Established 1967 Principal Tracey Runeare Age range 13-19 Phone +1 831-429-3810 Mascot Pirate | Opened 1967 Grades 9-12 Number of students 1200 Founded 1967 | |
District Santa Cruz City High School District Similar Santa Cruz High School, Soquel High School, Aptos High School, Scotts Valley High School, San Lorenzo Valley Hi | ||
Located at 300 La Fonda Avenue, Harbor High School is a high school located in Santa Cruz, California, and has a student body of roughly 1200 students. The mascot is Petey the Pirate sporting the school colors of green and gold.
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Arts programs
Harbor High is well known for its variety of arts programs. It has a highly accomplished theatre department which runs only student directed plays. Harbor High also hosts Escapade, its student based dance group. The Harbor High Little Theatre is run by Cathy Warner who has been teaching and directing for three decades. Although Harbor does not have a marching band, the school does boast a jazz band and choir.
Sports
Harbor competes in the SCCAL for athletics along with Santa Cruz High School, Scotts Valley High School, Soquel High School, San Lorenzo Valley High School and St. Francis Catholic School.
Perhaps the greatest Harbor Dynasty was that of Girls' Soccer who won 9 CCS Championships in 14 years under head coach Gerald Pleasant who retired in 2004. The Harbor High School boys' swim team has won 26 SCCAL Championships in the 40 years that the school has been open.
Recently Harbor has made great strides in surf competitions, even getting an article on the National Surf League Website.
The Conch
As Harbor and Santa Cruz are the only two teams within the City of Santa Cruz, the Pirates and Cardinals annually compete for the City Championship in football represented by a large Conch Shell trophy. Beginning in 2004, Harbor won the Shell 3 consecutive times. Santa Cruz has won the last 2 games. 2004: Santa Cruz 21, Harbor 23; 2005: Harbor 35, Santa Cruz 15; 2006: Santa Cruz 6, Harbor 28; 2007: Harbor 0, Santa Cruz 49; 2008: Santa Cruz 27, Harbor 14. As of the 2012 season Harbor holds the Conch until 2015.