Woodside High School (Woodside, California)

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Woodside High School is an American public high school located in Redwood City, California on the border with Woodside. It is part of the Sequoia Union High School District.

1 History
2 Robotics
3 Sports
- 3.1 Demographics
- 3.2 Notable Graduates
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Serving students from the surrounding communities of Portola Valley, Woodside, East Palo Alto and Redwood City. Was once noted for having the largest student parking lot of any High School. It has a large Performing Arts Center, which was built by Fall of 2004.

[edit] Robotics

Woodside is the home to FIRST robotics Team #100, the Wildhats. The team is noted to have won the 1995 National FIRST competition, and to have won regionals in 1999, 2007, and 2008.

[edit] Sports

Mascot: Wildcat. School Colors: orange, black and white. The school's football team is noted for winning the California Interscholastic Federation's Central Coast Section title in 2005.

[edit] Demographics

1,928 students were enrolled at Woodside during the 2006-2007 year with a demographic split primarily between Hispanic and White ethnicity.^[1] The majority of students who live in Woodside proper do not attend the school due to racial issues, so much of the school population is drawn from North Fair Oaks and East Palo Alto.

[edit] Notable Graduates

Don Bunce 1967, American Football Quarterback
Fred Woods 1970, Richard 1969 and James Schoenfeld 1971: each found guilty of the 1976 Chowchilla, California kidnapping.
Rich Kelley 1971, American Basketball Player
John Naber 1973, Olympic Swimmer
Mike Nolan 1976, Head Coach, San Francisco 49ers
Wendy Brown 1988 Olympic Heptathlon - 13th place