San Bernardino High School

San Bernardino High School
San Bernardino High School
Address
	1850 North E Street; San Bernardino, (San Bernardino County), California 92405; United States
Coordinates	34°7′52″N 117°17′41.1″W / 34.13111°N 117.294750°W
Information
Type	Senior High School
Motto	"The Very Best"
Established	1891
Founders	David B. Sturges ; Noble A. Richardson
School district	San Bernardino City Unified School District
CEEB code	052797
Principal	Anna Sosa
Teaching staff	79.01 (FTE)
Grades	9th-12th
Number of students	1,593 (2018-19)
Student to teacher ratio	20.16
Education system	Semester
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Red ; Black ; White
Nickname	Cardinals
Rival	Pacific High School (San Bernardino)
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Newspaper	Tyro Times
Yearbook	Tyro Annual
Website	sanbernardino.sbcusd.com

San Bernardino High School (SBHS) is an American public high school and city located at 1850 North E Street within San Bernardino, California and a member of the San Bernardino City Unified School District. SBHS was granted charter as a city in 1963, under the name Cardinal City after the school's mascot, the Cardinal. SBHS is the oldest high school in the City of San Bernardino.

History

San Bernardino High School was officially established when residents of the San Bernardino, California approved a $60,000 bond for construction of a high school in 1891.^[1] Construction of a three-story building at the southwest corner of Eighth and E Streets was completed in 1892 and received state accreditation in 1893 as San Bernardino Polytechnic High School.^[1] In 1915, after enrollment had exceeded 400 students, a new campus was built consisting of five main buildings.^[4]

In 1963, California Governor Edmund G. Brown granted the SBHS a city charter under the name Cardinal City.^[5]

Academics

San Bernardino High School has a wide range of academic classes with regular 'College Prep', 'Honors' and Advanced Placement classes.^{[citation needed]}The school offers the AVID program as well. SBHS has exemplary Mock Trail, Academic Decathlon. numerous SBHS students are members of National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Quill and Scroll Journalism Honors Society, International Thespian Honors Society and the National Art Honors Society.

Notable alumni

Bryon Russell (1989) (NBA Player)^[6]
Thomas L. Bass, Class of 1953 - NFL Coach^[7]
Philip Michael Thomas (1967) - Actor
Glen Bell, Jr. (1941) - Founder of Taco Bell
Hoyt Curtin (1940) - Composer of cartoon themes
Jack H. Brown (1956) CEO of Stater Bros.^[8]
Donald T. Campbell (1934) Psychology Professor, Member of The National Academic of Sciences
Patricia Carpenter (1940) - Professor, Musician
Jerry Lewis (1952) California Assembly Member, U.S. Representative Member
Wilmer Amina Carter (1958) California Assembly Member
Kenneth M. Carr (1941) -Vice Admiral US Navy, Commander-in-Chief US Atlantic Fleet
Chester F. Carlson (1924) - Inventor of Electrophotography, Founder Xerox Corporation
Neal T. Baker (1942) Founder of Baker's Drive-Thru
James E. Cunningham (1935) - California State Senator
Kenneth Dyal (1928) - United States Representative
John Fiscalini (1944) - Minor League Baseball player, Fiscalini Field is named in his honor
Mel Nelson (1954) - Major League Baseball Player
Dee Fondy (1942) - Major League Baseball Player
George Lewis (1960) NBC TV news correspondent
Alexander Mattison (2016) NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings
Carole Landis (1934) American Actress
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (1991) Yucaipa-California Joint Unified School District Board Member (2018–20), California State Senator (2020–present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Thompson, Richard D. "Sturges: The Man and The Monuments". History. City of San Bernardino. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ "Home - San Bernardino High School". Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for San Bernardino High". nces.ed.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
^ Shaw, Stephen (January 9, 2008). San Bernardino. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-0738555812.
^ School Activities and the Library. Vol. 35–36. American Library Association. 1963. pp. 215–16.
^ "Bryon Russell returns to San Bernardino High for basketball clinic". 20 September 2014.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Masunaga, Samantha (November 15, 2016). "Longtime Stater Bros. leader and San Bernardino supporter Jack H. Brown dies at 78". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.