Frontier High School (Bakersfield, California)

Frontier High School (FHS) is a public American high school in Bakersfield, California. The school is part of the Kern High School District since its opening in 2006. Its campus is located on the corner of Allen Road and Olive Drive in Northwest Bakersfield.[2]

Frontier High School
Address
6401 Allen Road

Bakersfield
,
California
93312

United States
Information
School typePublic Senior High School
Motto"Success for every Student"
Opened2006
School districtKern High School District
DeanDoug Kelley
PrincipalVicky Thompson
Staff81.38 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,310 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio28.39[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)    Blue, Black and White
Athletics conferenceSouth Yosemite River League
MascotTitan
RivalCentennial High School, Liberty High School, Stockdale High School
Websitehttps://bhs.rcschools.net/

History

Frontier High School was founded prior to the 2006–2007 academic year, opening its doors only to incoming freshmen and sophomores. The first day of class was held August 21, 2006.[2] Frontier's first graduating class was the Class of 2009.

The school's newspaper publication, entitled the Titan Tribune, posted stories and events online until 2011.[3] It currently does not run a newspaper.

Academics
Alternate logo for the Frontier High School Titans.

FHS provides the following AP courses:[4]

Athletics
The official mascot for the Frontier Titans.

Mike Gibson is the FHS athletic director. FHS sports teams are called the Titans, and have their home games on campus.[5] The Titans participate in the South Yosemite League CIF Central Section and have varsity, junior varsity, and frosh/soph teams. The Titan Girls' golf and soccer teams have won the California Interscholastic Federation championship in both.

In 2010, Frontier won the Valley Championship in baseball in the (Div. II, CIF Central Section) playoffs Its football team also hosted the Valley Championship in the (Div. II, CIF Central Section) playoffs.

The sports FHS participates in, and their respective levels are:

  • Varsity, JV & frosh/soph – Football, Volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, cross country
  • Varsity and JV – Women's tennis, women's soccer, wrestling, men's tennis, cheerleading, men's soccer, swimming, track and field
  • Varsity only – Men's Golf, women's golf, Men's Water Polo, Women's Water Polo

Notable alumni
  1. "Frontier High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  2. Frontier History
  3. "Titan Tribune". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  4. Frontier Academics
  5. "Frontier Athletics". Archived from the original on 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  6. "Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Son Graduates High School ... Arnold MIA". TMZ. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

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