| Redwood High School | |
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395 Doherty Drive , California United States | |
| Coordinates | 37°56′17″N122°31′27″W / 37.93806°N 122.52417°W /37.93806; -122.52417 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Tamalpais Union High School District |
| School code | CEEB 051361 |
| Principal | Barnaby Payne |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1,801 (2023-24)[1] |
| • Grade 9 | 432 |
| • Grade 10 | 461 |
| • Grade 11 | 432 |
| • Grade 12 | 476 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Red & Grey |
| Athletics conference | North Coast Section (NCS), Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) |
| Mascot | "Big Red" (Giant) |
| Team name | Giants |
| Rival | Marin Catholic High School |
| Newspaper | Redwood Bark |
| Yearbook | The Log |
| Feeder schools | Del Mar Middle School Hall Middle School Kent Middle School Ross Middle School |
| Website | redwood.tamdistrict.org |
37°56′17″N122°31′27″W / 37.93806°N 122.52417°W /37.93806; -122.52417[2]Redwood High School is a public secondary school located in the city ofLarkspur, California, United States, approximately 19 miles (31 km) north ofSan Francisco. Redwood High is part of theTamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD). The school serves the cities ofBelvedere,Corte Madera,Greenbrae,Kentfield,Larkspur,Ross, andTiburon.[3]
The school houses the TUHSD headquarters.[4][5][6]
By 1957, the school age population of the Tamalpais Union High School District had grown too large forTamalpais High School andArchie Williams High School to accommodate. With the pressure of students coming in from elementary schools fromSausalito toBelvedere toRoss, voters chose to create a new school, and chosen for its site was the marshy area that extended east from the centrally located town of Larkspur toU.S. Route 101, an area that townspeople had called "the slough" since Larkspur was settled. The importance ofwetlands was not yet widely appreciated (this was the era right beforeSave the Bay was founded), and the land was seen as "waste." Beginning in early 1957, a large section of the marsh was flattened and filled, two roads were cut through from Magnolia Avenue out to the new school, and school buildings were constructed, along with a playing field and parking lot.
The school opened its doors in 1958. The first students who were to attend the new high school chose the name of the newspaper and sports teams: the Giants became their mascot in reference to the nearbyredwood trees. School publications followed the tree theme: the Bark became the school's newspaper, and the Log the school's yearbook. The colors red and gray were a source of much contention, but were finally accepted.
On September 11, 2008, Redwood was recognized by the federalBlue Ribbon Schools Program.[7]The school has received theCalifornia Distinguished Schoolaward three times (1990, 1996, and 2003).[8]
Redwood High School is set at the foot ofMount Tamalpais on a 63.88-acre campus which has 81 classrooms, a library, theater, swimming pool, and athletics fields. The original campus was opened in 1958, with additions to the main building made over the next few years. Redwood's main school building (an original; see above) contains approximately 80 classrooms, theBessie Chin Library, four labs, and the theater. Other buildings on the campus contain industrial technology areas; photography, ceramics, and graphic arts studios; band room; and a cafeteria. Other sports and performance facilities include a large gymnasium and smaller gym, a 40-meter swimming pool, tennis courts, a track, athletic fields, and an outdoor amphitheater.
Between 2002 and 2006, Redwood High School undertook major modernization as part of a $121 million facilities bond measure approved by the Tam District voters. Approximately $40 million was spent to remodel classrooms, refurbish the gymnasium, tennis courts, and theater, and install new athletics fields. In 2007–2008 Redwood again rebuilt the often flooded parking lot. During the 2008–2009 school year, a new small gymnasium was constructed, the 40-meter pool was built, and new tennis courts laid. During the summer of 2011, an experimental classroom space was created to allow teachers the opportunity to explore new technologies, classroom management, and instructional strategies.
In the spring of 2006, Redwood art students created a 40-foot mural of the Marin County countryside. The mural was created on an exterior wall of the cafeteria.[9]
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