Mission Bay High School

Mission Bay High School (MBHS)
Location
2475 Grand Av San Diego , California 92109 U.S.
Information
Type	Public, Magnet
Motto	Pride, Dignity and Excellence, in everything we do.
Established	1953
Principal	Eric Brown
Number of students	1,175 (2019–20)[1]
Color(s)
Mascot	Buccaneer
Team name	Buccaneers
Newspaper	The Beachcomber
Yearbook	Jostens
District	San Diego Unified School District
Website	Mission Bay High School Home Page

Mission Bay High School (MBHS), is a public high school located in the San Diego, California community of Pacific Beach. It is a magnet school with emphasis on Academic Studies. In Fall 2006, Mission Bay introduced International Baccalaureate courses that students could take to help them get their I.B. diploma.

The Mission Bay High jazz program is home to the Award-winning and touring Mission Bay Preservationists, as well as the Mission Bay Mambo Orchestra, the only youth-Latin big band in California. The music program also includes a concert band, string orchestra, full-size symphonic orchestra, swing and concert choirs, and the aforementioned 2 jazz-bands. The music program has been taught by ^[2] since 2006, becoming Mission Bay High's music educator after a 2-year hiatus from 2004-2006.

The racial make-up of Mission Bay High is American Indian - 13 (1%), Asian - 174 (10%), Black - 242 (14%,) Hispanic - 876 (52%), White - 369 (22%). Approximately 83% of the school is bused from other parts of San Diego such as Logan Heights, Sherman, Shell Town, Mount Hope, Lincoln Park, Valencia Park, Encanto, Skyline, Paradise Hills, City Heights, and Scripps Ranch.

Notable alumni[]

• Adia Barnes, basketball player and coach, holder of national high school record for blocks and all-time scoring and rebounding record for the University of Arizona, now head coach of the Arizona Wildcats
• Jean Marc Barr, French-American actor
• Dillon Baxter, USC football player
• Matt Bush, baseball player, pitcher for the Texas Rangers, No. 1 overall pick of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft
• Ron Bushy, drummer for the band Iron Butterfly^{[citation needed]}
• Amir Derakh (originally Amir Davidson), guitarist with bands Rough Cutt, Orgy, Dead by Sunrise, and Julien-K
• Boogie Ellis, basketball player with the Memphis Tigers and USC Trojans men's basketball
• Arian Foster, collegiate football star for the Tennessee Volunteers, running back for the NFL’s Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins
• Skip Frye, legendary surfboard shaper, world-class professional surfer
• Mike Fuentes, drummer of Pierce the Veil
• Vic Fuentes, singer and guitarist of Pierce the Veil
• Rosie Hamlin, singer, Rosie and the Originals
• Mike Houghton, selected 2002 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, attended the San Diego State University
• Charles Jock, Track and Field Olympian, 2012 NCAA D1 Champion 800m
• Tawny Kitaen, actress (attended, but did not graduate)
• Jeanne Lenhart, senior Olympian, amateur volleyball player, senior pageant winner
• Matt Maslowski, former NFL player with the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears
• Casey Nicholaw, Broadway director, choreographer and actor
• Jason Parker, UFL player, California Redwoods
• Kevin Reese, Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees
• Betsy Russell, film and television actress
• Richard R. Schrock, chemist and Nobel laureate
• Pat Shea, former NFL player
• Joel Skinner, Major League Baseball player and coach of the Cleveland Indians
• Marcus Smith, former NFL player
• Karen Hantze Susman, Wimbledon champion
• Tom Warren, 1979 Ironman champion, businessman
• Frank Zappa, musician (attended, but did not graduate)

See also[]

• Primary and secondary schools in San Diego, California

References[]

• Mission Bay Jazz Band Website

External links[]

• Mission Bay High School

Coordinates: 32°48′01″N 117°13′24″W / 32.8003°N 117.2233°W / 32.8003; -117.2233