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Woodside High School (California)

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Established
  
1958

CEEB code
  
053808

Grades
  
9–12

Mascot
  
Wilber the Wildcat

Superintendent
  
James Lianides

Staff
  
105 (2011–2012)

Phone
  
+1 650-367-9750

Principal
  
Diane Burbank

Woodside High School (California)

Type
  
Comprehensive public high school

Address
  
199 Churchill Ave, Woodside, CA 94062, USA

District
  
Sequoia Union High School District

Profiles

Woodside High School is a public high school in Woodside, California, United States, on the border with Redwood City. It is part of the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD).

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Woodside serves students from the surrounding communities of Portola Valley, Woodside, East Palo Alto and Redwood City. It has a large Performing Arts Center, which was built in 2004. The newest building on campus is the Digital Media Center, known as the "I-Wing," which houses the digital photography, audio production, animation, video production, and computer science classrooms.

Demographics

2015–2016

  • 1,781 students: 862 male (48.4%), 919 female (51.6%)
  • Robotics

    Woodside is the home to FIRST Robotics Team 100, the Wildhats.

    Athletics

    The school's football team won the California Interscholastic Federation's Central Coast Section title in 2004.

    More recently, the school's girls' soccer team won the California Interscholastic Federation's Central Coast Section title in 2011 in a 0-0 tie with Santa Teresa High School.

    Notable alumni

  • Renel Brooks-Moon, SF Giants baseball announcer and radio personality, 1972-1976
  • Julian Edelman, Class of 2005, wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL)
  • Rich Kelley, former professional basketball player
  • Tyler MacNiven, Class of 1998, winner of The Amazing Race 9 and filmmaker
  • John Naber, former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist
  • Zack Test, rugby union player
  • Lillian Watson, Olympic gold medal swimmer, 1964, 1968
  • References

    Woodside High School (California) Wikipedia