University High School (Fresno)

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Location
University High School
2355 E Keats Ave Fresno, CA 93740
Information
School district	Fresno Unified School District
Principal	Dr. Bushman
Enrollment	370 (as of 2005-06)
Type	Public high school
Grades	9 - 12
Team name	Phoenix
Color(s)	Red, Gold, Black
Established	c. 2000
Information	559-278-8263
Homepage	[www.csufresno.edu/univhigh]

University High School (colloquially, UHS) is a charter high school on the campus of California State University, Fresno, in Fresno, California. The school emphasizes academics and music. UHS opened in 2000 with Dr. Brad Huff as the founding Head of School, and its first seniors graduated in 2004. At the end of the 2004-2005 school year, approximately 370 students were enrolled. James Bushman, Ed.D., has been Head of School since 2006.

Prospective students must apply to UHS and must have completed basic algebra. They must have at least intermediate-level proficiency in instrumental or vocal music. The school accepts approximately 100 new freshmen per year. It is possible to transfer to the school as a sophomore or junior, but this requires taking the first-year Latin and musicianship courses in summer school or acquiring some exemptions from the administration.

UHS students study, in addition to normal high school courses, two years of Latin and four years of musicianship, entailing musicology, music theory, audiation, and musical analysis. Because of its location on the CSUF campus, students also have the opportunity to take a limited amount of classes through the university for college credit, some of which UHS itself requires.

University High School is also ranked as a Gold Medal School and the 36th best school in the nation by US World and News Report. The school is also the two time reigning champions in the Academic Decathlon Virtual National Competition, despite never having won at the county competition.

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