Type Public High School Principal Brianna Kleinschmidt Grades 9 - 12 Phone +1 707-747-8325 Colors Blue, Gold | Established 1892 Faculty 111 Enrollment approx. 1700 Mascot Panther | |
Address 1101 Military W, Benicia, CA 94510, USA District Benicia Unified School District Profiles |
Benicia High School is a public high school serving approximately 1,700 students, grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Benicia Unified School District. It is located in Benicia, California, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like most California high schools, it is an open-air facility. The campus is adjacent to Mary Farmar Elementary School.
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Advanced Placement courses
Benicia High School offers the following Advanced Placement courses:
Athletics
Benicia High School competes in the Solano County Athletic Conference (SCAC) in Division II of the Sac-Joaquin Section. Sports include:
Theatre
Throughout the year, the department puts on two dance shows and two plays, one of which is a musical. In some years the students put on their own production. The department also funds an improvisational comedy team which performs shows on select Fridays throughout the school year.
Band
The band consists of five main groups: the marching band, the concert bands, the color guard, the jazz band, and the drumline. The bands and the colorguard perform and compete regularly in the fall and spring, as well as a winter color guard and winter drumline. The band competes in the Northern California Band Association. The band was formerly under the direction of Dalt Williams, who led the band program from 1968 to 1995, then Roxanna Macheel, who led the band program from 1995 to 2006. The program is now led by Patrick Martin, who won the Northern California Band Association's Director of the Year Award in 2012 and conducted the All Northern California Junior High Honor Band in 2014.
Yearbook
The yearbook is designed and produced by students as part of a class.
Student leadership
The leadership class puts on events, rallies, and spirit days for the high school.