Maria Carrillo High School

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Maria Carrillo High School
Address
6975 Montecito Boulevard
Santa Rosa, CA 95409
Information
Affiliation(s) None (public school)
Superintendent Dr. Sharon Liddell
Enrollment

1446 (2006-2007)
Grades 9-12
Area Sonoma County
Mascot Pumas
Team name Pumas
Founded 1996
Principal Mr. Mark Klick
Vice Principal Mr. Rand Van Dyke
Assistant Principal Mr. Randolph Burbank
Assistant Principal Mr. Craig Wycoff
Telephone
Homepage http://www.mariacarrillo.com

Maria Carrillo High School is a high school in Santa Rosa, California, a mid-sized city about sixty miles north of San Francisco. Maria Carrillo High School is the newest public high school in both Santa Rosa and in Sonoma County having opened in 1996. Maria Carrillo High School is located in the northeastern part of Santa Rosa, also known as "Rincon Valley".

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[edit] History

Maria Carrillo High School was originally named after Maria Carrillo, the first woman to receive a land grant from the Spanish-Mexican government. The school opened in 1996, and its first graduating class was in 1999.

[edit] Facts

  • The school mascot is the Puma
  • The school's official colors are gold, green, and black.
  • Maria Carrillo has a reputation for higher academic standards within Sonoma County, excelling in the performing arts, math, sciences, languages and having an excellent sports program.

[edit] Pranks

  • In 1999, the head stone of Maria Carrillo was stolen from a local cemetery and left in the main quad.
  • A recurring prank is the vandalism of a privately owned neighboring hill. The hill was first vandalized in 1998 with the numbers 4-20, the date which many know as the unofficial day for smoking marijuana. The principal ordered it removed, and it was changed to H-20. In 2001, the junior class (class of 2002) carved 2002 into the hill as part of homecoming weekend. Within days, a group of seniors altered the 2 into a 1, leaving 2001. This began a tradition in which graduating classes have carved their year into the hill. Various symbols have also been carved: a Viking helmet (a prank done by a competing football team), an anatomically incorrect depiction of male genitals and a backwards swastika. The swastika was subsequently obscured with a large peace sign. The hill has also been vandalized with a prom invitation. "Lexi, Prom?" "No"
  • In 2002, seniors painted the school's colors on a Ford Pinto, took off the wheels, and propped it in the main quad.
  • In 2002, peace activists put up 50 straw figures all around campus with anti-war signs to protest the almost 50 Afghanistan civilians, who were attending a wedding party, that were killed by the US military.
  • In 2003, peace activists again put up many anti-war signs on buildings, roofs, and used chalk to depict anti-war messages to protest the Iraq invasion.
  • In 2004, upperclassmen chopped down 7 trees in the Quad. Some students were outraged, leading to a tree campaign and a later March. Still some students rejoiced in the destruction of the infamous "cum trees."
  • In 2005, seniors released several chickens in the main quad. It took all day for the janitors to retrieve the fowl from some of the towers and roofs across the campus.
  • In 2008, a few students wrote in chalk statements against Guantamano Bay. Later, some of the chalk writings were erased by the rain.

[edit] Clubs

Carrillo has a wide variety of different clubs such as:

  • Academic Decathlon
  • Anime Club
  • Odyssey of the Mind
  • Business and Sales Club
  • GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance)
  • Chess Club
  • CSF (California Scholarship Federation)
  • Ecology Club
  • Key Club
  • Drama Club
  • Human Club
  • Latino Club
  • Justice Club
  • Hip/Hop
  • Art Club
  • Swing Club
  • Power Lifting
  • Technology Club
  • Philosophy Club
  • Junior Statesman
  • Interact
  • VAASA (Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse)
  • Christian Club
  • Choir and Band Council
  • International Cultures
  • Model United Nations Club
  • Red Cross Club
  • Speech and Debate Club
  • Chocolate Club

[edit] Controversies

There is a current Confederate Flag controversy at Maria Carrillo. Students were in the news paper article entitled "Confederate Flag, Hate or Heritage" The school's newspaper article sparked the attention of many students and teachers in the school. The issue was published in the Press Democrat, and promoted actions to solve it.

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