Shasta High School

Shasta High School
Address
2500 Eureka Way Redding, California, 96001 USA
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1899
School district	Shasta Union High School District
Principal	Milan Woollard
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1600+
Student to teacher ratio	24.68 [1]
Color(s)	Purple      White
Mascot	Wolf
Newspaper	Paw Print
Yearbook	Daisy
Website	www.shastawolves.com

Shasta High School is an American public high school located in Redding, California. With an enrollment of over 1600 students, it is the largest high school in Shasta County, California. It has been recognized as a California Distinguished School three times and has earned a six-year Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation. Its main rival is Enterprise High School.

History

In 1889, Shasta County High School opened as a public school to serve the town of Redding, California. The inaugural class had only 70 students, 3 teachers, and a very small amount of graduates. The courses were college preparatory and in addition vocational classes, such as bookkeeping and shorthand, were taught. The initial school was located in the residence of Judge Bell but in 1903, a two-story brick building was built for the 1904-1905 school year. After a countywide election in 1915, Shasta Union High School District was created and the school was renamed Shasta High School.

By 1926, the student enrollment number had grown to over 450, and need for a new campus became clear, as the school building had been built for 250 students. In March, 1926 a location was picked at the corner of Magnolia and Eureka streets. By October 1927, students were able to move into the new school. In 1950, Shasta Junior College was built on land west of the Shasta High School and remained there until a new college was built in east Redding in 1967. Shasta High moved one last time into the vacated Shasta College facilities which is its location today. The old Shasta High Building became Nova High, which housed all 9th graders in the district. After 9th grade, the students moved on to either Shasta High, Central Valley High, or Enterprise High for 10-12.

In 1991, Nova High was closed and 9th graders moved back to into Shasta High and the other high schools. The old building would later become Shasta Learning Center, home to the district offices and to University Preparatory School.^[2]

Interesting Facts

• The yearbook name Daisy, is after the flower, Shasta Daisy.
• Only nine students graduated in 1903.
• Shasta's Football team played its first game with Chico High School in 1922. They lost 34-0.
• During World War I, every male student was required to be enrolled in the Cadet Company under the direction of Principal J. O. Osborne, a Major in the National Guard.

Overview

Administration

• Milan Woollard - principal – since 2000 - previously VP at Enterprise (cross-town)
• Heath Bunton - Assistant Principal
• Leopoldo Perez - Assistant Principal – since 2009 (previously a chemistry teacher at Shasta High School)

Student Demographics

Male to Female Percentage: Male 48% - Female 52% ^[3]

Academics

Shasta High School offers a variety of advanced courses, such as College Prep, Honors, and Advanced Placement.

Shasta High also offers Career/Technical Education courses including a Science/ Technology/ Engineering/ Math pathway (STEM), and a medical pathway including on-campus courses such as Nursing, Sports Medicine, and Dentistry.

They offer foreign languages: French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and American Sign Language.

Performing Arts

Shasta High School's instrumentalist groups and choirs perform and compete several concerts and festivals each year. Since the 1960s they have collaborated on two major events each year: a madrigal dinner and a musical. Mr. Lou Polcari (bands and orchestra) and Mr. Gavin Spencer (choir) have been the directors of the music program since the early 2000s.

Choir

There are five different choirs in the music program.

A Cappella is the biggest choral group at Shasta. In the spring of 2014 the Acapella Choir competed in the Northern California Golden State Choral Competition, where they placed 5th in the large choir division. They competed again in spring 2015, where they won 4th place.

Another choir is Madrigals. The Madrigal choir an advanced mixed choir. They are most featured during the annual Madrigal Dinner, and are hired to sing at various functions around town throughout the year.^[4]

2012, Shasta High Winter Concert

The rest of the music program is split into girls and boys: Troubadors (beginner boys), Nightingales (beginner girls), and Choraliers (advance girls). While the choir program has smaller, state-local trips yearly, every three years is a largr, international trip to various countries where they exchange performances with other choirs and people along the way. Ken Putnam, the long-time previous choir director, took the A Cappella choir to Ireland in 1988. Most recently, 2014, they had land tour and cruise in Greece.

Instrumental

There are five performing instrumental music groups: Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Strings, Orchestra, and The Shasta Jazz Ambassadors. The combined concert and symphonic bands perform at each year's graduation ceremony and during home varsity football games. They also perform at the annual Redding Rodeo Parade, and the Lighted Christmas Parade.

Athletics

Shasta High School offers the following sports:

In 2014, the cheerleading squad went to Orlando, Florida to compete in the UCA's National High School Cheerleading Championship, where they placed 5th in the large varsity division non-tumbling.^[5]

River Bowl

Shasta High School’s main rival is Enterprise High School (Redding, California). The Rivalry of Enterprise High and Shasta High started back in the 1950s, when both schools would steal the other's "prized" possession. For Shasta High School it was the Shasta High Bell. The annual football game between the two rivals would later be called the Riverbowl. The tradition began in 1993, with Enterprise dominating the first 11 years. In 2004, Shasta won the Riverbowl and again in 2005 and 2007, but lost in 2008. Enterprise won again in 2009. The 2010 Riverbowl was won by Shasta with a score of 53-20. That year’s Varsity kicker was Ellie Oliver, possibly the only girl football player in the north state at that time. She was taught the game of football by Bryson Williams.^[6] Shasta also won the River Bowl in 2011, in overtime with a score of 48-42.

Fight Song

Shasta High School Fight Song
All hail to Shasta High
The leader of the pack
We’ll do our best
To strive to win
In every contest
Show our worth
We’re ever loyal and true
We’ll always be for you
So fight for
Dear old Shasta High
For Shasta High
Will be true blue^[7]

Student Life

Clubs

Shasta High School also offers a variety of clubs for students. It participates in the National Science Bowl and was involved in the local TV game show Academic Challenge until its cancellation in 2005. Shasta's Interact Club and Students joined together to create a fundraiser for the Genocide situations in Darfur.

Notable People

Notable Faculty

• Benjamin Macomber, the Principal in 1905, was the Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Verne A. McGeorge, the Vice-Principal in 1901, founded the McGeorge School of Law.

Notable Alumni

References

External links

• School website
• Shasta High School Band