San Mateo High School is an American National Blue Ribbon comprehensive four-year public high school in San Mateo, California serving grades 9–12 as part of the San Mateo Union High School District.
San Mateo High School continues the "Tradition of Excellence" that first started in 1902 and strives to create a unique campus life for all of the students and staff, which remains different from any other high school in the San Mateo Union High School District. There are many programs that define SMHS: the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Curriculum, Biotechnology Training Facility, Choir Instruction, Dance Instruction, Drama Production, Marching Band, Music Department, Renaissance Leadership, and Student Government are just a few of those offered at San Mateo High.
Read more about San Mateo High School: History, Campus, Grades, Academic Reputation, Notable Alumni, See Also
Famous quotes containing the words san, high and/or school:
“It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“By a high star our course is set,
Our end is Life. Put out to sea.”
—Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
“School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are declared undesirable elsewhere by the simple fact that a school has been built to serve them.”
—Ivan Illich (b. 1926)