| Redwood High School | |
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| Location | |
| 1001 West Main St. Visalia, California, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| School district | Visalia Unified School District |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2374 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Mr. Ranger |
| Website | www2.visalia.k12.ca.us/redwood |
Redwood High School (usually abbreviated as RHS) is a secondary school in Visalia, California, United States. The public high school serves students from the north central section of the city.
The school serves grades 9 through 12. It is one of four traditional, comprehensive high schools administered by the Visalia Unified School District. Its current enrollment numbers 2374 students. The school is located at 1001 West Main St Visalia, California 93291.
Green Acres Middle School feeds into Redwood. Three private schools in the city, Visalia Christian Academy, St. Paul's, and George McCann Catholic School also supply students to Redwood.
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Redwood High School is located on the site of what was once Visalia Union Junior School. When the Mount Whitney High School campus was constructed in 1937, Redwood was established on the old Visalia Union Junior School campus.
On October 29, 1965, the Spanish mission style administration building burned and was considered a total loss, although classes were held in portions of the building throughout the year. Indeed, many students took a short-cut through dangerous, burned out portions of the building for the rest of the 1965 school year. The original academic building survives to this day, although alterations to the windows and corridors were necessary. The administration wing was later rebuilt along with a larger library (the original library is now room 32). The original "Senior Court" was moved, from where the present library and memory lane are now located, to the quad area.
Redwood High School celebrated its 50th Birthday in the 2004-2005 school year. In that same year, the 50th Cowhide game against its cross town rival, Mount Whitney High School, was celebrated at the Mineral King Bowl and televised throughout the California Central Valley.
The campus contains a number of buildings that have history in the city of Visalia. Redwood sits on what was Visalia Union Junior High School. The administration building on the main campus was constructed in 1912 after the original burned to the ground in 1911.[1]
Redwood has two separate campuses separated by Giddings Street, however it is connected by a bridge that was built in 1996. The Main Campus is bounded by Main Street on the north, Conyer Street on the east, Mineral King Avenue on the south, and Giddings Street on the west. The Sierra Vista Campus is bounded by Mill Creek on the north, Giddings Street on the east, Mineral King Street on the south, and Dollner Street on the west.
Main Campus houses most of the schools classrooms and facilities, such as the main office, library, swimming pool, and gym.
Sierra Vista is mostly made up of math and foreign languages classes. It also includes visual and performing arts, and architecture classes. The Sierra Vista campus is made up of a few portable classrooms, a main building, a theatre, and a baseball diamond. Sierra Vista's main building was originally an elementary School built during The Great Depression and commissioned as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal". The elementary school was later absorbed by Redwood High School and given its current name. The Rotary Theater is directly connected to the sierra vista building and is the home for the Green Acres Little Theater musicals.
The Library was named in honor of Annie Rosalind Mitchell in 1989. Annie Mitchell was recognized by her great interest in tracing the Valley’s roots, her books and projects traced Visalia, Tulare County and Valley history. Annie was a respected member of the community, and served as teacher, counselor and Dean of Girls at Visalia Union High School.[2]
Today, the Annie R. Mitchell library houses over 25,000 books for the over 2,100 students that use the facility. The library is decorated with 35 flags from around the world, photographs of students dating back to 1900, and a preserved Golden Eagle.
The school career center is located on the second level of the library.
Mill Creek is a creek that runs through the city of Visalia, including both of Redwood's campuses. Starting at the southeast part of the main campus, the creek runs underground until halfway, then it runs along the south campus, dividing the main campus from the Mineral King Bowl, continuing under Giddings Street and finally along the northern edge of the Sierra Vista campus and into Green Acres.
The schools ethnic composition is 37% Hispanic, 31% White, 14% Asian, 4% African-American, 2% Filipino, and 12% "other".
Redwood competes in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), Central Section Division II, West Yosemite League (WYL). Most of the sports have won several league titles as well as CIF Central Section Division I and CIF Central Section Division II titles.
Redwood's direct rival is Mount Whitney High School.
The Cowhide is a cross-town rivalry football game held annually against Mt. Whitney High School during November. Redwood has won 31 games, while Mt. Whitney has won 24 of the past 55 games.
Class of 2000 - Aaron Hill (baseball player)
Class of 1976 - Bob Ojeda (MLB Pitcher)
Class of 1985 - Angelo Jordan (Tank Commander)