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'Redwood High School' is a public secondary school located in the city of Larkspur, Marin County, California, approximately 11 miles north of San Francisco. Redwood High is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District. The school serves the cities of Belvedere, Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Ross, and Tiburon.

Contents

History

Redwood in the news

Campus

Daily bell schedule

Students

Faculty and staff

Extracurricular activities

Notable alumni

External links

History

Redwood High School was established in 1958; a modernization project was completed in 2005. Redwood has been designated as a California Distinguished School three times between 1986 and 2006 (years for which records are available online). These years, included 1990 to 1994, 1996 to 2000 and 2003 to 2007.

Redwood in the news

In 2001, Redwood briefly made the news when one of its former students, John Walker Lindh, was captured in Afghanistan as a member of the Taliban.
In the spring of 2002, unidentified members of the senior class dumped more than 300 pounds of golf balls into the diving pool. Since golf balls have a tendency to sink, the school was required to hire professional scuba divers to retrieve them. In a related report, the McInnis Park Golf Center reported more than 300 pounds of golf balls missing from the driving range.
In the spring of 2006, Redwood gained notoriety for a prank. On 2006-05-24, seven chickens some seniors had purchased at a live market in San Francisco's Chinatown were found dead in a school hallway. The pranksters had intended to release a total of 32 chickens in the halls between class periods. However, the 32 chickens came with bound feet and officials believe that they were left in a cardboard box in a hot car before the prank. Officials were called and the Marin Humane Society responded. A student tip-off led the administration to the pranksters and caused their capture. Those involved faced possible criminal charges. The four students most directly involved were not allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies. The incident made it into the local newspaper, as well as several major newspapers around the country.^[1]

Campus

Redwood High School occupies 64 acres, with views of Mount Tamalpais in the distance. The main school building contains approximately 80 known classrooms, four computer labs, the Bessie Chin Library, and a theater. Other buildings on the campus contain industrial technology areas, art and photography rooms, the band rooms, and the cafeteria (known as the CEA--Covered Eating Area). The campus also contains a large gymnasium with two weight rooms, a swimming pool, a diving pool, tennis courts, a track, athletic fields, and an outdoor amphitheatre. Marin Community Fields, which are located adjacent to the high school, are available for student recreation.
The original Redwood High School campus was opened in 1958; additions to the main building were made over the next few years. Between 2002 and 2006, Redwood embarked on a major modernization process financed through a bond measure passed by district voters. Approximately forty million dollars were spent to remodel classrooms, refurbish the gymnasium and theater, and add new athletic fields. The modernization process included upgrades to the technology networking system in most classrooms. In the spring of 2006, Redwood art students created a 40-foot mural of the Marin County countryside. The mural was created on an exterior wall of the school district offices.

Daily bell schedule

There are seven class periods during the school day bell schedule, although students may take as few as six periods and as many as nine. (However, they may take as few as four or five if employed, or concurrently enrolled in a college class, usually at College of Marin.) All seven periods meet for 50 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays only the odd periods meet (for 90 minutes), and on Thursdays only the even periods meet (also for 90 minutes), followed by 40-minute office hours. Classes start each day at 8:00 a.m. (however, due to state required teaching time the official starting time is 7:59 a.m.), and school lets out at 3:11 p.m. (3:20 p.m. on Mondays and 1:36 p.m. on most Thursdays). 'Zero' Period starts at 7:04 on most days (assembly days start a minute later and Friday minimum days do not have a zero period) and lasts until 7:54. There are a few classes, such as Leadership and Individual Excellence that meet during 0 period. Any night classes held after school hours are generally listed on transcripts as 8th period, but are not apart of the bell schedule.

Students

The following breakdown of students based on ethnicity is from 2005/2006 enrollment data.

Student Ethnicity	Percent
African American	2.0
Asian American	6.7
Hispanic	3.9
Filipino	0.5
Native American	0.7
Pacific Islander American	0.2
White American, non-Hispanic	82.9
Multiple or no response	3.0

Faculty and staff

★ Staff E-mail Listings & Room Information

Extracurricular activities

'Fall Sports'
Football (2001 MCAL Champs),
Cheer and Dance,
Water Polo,
Cross Country,
Boys Soccer,
Girls Tennis,
Girls Golf,
Girls Volleyball (2006 NCS Champs)
'Winter Sports'
Wrestling,
Basketball
'Spring Sports'
Baseball (2002, 2003 MCAL Champs),
Softball (2006 MCAL Champs),
Swimming & Diving,
Track & Field,
Boys Golf,
Girls Soccer,
Boys Lacrosse,
Boys Volleyball,
Boys Tennis (2005 2006 MCAL Champions. 2005 2006 NCS Champions),
Girls Lacrosse
'Notable Club Sports'
Rugby (Spring),
Crew (Year-round),
Mountain Biking (Spring),
Ultimate Frisbee ,
Badminton ,
Sailing (Year-round)
'Other Extracurriculars'
Redwood High has a notable drama program. The student-run theatre company, EPiC, which stands for Ensemble Production Company (the i is in your imagination or the i in production), holds year round productions. Entries from EPiC in theatre festivals like the Motherlode Drama Festival contiuously get top marks. In addition to its top marks, EPiC has won the "superior" award for their performances on numerous occasions.
The student-run newspaper, the Bark, has a long history of excellence, with student writers, photographers, and graphic designers earning honors at the national level each year. Active since the school's inception in 1958, the newspaper acts as a limited public forum for its student, teacher, parent, and community audience. Circulation of the free publication reaches 1,700 each month. The newspaper's website, containing current issues as well as historical archives, can be found at http://redwood.org/bark

Notable alumni

★ Greg Behrendt, stand-up comedian and best-selling author. Has his own morning TV show called "The Greg Behrendt Show."

★ Buddy Biancalana, former shortstop for the Kansas City Royals

★ Pete Carroll, current USC head football coach. ^[2] (He was a 3-sport (football, basketball and baseball) standout at Redwood High, earning the school's Athlete of the Year award as a senior.)

★ Gabrielle Carteris, actress

★ Matt Doyle, Broadway actor

★ Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

★ Alaura Eden, adult film star

★ Gary Fisher, mountain bike inventor

★ Erin Gray, actress

★ John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban"

★ Ki Longfellow, aka Pamela Longfellow, novelist and screenwriter. ^[3]

★ Andy Luckey, Television Producer of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Adventures from the Book of Virtues" etc... Author and Illustrator of children's books.

★ Matt Morrison, sportscaster, FOX Sports

★ Jim Newman, "The Pope of Bora Bora," world renowned stock broker, frequently consulted expert on energy policy, Mt. Baldy Climb legend, Ultimate Fighting Federation's "One Bush Street Garage Cage Match" Champion 2007. ^[4]

★ Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco ^[5]

★ Ned Overend, world class cycling legend

★ Mikyo Riggs, Martial arts Instructor, practitioner.

★ Tiffany Shlain, founder of the Webby Awards.

★ Eric Schmitt, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the The New York Times

★ David Strathairn, actor, most notably for his roles in ''Sneakers'' and ''Good Night and Good Luck''

★ Robin Williams, comedian and actor.

★ Zack Vank, outfielder for the Omaha City Royals.

★ Mark Fairnua Wada, San Francisco Chronicle sports writer (famous for covering the BALCO steroid stories)

External links

★ Redwood High School Official Web Site

★ Staff E-mail Listings & Room Information

★ Redwood High School Instructional Guide

★ School Accountability Report Card

★ Redwood Bark (School Newspaper)

★ RHS Nibbles (School-wide Game)

★ Redwood Mural