Clovis High School (Clovis, California)

Clovis High School
Address
1055 Fowler Ave. Clovis, CA, Fresno County 93611 United States
Information
Established	1899
School district	Clovis Unified School District
Principal	Denver Stairs
Grades	9th - 12th
Enrollment	2,500+
Color(s)	Blue, Gold
Mascot	Cougar
Newspaper	The Cougar's Growl
Feeder schools	Clark Intermediate School
Website	Clovis High School

Clovis High School is a four-year high school founded in 1899. The school is located at 1055 Fowler Avenue in Clovis, California.

From the book, Images of an Age: "Community members tried unsuccessfully to form a high school district as early as 1889. At the time, families sent their sons to Santa Clara or Stockton to schools beyond eighth grade. Daughters went to San Jose, if they went at all. Then, on June 6, 1899, Lee Beal, a Jefferson Colony Farmer, and John Rutledge, a Clovis millman, led seven school districts to join in formation of one high school district. Each of the seven elected one trustee to the board. The school was named Clovis High School, although it was the union of Red Banks, Jefferson Colony, Garfield Colony, Mississippi Settlement, Wolters Colony, Temperance Colony, and Clovis.

Continuing: "Seventeen high school students enrolled in classes at the Clovis school. Louis K. Webb, principal and teacher, received $120 per month. Estelle Kellogg joined the staff in September. Two students, Emory Reyburn and R.E.L. Browne, graduated in the first class of 1902. A separate Clovis High School was financed by bonds in 1903, east of the railroad track between Fourth and Fifth Streets. It was replaced in 1918."

In 1920, Clovis High School moved into new facilities on Fifth Street built by William Weeks. The High School remained in that building until 1969, when it moved to its current facilities on Fowler Avenue. The building on Fifth Street gradually fell into a state of disrepair, despite its historical significance for the Clovis Community. This unique building had churrigueresque arches which were patterned after the detailed baroque architecture of Spain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These arches were taken down by State mandate after the 1952 Kern County earthquake for safety reasons. In 1995, San Joaquin College of Law met with city leaders and negotiated a deal to bring the Law School, which was founded in 1969, to Clovis from its Fresno site. This resulted in a multimillion-dollar renovation which not only preserved the historic exterior of the building, but also preserved and reclaimed many of its unique and historic interior features.

In the 2006–07 school year, Clovis High School had an enrollment of 2,518, which has probably increased, and an average class size between 22 and 33 people.

The graduation rate in 2005–06 was 94.4%.

The current Clovis High campus opened in 1969. Clovis High has a library media center, choir and lecture halls, and a drama room built like a small black-box theater. Clovis High School has two gymnasiums, tennis courts (resurfaced in 2007), an aquatics center, baseball field (Merriman Field), and Lamonica Stadium, which is shared with Clovis East High School. Clovis High's Aquatics Center was dedicated to former coach and teacher Jim Coiner on November 5, 2008.

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