San Bernardino High School Explained

San Bernardino High School
Coordinates:34.1311°N -117.2948°W
Motto:"The Very Best"
Streetaddress:1850 North E Street
County:(San Bernardino County)
Country:USA
Zipcode:92405
Established:1891
Principal:Anna Sosa
Founders:David B. Sturges
Noble A. Richardson
Ceeb:052797
Grades:9th-12th
Nickname:Cardinals[1]
Students:1,593 (2018-19)[2]
Yearbook:Tyro Annual
Newspaper:Tyro Times
Ratio:20.16
Teaching Staff:79.01 (FTE)

San Bernardino High School (SBHS) is an American public high school and city located at 1850 North E Street within San Bernardino, California and a member of the San Bernardino City Unified School District. SBHS was granted charter as a city in 1963, under the name Cardinal City after the school's mascot, the Cardinal. SBHS is the oldest high school in the City of San Bernardino.

History

San Bernardino High School was officially established when residents of the San Bernardino, California approved a $60,000 bond for construction of a high school in 1891.[3] Construction of a three-story building at the southwest corner of Eighth and E Streets was completed in 1892 and received state accreditation in 1893 as San Bernardino Polytechnic High School.[3] In 1915, after enrollment had exceeded 400 students, a new campus was built consisting of five main buildings.[4]

In 1963, California Governor Edmund G. Brown granted the SBHS a city charter under the name Cardinal City.[5]

Academics

San Bernardino High School has a wide range of academic classes with regular 'College Prep', 'Honors' and Advanced Placement classes.The school offers the AVID program as well. SBHS has exemplary Mock Trail,Academic Decathlon. numerous SBHS students are members of National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Quill and Scroll Journalism Honors Society, International Thespian Honors Society and the National Art Honors Society.

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home - San Bernardino High School. 28 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for San Bernardino High. nces.ed.gov. 2018-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090329/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=063417005384. 2018-02-19. live.
  3. Web site: Sturges: The Man and The Monuments. Thompson. Richard D.. History. City of San Bernardino. 6 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061647/https://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/about/history/sturges_the_man_and_the_monuments.asp. 7 January 2018. live.
  4. Book: Shaw, Stephen. San Bernardino. January 9, 2008. Arcadia Publishing. 978-0738555812. 67.
  5. Book: School Activities and the Library. 35-36. 1963. American Library Association. 215–16.
  6. Web site: Bryon Russell returns to San Bernardino High for basketball clinic . 20 September 2014 .
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908210026/http://www.profootballarchives.com/bass01350coach.html . 2015-09-08 . live .