Upland High School

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Upland High School

Motto	"Home of the Highlanders"
Established	1955
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Ben Rich and Guy Roubian
Faculty	~155
Students	3681 as of June 15, 2006
Grades	9–12
Location	565 W. 11th Street Upland, CA 91786, USA Information (909) 949-7880
Oversight	Upland Unified School District
Colors	Green and White
Mascot	Highlander, Scottish Terrier
Yearbook	Hielan
Newspaper	"The Plaid"
Website	www.uplandhigh.org

Upland High School is a public, four year secondary school located in the city of Upland, California. The school was established in 1955 as part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, and since 1991 it has been a member of the Upland Unified School District.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Upland High School Alma Mater 3 Notable alumni 4 Controversies 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] History

Just prior to the City of Upland's growth spurt in the 1960's, Upland High School was established in 1955. By the 1980s this population growth had the side-effect of overcrowding, which in turn caused students to transfer to other high schools in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. The affected families then began a movement towards unifying the existing elementary and middle schools into a separate district. Superintendent George Renworth promoted this movement and the Upland Unified School District was established in 1986. Upland High School has been a part of the district since it left the Chaffey Joint Union High School District in 1991.^[1]

[edit] Upland High School Alma Mater

All hail to Upland's Green and White
Its glowing colors sing
With all devotion which we bring
To love and cherish thee
To love and cherish thee
We sing of thee with grateful hearts
Of victory, not defeat
We sing of Upland strong and mighty
Loyal, brave and true
All Hail to Upland High

[edit] Notable alumni

• Aundrea Fimbres, member of P. Diddy's Making The Band group Danity Kane
• Franklin Bruno, singer-songwriter
• Kenny George, Model
• Kirk Snyder, basketball player with the Houston Rockets
• Sean Tracey, baseball player with the Chicago White Sox
• Orlando Huff, American football player with the Atlanta Falcons
• Rollie Fingers, baseball player with the Oakland Athletics
• Roger Fan, Taiwanese-American actor
• Kristen Dowling, basketball coach for Pepperdine University
• Ivan Shaw, Taiwanese-American actor

[edit] Controversies

• Upland High School was featured on an episode of MTV's High School Stories and Controversies. The episode detailed how the CIF football game of 2001 was lost because a referee made an incorrect decision and gave the opposing team 5 downs instead of 4.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Upland Unified School District. Transforming Lives. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.

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