was annouced league champ and league MVP for the school year of 06-07. At CIF Prelims, the girls placed second which guaranteed them a chance at Finals. At CIF Finals, they took fourth place and was sent to state. At state the girls place in the top 12 schools. Rocio walked away with 1st Team all CIF and 1st Team all State.
[edit] Facilities
Bolsa Grande has 61 permanent classrooms in use on the campus. It is also home to one of only two on-campus football stadiums in the GGUSD (the other is at Garden Grove High School. All seven high schools in the district share these two stadiums during football season.
[edit] Demographics
For the 2005-06 school year, Bolsa Grande had 1,596 students. The student body was 50.1% Asian, 37.4% Hispanic, 8.5% White, 1.6% Pacific Islander, 1.4% Black, 0.9% Filipino, 0.1% Indian/Alaskan Native, 2% others.
[edit] Class T-Shirts
class of 1995 t-shirt designed by Phu Huynh
