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Public school in Santa Clara, California , United States

Adrian C. Wilcox High School

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3250 Monroe St Santa Clara , California 95051 United States
Coordinates	37°21′59″Northward 121°59′x″Westward / 37.3664°N 121.986195°W / 37.3664; -121.986195 Coordinates: 37°21′59″N 121°59′10″W / 37.3664°Due north 121.986195°W / 37.3664; -121.986195
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Type	Public
Motto	"Chargers on me, chargers on 3! One! 2! Iii! CHARGERS!!"
Established	1961
Staff	88.60 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	nine-12
Enrollment	one,961 (2018-19)^[i]
Student to instructor ratio	22.13^[1]
Colour(south)	Black and gilt
Athletics briefing	Santa Clara Valley Athletic League CIF Fundamental Coast Section
Mascot	Charlie the Charger
Nickname	WHS, Wilcox
Rival	Santa Clara Loftier School
Website	wilcox.schoolloop.com

Adrian C. Wilcox High School is a public schoolhouse located in Santa Clara, California. Information technology is i of 2 high schools serving those living inside the boundaries of the Santa Clara Unified Schoolhouse District.^[ii] (Previously there were 4 high schools in the district. See below.) The school is named after Adrian C. Wilcox, who served on the Santa Clara Spousal relationship High Schoolhouse Lath of Trustees for over 30 years. Wilcox was first accredited past the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in 1966 and is accredited through 2009. In April 2005, Wilcox officially became a California Distinguished School.

History [edit]

Structure of the school began in the tardily 1950s. The schoolhouse was named for the ranking fellow member of the Santa Clara Union High Schoolhouse Board of Trustees, Adrian C. Wilcox. The school opened its doors in the fall of 1961 to what would become its start graduating class, the grade of 1964, which entered as sophomores. The get-go graduating class to nourish Wilcox for all 4 years was the Class of 1965.

The student body was split when Marian A. Peterson Loftier School opened in the district and then later recombined when Peterson and Buchser High Schoolhouse'southward name was converted into heart schools. At that time, the student torso voted to change the name of the mascot, paper, and yearbook, along with the school colors, to exist more inclusive of the new students. The original mascot for Wilcox was The Warrior, the school colors were Light-green and Golden, the paper was The War Chants, and the yearbook was The Promethean. The original school song (All Hail Our Alma Mater) and fight song (Fight On Wilcox) are notwithstanding in use today.

In February 2005, the Mission City Center for the Performing Arts, a building synthetic adjacent to the school and across Calabazas Creek from the main campus, opened.

Student life [edit]

The school year typically begins in tardily August, consists of 180 school days, and normally ends on the second Friday of June.

The school newspaper is known as The Scribe and unremarkably publishes seven issues per twelvemonth.

The school yearbook is known as The Phoenix.

Extracurricular groups include a marching ring (known equally the Blackness and Gold Regime), orchestra, drill team (Chargerettes), cheerleaders (Spirit Squad), a theater troupe (Wilcox Phase Company), Color guard, a dance team, a debate team, and a choir. They besides take a winterguard, which is solo colorguard, and a winter percussion programme. There are also many sports teams that students can join on campus, including soccer, basketball, and football.

Each class is as well designated a class color. The current colors are:


Class of	Standing	Color
2020	Senior	Green
2021	Junior	Yellowish
2022	Sophomore	Cerise
2023	Freshman	Blue

The colors are mainly used for the almanac battle of the classes, known as Fantastics. Fantastics was formed as a spirit activity first held in 1995. The effect takes place in March, and all the classes compete confronting each other in various physical contests (such as a tug of state of war). There is also a multitude of dances that each grade performs - opening dance, boys trip the light fantastic toe, girls trip the light fantastic, couples trip the light fantastic, advanced dance, and the finale dance. The competitors wear shirts with the color of their class.

The colors are on a four-yr rotation, with the color of the graduating seniors being handed off to the upcoming twelvemonth'south freshmen (i.east. later on the class of 2015 graduates this year, the incoming freshman of the 2015–2016 school year, or the class of 2019, will receive their form color of blue).

Yellow and Bluish are Sis Classes and Reddish and Green are Sister Classes.

Homecoming and Fantastics are all organized by ASB and the 4 grade councils. ASB is composed of 17 students (thirteen officers and 4 course presidents). They are in charge of dances, rallies, and school-wide events. Every March, students run to be on ASB.

A lower level of ASB consists of the four class councils. Each course quango has ix members, with the form president as well existence part of ASB. Much similar ASB, students must run for election to class councils. A class council candidate speaks in front of the form. Nearly students who are on ASB started every bit a class quango member. Grade councils are in charge of class funds, class fundraisers, activities, and Fantastics and Homecoming execution.

Music [edit]

The music department includes male and female person Glee Clubs, Choir, Sleeping accommodation Choir, Marching Band, Dance band, Pep Band, Concert Band, and Orchestra.

The instrumental programs listed in the 2015–2016 grade catalog are Ring, Jazz Band, and String Orchestra. Song offerings are Chorus and Canta Nova.

The Wilcox High Schoolhouse Marching band, the "Black and Gold Regime", is a competitive later schoolhouse-programme. Competitions include the Cupertino Tournament of Bands, Foothill High School Band Review, The Lodi Grape Bowl Classic, WBA Independence High School Field Evidence, and the Fairfield High School Tournament of Champions.

During football/fall flavour, the concert band course performs at home games as the pep band, along with the colorguard and BGR members not in concert band. The BGR performs their show at halftime for near of the back half of the season.

During the winter flavor, the department offers after school Winter Percussion and Wintertime baby-sit. These programs are generally smaller than the fall season's, but rehearse merely as often and also perform at competitions.

The 3 concerts put on past the Wilcox music program are the Wintertime Concert, the Jump Concert, and the Pops Concert. The Orchestra, Jazz ring, Concert band and Marching band/Winter Perc Ensemble perform in the Mission Metropolis center for Performing Arts' theater. Admission to these concerts has always been gratis and open to the public.

Athletics [edit]

Wilcox competes in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL), a league which is split into two divisions: De Anza and El Camino.

Sports offered at Wilcox include:

Fall: Football game, Cantankerous Country, Girls Volleyball, Field Hockey, Girls Tennis, H2o Polo, Girls Golf,Girls Field Hockey.
Winter: Basketball game, Wrestling, Soccer.
Spring: Track and Field, Baseball, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Boys Volleyball, Boys Golf, Badminton, Boys Tennis, Lacrosse.

Baseball game [edit]

Wilcox'due south Baseball program has won 5 CCS titles in the past 14 years (2000, 2002, 2004,2008, 2014). Wilcox baseball has had numerous athletes compete at the collegiate and professional level, including Carney Lansford.

Track and Field [edit]

From 2009 to 2015, The Varsity Boys Track and Field Squad remained undefeated in league competition. During the same time menstruum The Varsity Girls Track Team was undefeated for a period of four years. During this fourth dimension period, 2009–2015 the combined varsity boys and girls rail teams had an overall win loss tape of 84–iv with the boys at 42–0. In 2008–2009 the Wilcox Rails and Field Team fabricated history, both the girls and boys team went undefeated in their League for the outset time.

During the years 2009–2016 The Track and Field program at Wilcox HS produced:

12 CCS Champions

v 2nd-place finishers; 8 Third Identify; 4 Fourth Place;

26 State Championship Qualifiers;

vii Country Finalists; four Land medalists;

The Wilcox Rails and Field Program has had two Olympic Athletes. 1999 Wilcox graduate Amin Nikfar, represented the Republic of Iran in the Men'south Shot Put in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Sometime Head Motorbus and long fourth dimension Science Teacher, Mike Buncic, represented the United States in the Men's Discus Throw in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games

Other Wilcox athletic programs [edit]

In the 2008–2009, the girls H2o Polo Team had their first ever perfect regular season before losing in CCS. In 2007, Wilcox's Badminton Squad came third overall in their league. The Wilcox wrestling team went undefeated in the El Camino League in 2007–2008 season, winning the League champions. In 2008–2009 Wilcox football team fabricated information technology to the C.C.S Finals against Menlo Atherton. In the 2009–2010 season, Wilcox played against Los Gatos in the CCS finals, and lost by 1 betoken in overtime. In 1995 and 1997, the Wilcox football squad had its all-time seasons with winning 2 CCS Division Ii championships. The boys volleyball program at Wilcox earned a berth into the 2014 CCS Division 1 Playoffs for the first fourth dimension in school history after winning the SCVAL-El Camino Partition title.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable alumni [edit]

Carney Lansford, Grade of 1975, 15-year Major League Baseball veteran (1978–1992). The baseball field at Wilcox is named after him.
Carlos Noriega, Grade of 1977, NASA astronaut, retired Lieutenant Colonel, Us Marine Corps.
John H. Hendy, Course of 1981, American football histrion for the San Diego Chargers, 1985–1987. Voted first-team NFL All-Rookie at cornerback, 1985.^{[ commendation needed ]}
Juju Chang, Grade of 1983, announcer and broadcaster for ABC News.
Robert Royston, Course of 1988, Dancer, Choreographer, U.s.a. Open up Swing Dance Championship and World Country Trip the light fantastic toe Title four consecutive years (1995 to 1998)^{[ commendation needed ]}
Craig Dietrich, Grade of 1998, Director of the Digital Humanities Studio program at the Claremont Colleges, noted for his piece of work developing software for cultural heritage.
Amin Abraham Paul Nikfar, Grade of 1999, shot putter who represented Iran, in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games and was the Asian Indoor Champion in 2004.^[3] ^{[ failed verification ]}
Kyle Barraclough, Class of 2008, Relief Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball game.

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Adrian Wilcox High". National Eye for Teaching Statistics. Retrieved May ten, 2020.
^ "Schools in Santa Clara Unified School Commune - Santa Clara, CA - GreatSchools". greatschools.org.
^ "結婚披露宴の費用や流れ". asianathletics.org. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007.