De Anza High School

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De Anza High School
Location
5000 Valley View Road Richmond, CA 94803
Information
School district	West Contra Costa Unified School District
Principal	Kenneth Gardner
Faculty	approximately 50
Type	Public
Athletics	football, tennis, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, baseball, swimming, golf, track & field, and badminton
Athletics conference	CIF North Coast Section - ACCAL
Motto	Conquer and Prevail
Mascot	Dons (a Spanish honorific)
Color(s)	Red & Gold
Established	1955
Information	Phone: (510) 223-3811 Fax: (510) 223-7984
Homepage	http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/deanza/

De Anza High School is a secondary school located in Richmond, California, named after Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza.

The school originally opened in 1955. Local voters recently elected to float a bond measure to completely rebuild De Anza's campus from the ground up.

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Brian Abshire (1982): 1988 Olympian in the 3000 meter steeplechase and former American indoor 3000 meter record holder.
• Greg Bracelin (1975): Former NFL player
• Les Claypool (1981): Primus (band) bassist, lead singer
• Kirk Hammett (1980): Metallica lead guitarist
• Vyshonn King Miller (1994): Rapper known as Silkk the Shocker, and brother of rappers Master P and C-Murder, as well as the uncle of Lil Romeo.
• Shawn Thompson aka Smiley B(1996) Boxer Super middle weight.

[edit] External links

• Alumni-maintained Website
• De Anza Rebuild Website
• De Anza Senior pictures, all years
• De Anza Dons Athletics