Extracurricular Activities
Newark Memorial competes 12 or more boys' sports and 10 or more for girls. The school is in the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL), in the Bay Shore Conference, North Coast Section, of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The six other schools in the MVAL are James Logan High School, in Union City, and the five public high schools in Fremont: American, John F. Kennedy, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Washington.
Since 1983, five Newark Memorial coaches have received NCS Honor Coach Awards: Sheri Boots, 1983, softball; Dennis Frese, 1986, girls' basketball; Jay Guerin, 1987, golf; Vance Wahlberg, 1989, and Paul Weiss, 2001, badminton.
The High School also has very successful Drama and Choir programs. In recent years, the school has staged such productions as Les Misérables, Chicago, Aida, Urinetown, Beauty and the Beast, Assassins, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, and The Wiz. The successful Choir (Cougar Chords) has come in first place in various competitions across the country over the past 10 years. They also have the all women's show choir, The Memorial Melodies, which is quite new, but successful as well.
In addition to a the choir program, Newark Memorial's band program, Audie Tatum. The Newark Memorial symphonic band has performed during the Newark Days parade in Newark, the Double-Ten Parade in San Francisco, and in the Oracle Arena for a Newark Cougars game.
Newark Memorial also holds an annual cultural program known as HATS, which stands for Hands Across Time & Space (originally stood for Have A Tolerant Spirit), and is conducted in March. It aims to allow students to display their culture in a creative way and learn about others. HATS is characterized by a series of cultural dances, performed by various clubs such as: Afghan Club, ASL, BSU, FSU, Indo-American, MECHA, Polynesian, PSA and Cougar Fusion. At the beginning of each HATS assembly, students in a "Language Line" recite a specific phrase in their native language. The meaning of the phrase usually urges others to accept all the cultures of the world. Gail Stevens, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at Newark Memorial, hosts the program. Newark Memorial also has a Ballet Folklorico that has been in existence for over 10 years.
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