Fremont High School
Fremont High School is a comprehensive, co-educational, public secondary school in Sunnyvale, California, United States. Fremont is currently the only open public high school located in the city of Sunnyvale and is part of the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD).
Fremont was originally named West Side Union High School, the first school opened in the West Side Union High School District. In 1923, it opened in rooms of the Sunnyvale Grammar School as the only high school in the Sunnyvale–Cupertino (West Valley) area, and then moved to a temporary building after purchase of the school site in 1923. The school building was designed in 1925 by noted California school architect W. H. Weeks, after the necessary bond referendum passed on the third attempt. On March 27, 1925, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to change the name of the school and district to Fremont Union High School.
Fremont was originally named West Side Union High School, the first school opened in the West Side Union High School District. In 1923, it opened in rooms of the Sunnyvale Grammar School as the only high school in the Sunnyvale–Cupertino (West Valley) area, and then moved to a temporary building after purchase of the school site in 1923. The school building was designed in 1925 by noted California school architect W. H. Weeks, after the necessary bond referendum passed on the third attempt. On March 27, 1925, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to change the name of the school and district to Fremont Union High School.
In 1969, a late-night fire occurred in the Bell Tower of the main building but did little damage to the school property.
On July 1, 1996, after much controversy, the Fremont Union School Board did away with the original Indianmascot at the request of American Indians, replacing it with the current Firebirds mascot. This change has been embraced by the school population.
Fremont students participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities ranging from marching band and athletics to various cultural and community service clubs like Octagon, Key Club, Culinary Club, LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), and The Movie Club. The poetry slam team has won numerous awards at spoken word poetry competitions. The Gamer's Club is one of Fremont High School's most exclusive clubs: of 147 applications submitted, only 32 were allowed membership in the club for the 2010-2011 school year. Fremont High School DECA has a variety of outstanding achievements, having over 2000 hours of community service as a whole for the 09-10 school year (more than all other Fremont clubs combined) and sent numerous competitors to represent at the international competitive level. Seventy-Five percent of those representatives became finalists at those international competitions (which includes than 1% of all DECA students). Furthermore, so far in the 2005–2006 school year, Fremont athletic teams have had successful seasons; Fremont currently holds League Champions titles in Varsity girl's tennis, wrestling, and Varsity girl's basketball. The Fremont Wrestling Team is also currently one of highest ranking high school wrestling teams in the state, after taking 3rd place as a team at State Championships in 2006, as well as having 4 State Champions. A member of the team later won the Walsh Ironman Invitational in Ohio in December 2006, as well successfully defended his state title in 2007. In 2003–2004 the Fremont varsity cheerleaders took 1st place in every cheer competition in which they competed, including the National Cheerleading Association Championships in Anaheim.
On July 1, 1996, after much controversy, the Fremont Union School Board did away with the original Indianmascot at the request of American Indians, replacing it with the current Firebirds mascot. This change has been embraced by the school population.
Fremont students participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities ranging from marching band and athletics to various cultural and community service clubs like Octagon, Key Club, Culinary Club, LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), and The Movie Club. The poetry slam team has won numerous awards at spoken word poetry competitions. The Gamer's Club is one of Fremont High School's most exclusive clubs: of 147 applications submitted, only 32 were allowed membership in the club for the 2010-2011 school year. Fremont High School DECA has a variety of outstanding achievements, having over 2000 hours of community service as a whole for the 09-10 school year (more than all other Fremont clubs combined) and sent numerous competitors to represent at the international competitive level. Seventy-Five percent of those representatives became finalists at those international competitions (which includes than 1% of all DECA students). Furthermore, so far in the 2005–2006 school year, Fremont athletic teams have had successful seasons; Fremont currently holds League Champions titles in Varsity girl's tennis, wrestling, and Varsity girl's basketball. The Fremont Wrestling Team is also currently one of highest ranking high school wrestling teams in the state, after taking 3rd place as a team at State Championships in 2006, as well as having 4 State Champions. A member of the team later won the Walsh Ironman Invitational in Ohio in December 2006, as well successfully defended his state title in 2007. In 2003–2004 the Fremont varsity cheerleaders took 1st place in every cheer competition in which they competed, including the National Cheerleading Association Championships in Anaheim.
Fremont's counterpart, Homestead High School, located in nearby Cupertino, is also part of the FUHSD.
Notable Alumni Include:
- Tully Banta-Cain — New England Patriots football player
- Carl Ekern — Los Angeles Rams football player
- Andrew Fire — Professor at Stanford University and 2006 Nobel Prize co-winner of Medicine or Physiology
- Donna Hanover — Newscaster, actress
- Teri Hatcher — Golden Globe-winning actress
- Steve Kloves — Oscar-nominated screenwriter
- Francie Larrieu-Smith — Olympic distance runner
- Jason Simontacchi — Washington Nationals baseball player
- Troy Tulowitzki — Colorado Rockies shortstop
- Bill Green - Olympian, Track & Field (Hammer Throw, 5th Place 1984)
- Bruce Wilhelm — World's Strongest Man and Olympian in Weight lifting
- Peter Ueberroth — Olympic organizer and 1984 Time Magazine Man of the Year
- Imran Khan (actor) — Bollywoodactor
- Bert Oey - Sereno Group Realtor®
- Frank Quinn - Sereno Group Realtor®
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