Leland High School (San Jose, California)

Leland High School
Address
6677 Camden Ave
San Jose, California 95120
United States
Coordinates 37°13′02″N 121°50′40″W / 37.217136°N 121.844326°W / 37.217136; -121.844326Coordinates: 37°13′02″N 121°50′40″W / 37.217136°N 121.844326°W / 37.217136; -121.844326
Information
Type Public
Established 1967
School district San Jose Unified School District
Principal Peter Park [1][2]
Faculty 71.56 (on FTE basis)[3]
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Enrollment 1,784 (2016-17)[4]
Student to teacher ratio 24.93[3]
Color(s)               
Navy blue, Columbia blue, Gold[5]
Mascot Chargers
Information (408) 535-6290
Website www.sjusd.org/leland/index.html

Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California, in the San Jose Unified School District.

Awards and recognition

Leland has won accolades for its speech and debate team,[6] and more recently their FIRST Robotics team.[7]

During the 2004–05 school year, Leland High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[8] the highest award an American school can receive.[9]

In 2014, Leland was ranked number 20 in the United States for high standardized test scores between 2012-2014.[10] Newsweek ranked Leland High School 54th in the nation.[11]

Notable alumni and staff

The Leland High School Quad.

References

  1. ↑ School, Leland High. "Staff Directory -Staff Directory - School Information - Leland High School". sjusd.org. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Leland High School Community Letter" (PDF). San Jose Unified School District. June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018. San José Unified School District is proud to announce the appointment of Peter Park as the new Principal of Leland High School effective July 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Leland High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Leland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Leland's Start". Leland Parent Club. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ Carbone Lewis, Jeanne (March 23, 2006). "Leland's award-winning speech, debate team talks fund-raising". Almaden Times Weekly. Times Media, Inc. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Baum, Julia (May 2, 2017). "Leland High team aces international robotics contest". The Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  9. ↑ "CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department" Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve." "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  10. ↑ "High Schools With Highest SAT Scores". Business Insider. January 21, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "America's Top High Schools 2014". Newsweek. 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (May 6, 2014). "Steve Beitashour wants to play for Iran in World Cup". Los Angeles Times.
  13. ↑ Stranzl, Frank (March 31, 2010). "Beitashour a Hometown Hero". San Jose Earthquakes website. Major League Soccer. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Sports shorts: Leland to honor alum Steven Beitashour Jan. 15". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ "All-Mercury News baseball from the 1990s - Varsity Extra". mercurynews.com. May 20, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Jason Hardtke Baseball Statistics [1990-2001]". www.thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Jerry Hsu Biography". Emerica Skate. January 3, 2008. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  18. ↑ "2005 Hall of Fame inductee biographies". San Jose Sports Authority. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  19. 1 2 "Leland High honors its own with Pat Tillman Legacy Classic". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Low Takes Oath as Newest Assemblymember for 28th District - Assemblymember Evan Low Representing the 28th California Assembly District". asmdc.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Silicon Valley 40 under 40: Evan Low, city of Campbell". Silicon Valley Business Journal. December 13, 2013.
  22. ↑ "The wrath of Leland | After School". Blogs at San Jose Mercury News. January 11, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  23. ↑ Rodriguez, Joe (May 8, 2011). "Art matters, but art students matter more". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Steven L. Smith: NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency". Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, NASA. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  25. ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Steven L. Smith 8/98". Spaceacts.com. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  26. ↑ Knight, Dennis (November 4, 2004). "Pregame Ceremony to Honor Local Hero". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved November 8, 2007. When Pat Tillman was a freshman at Leland High School, he didn't make the varsity baseball team, despite being one of the best players his age in the South Bay.
  27. ↑ "Reggie Smith". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  28. ↑ Knight, Dennis (April 2, 2009). "All-Mercury News basketball teams dating back to 1960". Varsity Extra – San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
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