Sunnyside High School (Tucson, Arizona)

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Sunnyside High School
Address
1725 East Bilby Road
Tucson, Arizona, 85706
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Information
Principal Raul Nido
Enrollment

2361 (as of 2006-2007)[1]
Teaching staff 121 [2]
CEEB Code 030525
Grades 9-12
Mascot Blue Devil
Established 1955
Homepage Sunnyside High School

Sunnyside High School is a public high school located in southern Tucson, Arizona. It is part of the Sunnyside Unified School District. As of the 2007-2008 academic year, its enrollment rolls totalled 1871 students.

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[edit] History

Sunnyside High School opened in 1955 with 9th and 10th grade classes.[3]

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[edit] Campus

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[edit] Curriculum

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[edit] Extracurricular activities

[edit] Athletics

Sunnyside High School is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is classed in its 5A conference.[4] The teams are known as the Sunnyside Blue Devils. Athletic teams are fielded in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

[edit] State championship titles

  • Basketball: 1993 (4A)[5]
  • Football: 2001 (4A), 2003 (4A)
  • Wrestling: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008[6]

[edit] Music

Sunnyside High School has several musical performance groups, including the Pride Of Sunnyside Marching Band and Blue Devil Drumline, Los Diablitos De Sunnyside Mariachi[7], and orchestra and other specialty ensembles including a Wind Ensemble, a Jazz Ensemble, and a Guitar Ensemble. Music Theory is also offered.

[edit] Student groups

  • Academic Decathlon
  • Astronomy
  • Blue Devil Dancers
  • Blue Devil Images
  • Cafe Diablo
  • Chess Club
  • DECA
  • Drama/Thespians
  • El Diablo
  • Folklorico
  • Four Feathers Club
  • French Club
  • Health Care Tech
  • Hero Club
  • Honors Academy
  • Jobs for America's Graduates
  • MASCC
  • Mariachi
  • MECHA Club
  • MESA
  • National Honor Art Club
  • National Honor Society
  • NEOS Teatro
  • Peer Advisor
  • Photography
  • Poetry Club
  • P.R.I.S.M. (Gay–straight alliance)
  • Southern Arizona Border Health Careers Opportunity Program
  • Spanish
  • Teenage Parent Program (T.A.P.P.)
  • Teachers Of Tomorrow
  • Tri-M
  • VICA
  • Video Production
  • Wildcat Society
  • Writing Devils
  • YES Club
  • Youth Alive

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Notable faculty

Two faculty members have been recognized as Arizona Teacher of the Year, Marguerite Johnson Caldwell in 1983 and Rich Mayorga in 2003.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arizona School Report Cards - School Summary
  2. ^ Kalaitzdis, Konstantinos. "Sunnyside district gets OK for new high school", Tucson Citizen, 2008-01-10. 
  3. ^ "Sunnyside High celebrates its 50th year", Arizona Daily Star, 2005-10-20. 
  4. ^ Sunnyside High School
  5. ^ "Local sports scene had its thrills, spills", Arizona Daily Star, 1993-12-25. "Dwight Rees, Sunnyside High School. The Blue Devils not only won the state 4A basketball championship, but they went undefeated at 29-0, the first Tucson ..." 
  6. ^ Vanderson, Jessie. "It's 11 in a row for Sunnyside", Tucson Citizen, 2008-02-15. 
  7. ^ Kalaitzdis, Konstantinos. "Viva the mariachi tradition", Tucson Citizen, 2007-04-19. 
  8. ^ "The Skinny (column)", Tucson Weekly, 2000-01-13. "Raul Grijalva, known as Ralph while he was at Sunnyside High School, has led a truly charmed life...." 
  9. ^ Past Teachers of the Year. Arizona Educational Foundation.

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