Sacramento High School

Sacramento Charter High School
Sacramento Charter High School
Address
	2315 34th Street; Sacramento, California 95817; United States
Information
Type	Charter
Opened	1856
School district	Sacramento City Unified School District
Chief of Schools	Kari Wehrly
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	902[1] (2016–17)
Website	www.sthope.org/sac-high-home

Sacramento Charter High School[2] ("Sac High") is an independent public charter high school in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California. Originally founded in 1856, Sacramento High is the second oldest public high school in California. In 2003, the school adopted its current form as a charter school within the Sacramento City Unified School District.[3]

History

Founded in 1856, Sacramento High School moved several times. In 1922, construction began at its current location on 34th Street. It opened at this location in 1924 and continuously served the growing neighborhoods of Downtown Sacramento, Midtown, East Sacramento, River Park, College Greens, Tahoe Park and Oak Park until 2003.

The school was decommissioned as a standard public school by the SCUSD School Board in June 2003 due to low performance, over the objections of many students, parents and teachers. The new charter high school, which opened in September 2003, kept the same school colors, purple and white, and the dragon mascot but not the Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPAC) which had been one of the school's unique features for many years. Sacramento Charter High School is governed by a private Board of Directors from St. Hope Public Schools.[4]

Notable alumni

Michael James Adams – aviator and NASA astronaut
Herb Caen – former gossip columnist for The X-Ray; went on to become Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
Eugene Chappie – Congressman 1981–1987
Stephon Clark – Black American man known for being killed by the police
Ray Eames – American artist, designer, architect and filmmaker
Ernesto Galarza – author, labor organizer and activist
Marina Hantzis – former pornographic actress
Hiram Johnson – former California governor
Alva Johnston – author and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New York Times
Tim Kelly – President of the Alaska Senate 1989–1991
Mozzy – Rapper
Aaron Peckham – founder of Urban Dictionary
Rufus Reid – jazz bassist, educator, and composer
Cynthia Robinson – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, trumpeter and vocalist in Sly and The Family Stone
Trent Smith – swimmer and public service

Notable athletes

Kevin Galloway – professional basketball player
Kevin Johnson – former NBA player and Sacramento mayor
Tommy Kono – three-time medalist in weightlifting
Chase Tapley -Professional basketball player
Josiah Turner – Professional basketball player
Jim Breech - Professional football player

Notable figures in baseball

Cuno Barragan – former MLB catcher
Brick Eldred – member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame[5]
Tommy Glaviano - former MLB infielder
Stan Hack - 16-year MLB third baseman
Drungo Hazewood - former MLB outfielder
Woodie Held – 12-year MLB outfielder
Myril Hoag – 13-year MLB outfielder
Mike Howard – former MLB outfielder
Gordon Jones – 11-year MLB pitcher
John McNamara – former minor-league catcher and major-league manager
Jerry Royster – former MLB third baseman for five teams and current manager of the Lotte Giants, the Busan professional baseball team in South Korea
Greg Sims – former MLB outfielder
Matt Walbeck – Texas Rangers third-base coach and 11-year MLB catcher

Notable figures in football

Jim Breech – 14-year kicker for the Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals
Ralph DeLoach – NFL player
Kato Serwanga – five-year defensive back with the New England Patriots, Washington Redskins and the New York Giants
Wasswa Serwanga – three-year defensive back with the San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings

References

"Sacramento Charter High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
"Sacramento Charter High School A Public Charter School Proposal"
Minutes of SCUSD Board of Trustees, 07/21/03
Sacramento Charter High School A Public Charter School Proposal. St. Hope Public Schools
O'Connor, Alan (2007). Gold on the Diamond: Sacramento's Great Baseball Players, 1886 to 1976. Big Tomato Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN 9780979123306.

External links/sources

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[1] "Sacramento Charter High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[2] "Sacramento Charter High School A Public Charter School Proposal"

[3] Minutes of SCUSD Board of Trustees, 07/21/03

[4] Sacramento Charter High School A Public Charter School Proposal. St. Hope Public Schools

[gold-5] O'Connor, Alan (2007). Gold on the Diamond: Sacramento's Great Baseball Players, 1886 to 1976. Big Tomato Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN 9780979123306.