Gunderson High School

Gunderson High School
Location
622 Gaundabert Lane
San Jose, CA
Information
Type Public
Established 1976
School district San Jose Unified School District
Principal Dominic Bejarano[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1100
Color(s) Gold and Brown
Mascot Grizzly Bear
Information (408) 535-6340
Website gunderson.sjusd.org

Henry T. Gunderson High School is a high school situated in the Blossom Valley area of San Jose, California which first opened in the fall of 1976. It drew the majority of its initial 10th - 12th grade student body from adjacent neighborhoods that were previously within the Pioneer and Leland high school boundaries. The new facility represented a then-unique architectural design of large interior common areas and corridors, and included an atrium for student smoking. It also features an Olympic-sized swimming facility, which was a rare amenity for high school sites in the region at that time. The school is part of the San Jose Unified School District and was given the maximum six-year accreditation in 2004, noting the performance of staff and faculty. As of 2012, the school principal is Dominic Bejarano, and the average annual enrollment is about 1100 students.

Technology program

Gunderson High School promotes itself as a Technology Magnet school offering a variety of classes through its technologically advanced academic program. The school is unique in that it is one of few high schools to offer a 1-to-1 laptop program, and the only school to offer the program (a $6 million project) within the San Jose Unified School District.[2] At the beginning of the year, all students are assigned an Apple MacBook laptop computer. Yet due to budget cuts, the program has been limited to in class for the students use. Certain electives of the program include animation, multimedia design, digital photography, video production, computer aided design, and electronic music. Weekly school news, Gunderson Live, is also directed and broadcast by students on school televisions.[3]

Extracurricular activities

Notable alumni

Every Gunderson graduate is a notable Alumni, not just NFL Player James Jones, and everyone including James Jones would agree.

References

  1. "Gunderson High School". Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  2. Gunderson High's laptops: Educational Blessing or unique Expensive Distraction? article in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Slonaker (registration required)
  3. Gunderson Live Broadcasts
  4. DOE Science Bowl Info