San Gabriel High School

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San Gabriel High School
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Motto Carpe Bos Cornu
Established 1955
Type Public secondary
Principal Jim Schofield
Students 2,557
Grades 9–12
Location San Gabriel, California, USA
Mascot Matadors
Newspaper 'The Matador'
Website http://www.sghsmatadors.org/

San Gabriel High School is a secondary school located at 801 S Ramona St San Gabriel, California, with a ZIP Code 91776. It is a secondary school in the Alhambra Unified School District.

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[edit] Demographics

San Gabriel High School serves a multi-ethnic student population of approximately 2,555 students.

[edit] Dance Teams

SGHS has a Drill Team, which was originally started in the 1960's, and a Choreo Dance Team, which was started in the late 1980's by retired P.E. teacher Rose Steinhour. In the past, both teams have been especially successful in various regional and national dance/drill team competitions, winning many first place trophys. In 1994, the Choreo Dance Team won 1st place in the Novelty division at the Miss Dance Drill Team USA Nationals Pagent by performing a routine wearing frog costumes. In 2002, the Drill Team won 1st place in Military Precision at the Miss Dance Drill Team USA Nationals Pageant with perfect scores of 100 from all 3 judges. The Drill Team was subsequently invited to represent the United States at the Miss Dance Drill Team International Pageant in Japan.

[edit] ELAJEA Write-Offs

The annual ELAJEA Write-Offs was held here on March 15, 2008.

[edit] In Television and Media

On March 16, 2007, KISS FM held a concert for San Gabriel High School. Lloyd, an R&B singer, made a special guest appearance by performing his two hit singles "You" and "Get It Shawty" in front of the students. The artist’s performance was followed by Baby Bash and Nick Cannon’s two hit singles "Gigolo" and "Dimepiece".

Elton Brand, professional NBA basketball player and star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, made a special appearance at San Gabriel High School library to spend time interacting and reading books to students. He spoke with young students about the success and value of reading.

On November 2, 2007, Fox 11 news came to San Gabriel High School to film the varsity football team play against the Montebello Oilers.

[edit] Notable alumni

  • John "Johnny Vatos" Hernandez - class of '69 - Founder/drummer with Oingo Boingo & Johnny Vatos' Oingo Boingo Tribute band
  • David Henry Hwang - class of '75 - Tony Award-winning author of "M. Butterfly" in 1988 (Best Play); and Tony nominee for Best Play in 1998 for "Golden Child" and the revival of "Flower Drum Song" in 2003.
  • Danny Patterson - class of '89 - Pitcher for the Texas Rangers (1996-99) and Detroit Tigers (2000-04)
  • John Grabow - class of '97 - major league baseball pitcher.

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