Santa Ana High School
| Santa Ana High School | |
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| Address | |
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520 W. Walnut St. , California United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Once a Saint, Always A Saint! |
| Established | 1889 |
| School district | Santa Ana Unified School District |
| Principal | Jeff Bishop |
| Teaching staff | 117.19 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,057 (2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 26.09[1] |
| Color(s) | Red, White, Columbian Blue |
| Mascot | Sammy & Sally Saint |
| Website | Santa Ana HS |
Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States.[2] The school was established in 1889.[3]
Notable alumni[]
- Original members of the surf band The Chantays
- Barry Asher, professional bowler
- Tony Baxter former senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, and Journey Into Imagination.
- Billy Bean, played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game.[4]
- Tony Bellamy Guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love"
- Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five
- Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete
- John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, Associate Director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD
- Gerald P. Carr, astronaut
- Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six time National League baseball home run champion in the 1910s
- Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals
- Clancy Edwards sprinter
- Derek Fleming, featured Soul Train Dancer 1980-1993
- Diane Keaton, actress
- Greg Louganis Olympic Gold Medal Diver, LBGT Activist, called "The greatest American diver in olympic history."
- Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo
- Gilbert Melendez, 2-time California State All-American wrestler;[5] professional Mixed Martial Artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC Lightweight contender[6]
- Donn Moomaw, football player, minister[7]
- Chuck Smith class of 1945 founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa[8][9][circular reference]
- Milt Smith (1919-2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles[10]
- William Cameron Townsend, prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary and founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International)
- Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist.
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Santa Ana High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "Overview". Santa Ana High School. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ https://www.sausd.us/Page/40310
- ^ https://www.nationalpastime.com/site/index.php?action=baseball_team_search&baseball_team=All+Teams&fact_Month=04&fact_Day=25
- ^ "Gilbert Melendez Santa Ana High School wrestler". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Gilbert Melendez UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ Donn Moomaw at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ https://www.calvarychapelcostamesa.com/
- ^ Chuck Smith (pastor)#Early life and career
- ^ "Football Tabs: Smith to Back Up Woody Strode". Klamath Falls Evening Herald. September 14, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 13 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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Coordinates: 33°44′40″N 117°52′21″W / 33.744513°N 117.872432°W
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Categories:
- Educational institutions established in 1889
- High schools in Santa Ana, California
- Public high schools in California
- 1889 establishments in California