Piedmont Hills High School

Public school in San Jose, California

Piedmont Hills High School is a comprehensive public four-year high school located in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose, California, US. It is part of the East Side Union High School District and in 2019 was ranked in the highest categories on the California School Dashboard, earning the top rating of "blue" for Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Graduation Rate.^[2] In 2003, it was awarded a California Distinguished School recognition and has received various awards in several aspects of its curriculum since.^[3]

The school began operation in 1965, under founding principal Gerald R. Bocciardi.

Recent history

• In 2010, the Pirates won the 2010 CCS Division I Championship for football, the first in the school's history.^[4]
• In 2011, the school's cheerleaders were required to wear sweatpants under their cheerleader skirts while attending classes; the principal considers the miniskirts "too risque" though the rule does not appear during games.^[5]
• In 2012, the school's concert choir received a Unanimous Superior at the CMEA Festival, the first in the school's history.
• In 2012, the school's vocal jazz group, the "Treblemakers", competed in and won the vocal jazz portion of Northern California Jazz Festival for a second consecutive time.
• In 2012, the girls' track & field team was the #1 CCS champion. Also became state champions and earned the second fastest time in the country ^[6]
• In 2013, the Piedmont Hills Drama Department production of "Hairspray" won Best Ensemble at the Stage's Top Honor Awards.
• In 2014, the Treblemakers competed in the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival and won a Commanding Performance rating.
• In 2014, concert choir received a Unanimous Superior from CMEA, held at Silver Creek High School.
• On March 20, 2015, a dead man in his twenties was found at the bottom of the diving pool.^[7]
• In 2015, Piedmont Hills celebrated its 50th anniversary with an all-alumni production of A Chorus Line, as well as a Homecoming Reunion.
• In 2015, the school's baseball team won the 2015 CCS Division Championship for baseball, the first in the school's history.
• In 2018, the school repaired its swimming pool.
• In 2019, the school finished its new, modern science building.

Notable alumni

• Stephen Anderson, American football player for the Houston Texans
• Ato Boldon, Olympic track medalist & World Champion^[8]
• John Coughran, professional basketball player
• Lucius Davis (born 1970), basketball player
• Faraz Jaka, professional poker player
• Steve Papin, American football player
• Rex Walters, professional basketball player and coach
• Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!^[9]

See also

• Santa Clara County high schools

References

1. "Piedmont Hills High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
2. "California School Dashboard (CA Dept of Education)". www.caschooldashboard.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
3. "California Distinguished Schools Awardees - California Distinguished Schools Program (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
4. "2010 CCS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS- DIVISION I" (PDF). CIF CCS. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
5. California Principal Says Cheerleading Miniskirts Too Risque, a September 13, 2011 Associated Press article
6. "Piedmont Hills takes first place in 4x400 relay at state finals". Piedmont Hills High School. June 23, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
7. Rubin, Ann (March 20, 2015). "Body found in San Jose high school swimming pool". KTVU. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
8. http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine see 200m 1991
9. "Jerry Yang - Piedmont Hills Class of 1986 – Inducted in 2003". East Side Union High School District Education Foundation. 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

External links

• Official website
• East Side Union High School District