Leland High School (San Jose, California)

Leland High School
Address
6677 Camden Ave
San Jose, California 95120
United States
Coordinates 37°13′02″N 121°50′40″W / 37.217136°N 121.844326°W / 37.217136; -121.844326Coordinates: 37°13′02″N 121°50′40″W / 37.217136°N 121.844326°W / 37.217136; -121.844326
Information
Type Public
Established 1967
School district San Jose Unified School District
Principal Brad Craycroft[1]
Faculty 75.9 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Enrollment 1,849
Student to teacher ratio 24.3[2]
Color(s)               
Navy blue, Columbia blue, Gold[3]
Mascot Chargers
Information (408) 535-6290
Website www.sjusd.org/leland/index.html

Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California, USA in the San Jose Unified School District. Leland is well known for its nationally ranked Speech and Debate team (as of 1999 - May 2012), as stated by the National Forensic League, a national speech and debate league and their Roller Hockey team who've won back-back championships.[4]

Awards and recognition

During the 2004-05 school year, Leland High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[5] the highest award an American school can receive.[6]

In 2002, Leland received a clear six-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

In 2006, 413 Leland students took a total of 877 Advanced Placement tests. 79% of the Placement scores were three or above, with 29% scoring a five. The school average score was a 3.94, while 177 students qualified as AP Scholars.

In 2014, Leland was ranked number 20 in the United States for high standardized test scores between 2012-2014.[7] Newsweek ranked Leland High School 54th in the nation.[8]

Notable alumni and staff

The Leland High School Quad.

References

  1. ↑ School, Leland High. "Staff Directory -Staff Directory - School Information - Leland High School". sjusd.org. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Leland High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Leland's Start". Leland Parent Club. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Carbone Lewis, Jeanne (March 23, 2006). "Leland's award-winning speech, debate team talks fund-raising". Almaden Times.
  5. ↑ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  6. ↑ "CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve." Archived January 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "High Schools With Highest SAT Scores". Business Insider. January 21, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "America's Top High Schools 2014". Newsweek. 2014. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (May 6, 2014). "Steve Beitashour wants to play for Iran in World Cup". Los Angeles Times.
  10. ↑ Stranzl, Frank (March 31, 2010). "Beitashour a Hometown Hero". San Jose Earthquakes website. Major League Soccer. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Sports shorts: Leland to honor alum Steven Beitashour Jan. 15". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jerry Hsu Biography". Emerica Skate. January 3, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  13. ↑ "2005 Hall of Fame inductee biographies". San Jose Sports Authority. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  14. 1 2 "Leland High honors its own with Pat Tillman Legacy Classic". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Low Takes Oath as Newest Assemblymember for 28th District - Assemblymember Evan Low Representing the 28th California Assembly District". asmdc.org. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Silicon Valley 40 under 40: Evan Low, city of Campbell". Silicon Valley Business Journal. December 13, 2013.
  17. ↑ "The wrath of Leland | After School". Blogs at San Jose Mercury News. January 11, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  18. ↑ Rodriguez, Joe (May 8, 2011). "Art matters, but art students matter more". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Steven L. Smith: NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency". Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, NASA. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Steven L. Smith 8/98". Spaceacts.com. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  21. ↑ Knight, Dennis (November 4, 2004). "Pregame Ceremony to Honor Local Hero". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved November 8, 2007. When Pat Tillman was a freshman at Leland High School, he didn't make the varsity baseball team, despite being one of the best players his age in the South Bay.
  22. ↑ Milpitas Post Staff (December 5, 2012). "Pat J. Graham". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Meet The Wondergirls". Goodvibe (Wordpress). August 3, 2009. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Reggie Smith". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  25. ↑ Knight, Dennis (April 2, 2009). "All-Mercury News basketball teams dating back to 1960". Varsity Extra – San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  26. ↑ Template:AIDAN WARD (@AIDANWARD26)
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