San Gabriel High School

San Gabriel High School (SGHS) is a public high school located in Los Angeles County, California and operated by the Alhambra Unified School District. It is almost entirely in the city limits of Alhambra with a small portion in the city limits of San Gabriel.[2][3]

San Gabriel High School
Address
801 Ramona St.

Alhambra/San Gabriel
,
California

United States
Coordinates34.09270°N 118.10968°W / 34.09270; -118.10968
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoCarpe Bos Cornu
Established1955 (1955)
PrincipalKay Au
Staff80.15 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,032 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio25.35[1]
Color(s)Royal Blue and Crimson Red
Athletics conferenceAlmont League
CIF Southern Section
MascotGabriel the Bull
Team nameMatadors
NewspaperThe Matador
YearbookEl Camino Real
Websitewww.sghsmatadors.org

It traditionally served students residing in San Gabriel although the balance was shifted in 1994 when San Gabriel Unified School District separated itself from Alhambra Unified. Upon separation, SGUSD opened Gabrielino High School to serve its students. San Gabriel High School now serves students from portions of Alhambra, San Gabriel, and Rosemead.[3][4]

History

San Gabriel High School first opened its doors in September 1955. It has been open with a couple of new buildings being built since then.[5]

Principals
  • Arthur H. Kruger (1955–1971)
  • R. Reed Channell (1971–1975)
  • Elizabeth C. Luttrell (1975–1977)
  • Jack B. Mount (1977–1996)
  • Linda Marryott (1996–1998)
  • Barbara Randolph (1998–2000)
  • Alex Ayala (2000–2004)
  • Marsha Gilbert (2004–2007)
  • Jim Schofield (2007–2015)
  • Debbie Stone (2015-)

Assistant principals
  • Rene Regalado, Asst. Principal of Guidance and Pupil Services
  • Jocelyn Castro, Assistant Principal of Instruction
  • Jesse Toribio, Asst. Principal of Business and Activities
  • Carmen Mejia, Asst. Principal of Student Services
  • Shaun Thomas, Asst. Principal of Student Services[5]

Academics

Students of San Gabriel High should complete 220 credits in order to graduate. San Gabriel offers 15 Advanced Placement (AP) courses including: English language, English literature, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, World History, US History, American Government, Chemistry, Biology, Physics 1, Psychology, Spanish language, Chinese language, and Art History.[6]

Athletics

Cross country

The San Gabriel Cross Country team took 4th in State in 1991, led by a Cross Country champion, Angel Martinez.

School demographics

The school has 2,429 students and 76 full-time teachers. The ethnic composition of San Gabriel High School is 57.1% Asian, 41% Hispanic, 1% White, 1% Two or More Races, 0.2% African American, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.[7]

1988 hostage incident

Jeffrey Lyne Cox, a senior at San Gabriel High School, took an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to school on April 26, 1988, and held a humanities class of about 60 students hostage for over 30 minutes. Cox held the gun to one student when the teacher doubted Cox would cause harm and stated that he would prove it to her. At that time three students escaped out a rear door and were fired upon. Cox was later tackled and disarmed by another student. A friend of Cox's told the press that Cox had been inspired by the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking and by the novel Rage,[8] which Cox had read over and over again and with which he strongly identified.[9] He pleaded no contest to charges of kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon after the jury deadlocked.[10] He was sentenced to five years in prison.[11]

Notable alumni
John Grabow

References
  1. "San Gabriel High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Alhambra city, CA (Sbeet 1)" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 6, 2015. See also: General Land Use Map (City of Alhambra)
    "General Plan Land Use Map". City of San Gabriel. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. "High School Zoning Map" (PDF). Alhambra Unified School District. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. "Zoning Map" (PDF). City of Rosemead. October 2013. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  5. "San Gabriel High School". Sghsmatadors.org. December 31, 1999. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  6. "San Gabriel High School". www.sghsmatadors.org. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. "San Gabriel High School in San Gabriel, CA". US News Best High Schools. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  8. "Hijack Tied to Teen Classroom Siege". The Press-Courier. Oxnard. Associated Press. April 27, 1988.
  9. Katz, Jesse (January 14, 1990). "A High School Gunman's Days of Rage". Los Angeles Times.
  10. "Youth Pleads No Contest in Hostage Incident". LA Times. January 9, 1990. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  11. "Youth Who Took Class Hostage Gets 5 Years". LA Times. April 7, 1990. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  12. "John Grabow Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  13. "Collections:David Henry Hwang". Los Angeles Times.
  14. "Mike Krukow Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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