Bolsa Grande High School

Bolsa Grande High School
Bolsa Grande High School
Address
9401 Westminster Blvd. Garden Grove, California 92844 United States
Coordinates	33°45′43″N 117°57′52″W / 33.761943°N 117.964384°W / 33.761943; -117.964384Coordinates: 33°45′43″N 117°57′52″W / 33.761943°N 117.964384°W / 33.761943; -117.964384
Information
School type	Public high school
Founded	1959
Superintendent	Laura Schwalm
Principal	Louise Milner
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,659 (2009)
Language	English
Area	Garden Grove, California
Color(s)	Red, blue, and white
Mascot	Matador
Website	www.bolsagrande.org

Bolsa Grande High School is a public high school in the Garden Grove Unified School District in Garden Grove, in southern California, United States. The school opened on September 28, 1959. The school's nickname is the Matadors.

Academics

Bolsa Grande (which translates from the Spanish as "big pocket" or "big pouch") is geographically related to Bolsa Chica wetlands, and was named after the Bolsa Grande lowlands, which is the larger of the two topographical depressions and is set about five miles inland.

It was recognized as a California Distinguished School. In 2008, the school's API was 770. The following year, 2009, the API increased to 789. In 2010, the API increased again to 797, with the average California High School API being 728. In 2011, Bolsa Grande's API score improved considerably from 797 to 822, the largest gain in the Garden Grove Unified School District for that year.

Athletics

Bolsa Grande's sports teams are known as the Matadors and compete in the Garden Grove League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section.

The school is home to one of only two on-campus football stadiums in the GGUSD (the other is at Garden Grove High School). All seven high schools in the district share these two stadiums during football season.

Notable alumni

Jerry Carr (Class of 1968): baseball, California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals
Glen Titensor (Class of 1976): NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys in 1981
Scott Totten (Class of 1980): music director and lead guitarist for the Beach Boys
Brian Zambrano (Class of 2006): MLS Professional Reserve Division (Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper 2007-2008)

External links

School's official website

Garden Grove, California
Areas	Little Saigon Little Seoul West Garden Grove
Education	Coastline Community College Garden Grove Unified School District Bolsa Grande High School Garden Grove High School Pacifica High School Rancho Alamitos High School Santiago High School Westminster School District Huntington Beach Union High School District Orange Unified School District Asahi Gakuen
Points of interest	Crystal Cathedral Islamic Society of Orange County

Orange County, California Schools
Public high schools
Anaheim Union HSD	Anaheim High Cypress Katella John F. Kennedy Loara Magnolia Savanna Western Oxford Academy
Brea Olinda USD	Brea Olinda High
Capistrano USD	Aliso Niguel Capistrano Valley Dana Hills San Clemente San Juan Hills Tesoro
Fullerton Joint Union HSD	Buena Park Fullerton Union High La Habra Sonora Sunny Hills Troy
Garden Grove USD	Bolsa Grande Garden Grove High La Quinta Los Amigos Pacifica Rancho Alamitos Santiago
Huntington Beach Union HSD	Edison Fountain Valley Huntington Beach High Marina Ocean View Westminster
Irvine USD	Irvine High Northwood Portola University Woodbridge
Laguna Beach USD	Laguna Beach High
Los Alamitos USD	Los Alamitos High
Newport-Mesa USD	Newport Harbor Costa Mesa Early College High Estancia Corona del Mar High
Orange USD	Canyon El Modena Orange High Villa Park
Placentia-Yorba Linda USD	El Dorado Esperanza Valencia Yorba Linda
Saddleback Valley USD	El Toro Laguna Hills Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills
Santa Ana USD	Century Godinez Fundamental Middle College Saddleback Santa Ana High Segerstrom Valley
Tustin USD	Beckman Foothill Tustin High
Charter schools	Orange County School of the Arts
Private schools
Secular	International School of Los Angeles Santa Ana Campus
Religious	Cornelia Connelly High School JSerra Catholic High School Lutheran High School of Orange County Mater Dei High School, Rosary High School Santa Margarita Catholic High School Servite High School St. Michael's Preparatory School Whittier Christian High School
Lowell High School (closed in 1980), which was a part of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, was located in Los Angeles County.

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