Willow Glen High School
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Willow Glen High School is a public high school in the Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose, California, within the San Jose Unified School District. The school was placed 731st in Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2005). The Rams are the athletic mascot of the school, and the homecoming parade is traditionally down the main street, Lincoln Ave., of the Willow Glen district of San Jose. The school is adjacent to Willow Glen Middle School, from which most students arrive after graduating. The school teaches students from grades 9-12. In the class entering in 1982, and earlier, the school covered grades 10-12.
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[edit] Notable Teachers
[edit] Notable alumni
- Eric Kretz, drummer for Stone Temple Pilots
- Jeff Foskett, of The Beach Boys
- Scott Wedge, inventor, co-founder of E-mu Systems
- Patricia Perrone, artist
- Bob Berry, NFL Quarterback, 1965 - 1975, All American QB at Oregon
- Holly Hallstrom, Actress, Model on The Price Is Right 1976-1995
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Willow Glen High School at San Jose Unified School District .ca.us page
- Willow Glen Middle School
- San Jose Unified School District
- Desegregation Article on the "VIP" (voluntary integration plan) desegration busing and the creation of magnet schools in 1986, stemming from a 1984 decision on a 1971 lawsuit brought by Hispanic residents. From the Rose Garden Resident.
- [1] Another VIP article, from the Rose Garden Resident