Hemet High School

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Hemet High School
Established	1971
Type	Public high school
Principal	Bill Black
Faculty	106
Students	2562
Grades	9-12
Location	41701 Stetson Avenue, Hemet, California, USA
District	Hemet Unified School District
Campus	suburban
Colors	Red and Gold
Mascot	Bulldogs
Newspaper	The Bulldog
Website	http://www.hemethigh.com/

Hemet High School is a high school of 2500-3000 students on the eastern side of Hemet, California. The school (CEEB Code #051165) is operated by the Hemet Unified School District. The principal is Bill Black. The school is accredited by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools. Hemet High school's mascot is the Bulldog. The school has been at its present campus since 1971, with its main building remodeled in the summer of 2003. There are plans to modernize the remainder of the school, with the addition of new classrooms, labs and a full-size theatre, replacing the current "Little Theatre". Its former campus is now the present location of Santa Fe Middle School and Jacob Weins Elementary.

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1 Notable achievements
2 Hemet High and Iraq
3 In national news
4 Notable alumni in reverse chronological order
5 Sports
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Notable achievements

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Hemet High School's dance team and cheer squad have won national titles. The Academic Decathlon team has won the Riverside County, CA championship 10 years in a row. The Mock Trial team made the top eight in its second year and the finals in its third year in the program. The Air Force JROTC unit brings home trophies and awards every year at local competitions. The most popular was their mid-to-late nineties Jazz Band Ensemble. ^[1] Under Jeff Tower, the band has traveled the world from Japan to Italy and has been nationally acclaimed. In 2006, football coach Andy Boynton was named the ABC7 / NFL High School Coach of the Week for Southern California. ^[2]

[edit] Hemet High and Iraq

Five graduates of Hemet High School have died in the Iraqi War, more than any other high school in the United States.^[3] The dead are Keith Yoakum (class of 1984), Jason Chappell (2000), Charles Sare (2001), Michael Estrella (2001), and Kenny Stanton (2004).^[4]

[edit] In national news

Hemet High has been the source of two national sex scandals. In 1994, Hemet High's former football coach, Randy Brown, and his wife, Kelly, pleaded guilty to felony charges of conspiring to persuade two football players to have oral sex with Kelly Brown. In 2003, history teacher Peter Ruzzo was tried and convicted of six counts of molestation of a child under the age of 16 with an exchange student whom was living with him and his wife. Both men were fired as a result, and the school tends to silence any talk of either situation. ^[5]

[edit] Notable alumni in reverse chronological order

James Lafferty, class of 2003, actor, One Tree Hill ^[6]
Daniel Morrione, class of 1996, uncredited session musician on Donald Fagen and Steely Dan recordings after 2000 (tenor sax).
Coralie Simmons, class of 1995, Olympic water polo champion^{[citation needed]}
Eric Nolte, graduated in the 1980s, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres & Texas Rangers.^{[citation needed]}
Jennifer York, graduated in 1980, former KTLA 5 news anchor.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Sports

Hemet High had a history of being Sunbelt League champs in most sports but have struggled in recent years. The fall sports are football, boys' waterpolo, girls' tennis, cross country, and girls' golf. Winter comes with girls' waterpolo, boys' and girls' soccer, wrestling, and boys' and girls' basketball. Spring includes track, boys' baseball, girls' softball, boys' and girls' swim, boys' tennis, and boys' golf.

Also present at the school is Hemet High Varsity Cheer.