Foothill High School (Palo Cedro, California) Explained

Foothill High School
Established:1991
Type:Public Secondary
Principal:Kevin Greene
Teaching Staff:55.65 (FTE)[1]
Ratio:25.21
Enrollment:1,326 (2023–24)[2]
Grades:912
Streetaddress:9733 Deschutes Road
City:Palo Cedro
State:CA
Country:USA
District:Shasta Union High School District
Campus:Rural
Mascot:Cougar
Free Label:Emblem

Foothill High School is a 4-year public high school in the Shasta Union High School District in California, serving grades 9–12. It serves a wide area from northeastern portions of Redding to the west to Shingletown to the east, including Millville, Bella Vista, Oak Run, Whitmore, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, and Big Bend. The school opened in 1991 in a temporary location in Redding and moved in 1999 to a newly built campus in Palo Cedro.[3]

Academics

Foothill offers honors or AP courses in English, earth and space science, math, and geography.[4] The API score for the 2008–2009 school year was 820.

The school's band director, Mitch Bahr, was named a California State Teacher of the Year in 2016.[5]

Notable Alumni

References

  1. Web site: Foothill High. National Center for Education Statistics. June 7, 2020.
  2. https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/details.aspx?cds=45701364530044 "School Profile details: Foothill High"
  3. https://www.suhsd.net/Board/Our-History/index.html "Our History"
  4. https://www.foothillcougars.com/documents/Academics/Instagram-Post-Freshman-Honors-and-AP-Flyer-Size.jpg "Freshman Honors and AP"
  5. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/ct/catoy2016.asp "California Teachers of the Year Awardees 2016"
  6. Web site: Shulman . Alayna . What this Foothill High School yearbook shows about Megan Rapinoe . 2024-03-26 . Record Searchlight . en-US.

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