Amador High School
| Amador High School | |
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| Location | |
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Sutter Creek, California, Amador County 95685 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38.39813°N 120.81094°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Title I Public |
| Established | 1911 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Amador County Unified School District |
| School number | (209) 257-7300 |
| Administrator | Julie Riffel |
| Principal | Jared Critchfield |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Age range | 13-18 |
| Number of students | 760 |
| Average class size | 27 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 7 hours, 45 minutes |
| Campus | Amador High School |
| Campus type | Closed |
| Color(s) | Dark Blue, White, and Pink |
| Fight song | "On to Victory" |
| Athletics conference | Mother Lode League |
| Mascot | Buffalos |
| Nickname | Amador |
| Team name | The Thundering Herd |
| Rival | Argonaut High School |
| National ranking | 1027 (2012-2013 School Year) |
| Newspaper | "Herd This" |
| Yearbook | "The Skip" |
| Feeder schools | Ione Junior High School, Jackson Junior High School |
| Mascot Name | Buckingham "Bucky" Amador Buffalo |
| Band | Amador High School Marching and Concert Band |
| Website | AHS Homepage |
Amador High School, located in Sutter Creek, California, is one of two high schools in Amador County. It is a public school that serves about 800 students in grades 9-12. Originally known as "Amador County High School" at its inception in 1911, the school's name changed to "Sutter Creek Union High School" in 1916, reverting to "Amador County High School" in 1949, at the request of that year's graduating class. In 1984, upon completion of the merger of three school districts in the county, the name was changed to "Amador High School".
California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Amador High School had an API growth score of 791 in 2009. Amador High School's 2009 base score was 788, however the school did not meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. Amador High School made AYP in 2009.
Scores on the California Standards Test follow:
Amador High School is home of the Buffalos (Thundering Herd). They are part of the Mother Lode League and a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (Sac-Joaquin Section).
Amador High School is well known for their superior Girls Soccer program. Since its inception in 1998, the Amador Girls Soccer program has amassed 13 league championships. The Amador Girls Soccer program has campaigned its way to four consecutive years of league championships, in both Varsity and Junior Varsity squads, (2012,2013,2014,2015) and has 2 CIF Section Championships in both division 6 in 2013 and division 5 in 2015. Amador also offers many other sports, such as football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, and swimming. Throughout the 1980s they had the most successful track and field program in the Mother Lode League with at times over 70 athletes participating on one team. The schools pee-wee football & cheer team is called the "Amador Jr. Buffaloes". Current UC Davis Football Defensive Assistant Brian Bellotti was a member of the Amador High School Football Team from 2001 to 2003. In 2011, the boys basketball team made it to the Sac-Joaquin Section Championships, held at Arco Arena. The team unfortunately did not win, but became the runner-up. Amador's Girl Cross Country won the Sac-Joaquin Sections in 2012-2013, and continued on to State. Amador also has a stellar football program led by Bill Baker. He has produced multiple winning seasons as well as playoff appearances in the past few years. After losing in the 1st round 3 years in a row, some of the Amador players have decided to change up the tradition of 'facing the house' and now face the hill in all warm ups. In 2016, Coach Bill Baker lead the Thundering Herd to win the CIF Division 6 Sectional Championship.
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