Burlingame High School (California)
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1 Mangini Way , 94010 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°34′57″N 122°20′48″W / 37.5826°N 122.3466°WCoordinates: 37°34′57″N 122°20′48″W / 37.5826°N 122.3466°W |
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Type | Public Secondary school |
Established | 1923 |
School district | San Mateo Union High School District |
Principal | Paul Belzer |
Faculty | 73.1 (FTE) (2018-19)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,492 (2018-19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.4:1 (2018-19)[1] |
Hours in school day | 7 |
Color(s) | Scarlet and White |
Athletics conference | Peninsula Athletic League |
Mascot | Panther |
Rival | San Mateo High School Bearcats |
Website | www |
Burlingame High School is a public high school in Burlingame, California. It is part of the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD).
History[]
In order to meet the growing student population, the school was opened in December 1923 under the name "San Mateo High School, Burlingame Branch." Designed by architect W. H. Weeks, the school took in students from Burlingame, Hillsborough, Millbrae, and San Bruno.[2] Initial enrollment consisted of 350 students and 30 teachers. As a branch of San Mateo High School, extracurricular organizations were shared between the schools. There was a single band, football team, and other athletic teams with student members from both schools. Within 10 years the enrollment of the school increased to 494 boys and 474 girls, totaling 968 pupils, a figure close to the school's original design capacity. In 1927 the school name was officially changed to Burlingame High School.
In the summer of 1980, the SMUHSD board decided it must close one of the district's seven schools, due to declining enrollment. Following public hearings, the board narrowed the choice to either Crestmoor High School or Burlingame High School. After study and discussion, the board decided to close Crestmoor in the fall of 1980 and keep Burlingame open.[3]
San Mateo and Burlingame have been rivals since the division of the Burlingame branch, and the rivalry culminates annually in a football matchup dubbed the "Little Big Game" and patterned after the collegiate Big Game. As of April 2021, Burlingame leads the series record 57–32–4. Burlingame currently holds "The Paw" as part of an eleven-game win streak, the longest in the rivalry's history.[4]
Academics[]
Burlingame High School has been recognized nationally for its academic excellence. For 2013, it was ranked 280th in Newsweek's Top 2,000 Public High Schools,[5] 471st nationally by U.S. News & World Report,[6] and 490th by The Washington Post's ranking of "America's Most Challenging High Schools."[7]
As of the 2018–19 school year, the San Mateo Union High School District uses Canvas as its online platform for classrooms.
Burlingame High School has a wide array of Advanced Placement course offerings:
Science | Mathematics and computer science | Language | Social science | Visual arts |
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AP Biology | AP Calculus AB | AP English Language and Composition | AP European History | AP Music Theory (N/A) |
AP Chemistry | AP Calculus BC | AP English Literature and Composition | AP Macroeconomics (N/A) | AP Studio Art Drawing |
AP Environmental Science | AP Computer Science A | AP Italian Language and Culture | AP Microeconomics | |
AP Physics 1 | AP Statistics | AP Spanish Language | AP United States Government and Politics | |
AP United States History |
Statistics[]
Demographics[]
2017–2018[1]
- 1,475 students: 776 male (52.6%), 699 female (47.4%)
White | Hispanic | Asian | Two or more races | Pacific Islander | African American | American Indian |
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712 | 278 | 315 | 152 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
48.3% | 18.8% | 21.4% | 10.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
Approximately 11.9% of the students at Burlingame are served by the free or reduced-price lunch program.[1]
Standardized testing[]
SAT Scores for 2014–2015 [8] | |||
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Critical Reading average | Math average | Writing average | |
Burlingame High | 557 | 586 | 560 |
District | 544 | 570 | 544 |
Statewide | 489 | 500 | 484 |
2013 Academic Performance Index | ||
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2009 base API [9] | 2013 growth API [10] | Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013 |
836 | 870 | 34 |
Extracurricular activities[]
Robotics[]
The Iron Panthers (FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5026 and FIRST Tech Challenge Team 7316) was founded in 2013 to compete against other Bay Area high schools. In September 2017, the Iron Panthers received recognition by competing in the finals of an off-season Robotics competition, Chezy Champs.[11] In March 2018, the Iron Panthers' FTC team traveled to Spokane to compete in the West Super-Regional. In 2019, they were alliance captains at the Central Valley Regional, where they competed in the finals.[12] In the past three years, the Iron Panthers traveled to Houston to compete in the FIRST Championship and were alliance captains in the 2018 game FIRST Power Up.[11][12][13] In the 2019 game Destination: Deep Space, they were the winners of the Newton Division and the World Champions; this was the first competition that they won.[12] Their motto is "Student-Built, Student-Run."
Burlingame Robotics previously had an FTC team known as the Iron Kittens (Team 10336).
Marching Band[]
The Burlingame High School Marching Band plays rock, pop, and funk songs at all home football games and most home basketball games. In addition, the band marches during at least four events throughout the school year: the annual Burlingame Pet Parade in September; the annual Play-A-Thon fundraiser in October; the Holiday Lights Parade in December; and the Hillsborough Memorial Day Parade. The band also marches to rival San Mateo High School's stadium ahead of the Little Big Game when San Mateo hosts the game in odd-numbered years. The band presents its field show twice a year, often with a "dance break" in the middle of the show, and competes against the San Mateo High School Marching Band during the Little Big Game.
Theatre[]
Burlingame High School has a drama program, which puts on two productions each year: a musical in the fall and a play in the spring. The performance schedule switched to the current order in the 2013–14 school year..[citation needed]
Musicals[]
- Fall 2019 – Mamma Mia!
- Fall 2018 – Legally Blonde
- Fall 2017 – My Favorite Year
- Fall 2016 – Hello, Dolly!
- Fall 2015 – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Fall 2014 – Once Upon a Mattress
- Fall 2013 – Curtains
- Spring 2013 – The Boy Friend
- Spring 2012 – Anything Goes
- Spring 2011 — Broadway Rhythm
- Spring 2010 — She Loves Me
- Spring 2009 — Grease
- Spring 2008 — Into the Woods
- Spring 2007 — Working
- Spring 2006 — Cinderella
- Spring 2005 — A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Plays[]
- Spring 2018 — The Iliad, The Odyssey and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less
- Spring 2017 — Letters to Sala
- Spring 2016 —
- Spring 2015 — Radium Girls
- Spring 2014 — The Dining Room
- Fall 2012 — Wyrd Sisters
- Fall 2011 — Scapino
- Fall 2010 — Life in the Fast Lane
- Fall 2009 — A Cry of Players
- Fall 2008 — A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Fall 2007 — One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Fall 2006 — Inherit the Wind
- Fall 2005 —
Notable alumni and faculty[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Scott_Feldman_at_Minute_Maid_Park_in_August_2014.jpg/190px-Scott_Feldman_at_Minute_Maid_Park_in_August_2014.jpg)
- Dianna Agron, 2004 — actress in Glee; Agron was Homecoming queen[14]
- Bill Amend, 1980 — cartoonist best known for FoxTrot
- Eric Bakhtiari, 2003 — former NFL player
- Marc Benioff, 1982 — founder and co-CEO of Salesforce.com[15]
- Grant Brisbee, 1994 — baseball writer
- Jim Burke — English teacher and author of books on teaching
- Mary Crosby — actress, Dallas
- Nathaniel Crosby — golfer
- Ben Eastman – Olympic athlete, 1932 Summer Olympics; one of three Americans to hold world record in both the 400 and 800 meters; voted into Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006
- Scott Feldman, 2001 — former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Frankie Ferrari, 2014 — professional basketball player for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB and EuroCup Basketball.
- Matthew Fondy, 2007 — professional soccer forward
- Zac Grotz, 2011 — MLB pitcher, currently in the Boston Red Sox organization.
- Hannah Hart, 2004 — internet personality, best known for YouTube series My Drunk Kitchen
- Lou Harrison, 1934 — music composer, student of Arnold Schoenberg
- Howie Hawkins — political activist
- Shirley Jackson — writer
- Adam Klein, 2009 — winner of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X[16]
- Anthony Neely, 2004 — Mandopop singer in Taiwan
- Jonathan "Butch" Norton, 1976 – former drummer with the band "Eels", session musician
- Jeanne Phillips — advice columnist who writes the advice column Dear Abby
- Ed Roberts, 1959 — activist, leader in disability rights movement [17]
- Brad Schreiber — writer
- D. J. Sharabi - Olympic baseball player[18]
- Matt Sosnick — baseball agent featured in License to Deal
- Erik van Dillen — U.S. Davis Cup tennis player, 1971–75
- Mark Walen, 1980 — former NFL player
Popular culture[]
Scenes from the film Dangerous Minds were filmed on the campus of Burlingame High School in the spring of 1994.[19]
See also[]
- San Mateo County high schools
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Burlingame High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Burlingame High School". Burlingame Historical Society. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ San Bruno Herald, San Mateo Times
- ^ Sabedra, Darren, Evan Webeck, and Shayna Rubin (April 16, 2021). "High school football roundup: Deer Valley stuns Freedom, snaps 16-game losing streak". The Mercury News. MediaNews Group, Inc. Retrieved May 12, 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "America's Best High Schools 2013". Newsweek.
- ^ "Best High Schools-2013". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016.
- ^ "America's Most Challenging High Schools-National Rankings 2013". The Washington Post.
- ^ "SAT Report - 2014-15 District Level Scores". California Department of Education. Retrieved September 27, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2009 Base API School Report – Burlingame High". California Department of Education Assessment, Accountability and Awards Division. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Growth API School Report – Burlingame High". California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2018) - The Blue Alliance".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2019) - The Blue Alliance".
- ^ "Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2017) - The Blue Alliance".
- ^ Dowd, Katie (September 2, 2018). "Celebrities you might not have known lived in the Bay Area". SFGate. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ "On The Record: Marc Benioff". San Francisco Chronicle. October 8, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ Walsh, Adam (December 16, 2016). "Burlingame native wins 'Survivor': Adam Klein earns $1 million for defeating 19 others on popular reality TV show". San Mateo Daily Journal.
- ^ Brown, Steven (Winter 2000). "Zona and Ed Roberts: Twentieth Century Pioneers". Disability Studies Quarterly. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ Mollat, Nathan. "Baseball takes 2010 Burlingame graduate D.J. Sharabi to Tokyo". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Michelle Pfeiffer Acts With Class / `Dangerous Minds' uses teacher plot well - SFGate
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