Bear Creek High School (California)

Bear Creek High School
Address
10555 Thornton Road
Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
United States
Coordinates 38°03′04″N 121°21′08″W / 38.05108°N 121.35218°W / 38.05108; -121.35218Coordinates: 38°03′04″N 121°21′08″W / 38.05108°N 121.35218°W / 38.05108; -121.35218
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1991
School district Lodi Unified School District
Principal Hillary M. Harrell
Enrollment 1,988 (2014-15)[1]
Color(s) Blue and Silver          
Athletics Baseball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Softball, Track and Field, Volleyball, Women's/Men's WaterPolo,Men/Women's Swimming, Men/Women's Basketball, Men/Women's Golf, Tennis, Badminton
Mascot Bruin
Rival Ronald E. McNair High School
Yearbook Cornerstone Yearbook
Emblem Bear Creek Paw
Website www.bearcreek.lodiusd.net

Bear Creek High School is a high school located in north Stockton, California. It is part of Lodi Unified School District (LUSD). Current enrollment is roughly 2,000 students. Before Ronald E. McNair High School opened in 2006, Bear Creek was the newest high school in LUSD.

History

Bear Creek High School first opened for the 1991-92 school year.[2] It was the first high school from LUSD to be built in Stockton, about 10 miles from the closest LUSD high school (Tokay High School).

Serving from 1991 to 1997, Bob Vieth was the school's inaugural principal. Under his watch, Bear Creek expanded enrollment from 1,100 students to 2,100 and added an integrated math and science curricula. However, the school faced complaints from parents about poor academic performance by students of color.[2]

Controversies

The Record reported in January 2005 that some black students had been arrested for assaulting white students, in incidents near the school gym and in the boys' restroom. The report also described gang activity, gambling, and drugs as common on campus.[3]

In the 2010–11 school year, then-principal Daryl Camp caused controversy by requesting review and restriction of school newspaper The Bruin Voice before it was published monthly, a violation of California Education Code 48907. Despite the Voice having no previous reprimands from administration and winning statewide awards, Camp stated that he wanted to make sure the school is free of libel. Camp was replaced by Jesse M. Bethel High School principal Shirley McNichols after the school year.[4]

Only around a third of students attended classes on September 19, 2014, after principal Bill Atterberry emailed parents alerting of a possible terrorist threat. Atterberry wrote in his September 18 email: "This afternoon, we received a call from an upset parent who said that he was 'coming down tomorrow and it’s going to be like a Columbine situation.'"[5] The parent, Orlando Johnson, clarified that he wanted to know why his 14-year-old son had missed 30 days of school and told The Record that his exact question to school staff was: "Would you want the school to be like a Columbine, I get a phone call that my kid is dead?"[5]

In November 2017, a widely circulated cell phone video showed a Bear Creek biology teacher asking a student to leave class for being disruptive, attempting to take the student by the arm, and finally dragging the student by his backpack out of the classroom. The student's father began to seek legal recourse.[6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Bear Creek High". NCES. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Sui, Cindy (April 18, 1997). "Bear Creek principal resigns after six years". The Record. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ Dutcher, Abbie (January 16, 2005). "Fights at Bear Creek High cause worry". The Record. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Reid, Keith (May 5, 2011). "School free speech fight". The Record. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Roberts, Elizabeth (September 20, 2014). "Bear Creek threat suspect says he was trying to avoid attack". The Record. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ Filipas, Nicholas (November 3, 2017). "Video shows confrontation between Stockton student, teacher". The Record. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ Barr, Jeremy (January 8, 2015). "Meet Shani Hilton, the youthful conscience of Buzzfeed News". Politico. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ "In the clubs". The Record. May 27, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  9. ↑ Sauro, Tony (September 17, 2012). "Bear Creek grad to do free rap performance". The Record. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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