San Gabriel High School

San Gabriel High School
Address
801 South Ramona Street San Gabriel , California 91776 United States
Coordinates	34.09270°N 118.10968°W / 34.09270; -118.10968
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Carpe Bos Cornu
Established	1955 (1955)
Principal	Jocelyn Castro[2]
Staff	79.06 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,814 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.94[1]
Color(s)	Royal Blue and Crimson Red
Athletics conference	Almont League CIF Southern Section
Mascot	Gabriel the Bull
Team name	Matadors
Newspaper	The Matador
Yearbook	El Camino Real
Website	www.sghsmatadors.org

San Gabriel High School (SGHS) is a public high school located in Los Angeles County, California and operated by the Alhambra Unified School District. It is almost entirely in the city limits of Alhambra, with a small portion and the school's address in the city limits of San Gabriel.^[1][3][4]

It traditionally served students residing in San Gabriel although the balance was shifted in 1994 when San Gabriel Unified School District separated itself from Alhambra Unified. Upon separation, SGUSD opened Gabrielino High School to serve its students.^{[citation needed]} San Gabriel High School now serves students from portions of Alhambra, San Gabriel, and Rosemead.^[4][5]

History

San Gabriel High School first opened its doors in September 1955. It has been open with a couple of new buildings being built since then.^[6]

Principals

• Arthur H. Kruger (1955–1971)
• R. Reed Channell (1971–1975)
• Elizabeth C. Luttrell (1975–1977)
• Jack B. Mount (1977–1996)
• Linda Marryott (1996–1998)
• Barbara Randolph (1998–2000)
• Alex Ayala (2000–2004)
• Marsha Gilbert (2004–2007)
• Jim Schofield (2007–2015)
• Debbie Stone (2015-2024)
• Jocelyn Castro (2024 - Present)

Assistant principals

• Jesse Toribio, Assistant Principal of Counseling
• Khevin Devaughn, Assistant Principal of Student Support Services
• Rene Regalado, Assistant Principal of Instruction
• Shaun Thomas, Assistant Principal of Business and Activities^[6]

Academics

Students of San Gabriel High should complete 220 credits in order to graduate. San Gabriel offers 15 Advanced Placement (AP) courses including: English language, English literature, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, World History, US History, American Government, Chemistry, Biology, Physics 1, Psychology, Spanish language, Chinese language, and Art History.^[7]

San Gabriel High School has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges—for the first time in 1966 and most recently in 2022, for a fixed term after each evaluation.^[8]

Athletics

Cross country

The San Gabriel Cross Country team took 4th in State in 1991, led by a Cross Country champion, Angel Martinez.

School demographics

The school has 2,429 students and 76 full-time teachers. The ethnic composition of San Gabriel High School is 57.1% Asian, 41% Hispanic, 1% White, 1% Two or More Races, 0.2% African American, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.^[9]

1988 hostage incident

Jeffrey Lyne Cox, a senior at San Gabriel High School, took an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to school on April 26, 1988, and held a humanities class of about 60 students hostage for over 30 minutes. Cox held the gun to one student when the teacher doubted Cox would cause harm and stated that he would prove it to her. At that time three students escaped out a rear door and were fired upon. Cox was later tackled and disarmed by another student. A friend of Cox's told the press that Cox had been inspired by the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking and by the Stephen King novel Rage,^[10] which Cox had read over and over again and with which he strongly identified.^[11] After the jury deadlocked, Cox pleaded no contest to charges of kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon—both of which are felony offences.^[12] He was sentenced to five years in prison.^[13]

Notable alumni

John Grabow

• Roy Conli, Academy Award winning producer
• George Dyer, football coach
• Bill Fisk, football coach
• John Grabow, MLB pitcher^[14]
• Felicia Hano, artistic gymnast
• David Henry Hwang, dramatist^[15]
• Candy Johnson, singer and dancer
• Mike Krukow, MLB pitcher, commentator^[16]
• Steve Martini, legal thriller author
• Sylvia Mosqueda, Distance Runner
• C. Rob Orr, All-American/Pan Am Games medalist-swimmer; coach

References

1. "San Gabriel High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
2. "San Gabriel High". California Department of Education. March 25, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
3. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Alhambra city, CA (Sbeet 1)" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 6, 2015. See also: General Land Use Map (City of Alhambra)
   "General Plan Land Use Map". City of San Gabriel. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
4. "High School Zoning Map" (PDF). Alhambra Unified School District. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
5. "Zoning Map" (PDF). City of Rosemead. October 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
6. "San Gabriel High School". Sghsmatadors.org. December 31, 1999. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
7. "San Gabriel High School". www.sghsmatadors.org. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
8. "Directory of Schools" (PDF). Accrediting Commission for Schools Western Association of Schools and Colleges. 2019–2020. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
9. "San Gabriel High School in San Gabriel, CA". US News Best High Schools. February 20, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
10. "Hijack Tied to Teen Classroom Siege". The Press-Courier. Oxnard. Associated Press. April 27, 1988.
11. Katz, Jesse (January 14, 1990). "A High School Gunman's Days of Rage". Los Angeles Times.
12. "Youth Pleads No Contest in Hostage Incident". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1990. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
13. "Youth Who Took Class Hostage Gets 5 Years". Los Angeles Times. April 7, 1990. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
14. "John Grabow Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com". Retrieved August 3, 2023.
15. "Collections:David Henry Hwang". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 23, 2011.
16. "Mike Krukow Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com". Retrieved August 3, 2023.

External links

• San Gabriel High School Official Site
• San Gabriel High School Alumni Assn.
• Alhambra Unified School District Web Site
• San Gabriel High School Reunion Site^{[dead link‍]}