Whitney High School (Rocklin, California)
| Whitney High School | |
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| Address | |
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701 Wildcat Boulevard Rocklin, California, Placer 95675 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°50′11″N 121°17′18″W / 38.8364°N 121.2884°WCoordinates: 38°50′11″N 121°17′18″W / 38.8364°N 121.2884°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Motto | Wildcat Pride...Catch It! |
| Established | 2003 |
| Opened | 2005 |
| School district | Rocklin Unified |
| Superintendent | Roger Stock |
| Principal | Justin Cutts |
| Faculty | 175 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1900+ |
| • Grade 9 | 550 |
| • Grade 10 | 500 |
| • Grade 11 | 450 |
| • Grade 12 | 400 |
| Hours in school day | 6 hours 55 minutes (7:45 am – 2:40 pm) |
| Classrooms | 65 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Rival | Rocklin High School Lincoln High School (Lincoln, California) |
| Newspaper | The Roar |
| Yearbook | Details |
| Feeder schools |
Granite Oaks Middle School Spring View Middle School |
| Website | whs |
Whitney High School is a public school located in the southern Placer County city of Rocklin, California, a settlement in the northern Sacramento metropolitan area. Whitney is one of two high schools in Rocklin Unified School District; its counterpart is Rocklin High School. The school is the district's newest educational facility, having opened in 2005 to freshmen and sophomores; Whitney's first freshmen graduated at the end of the 2008–09 school year. That same school year, Whitney was recognized as a California Distinguished School.
The school educates its students using a modified block schedule program that alternates four periods every two days. Students are subject to eight different periods in total. Students at the school are also taught through a standard-based essential skills program, where students must demonstrate mastery of all skills deemed necessary in a class before credits can be earned; additionally, students must achieve a grade higher than C by the year's end, as scores lower than C equate to a "No mark", and the course must be retaken. As of the end of the 2009–10 school year, the high school fielded twenty-three clubs, including an award-winning school yearbook (known as Details), a school newspaper (known as the Roar), and an Emmy winning broadcast program (known as Unleashed). Whitney also ran twenty-three sports teams as of the 2008–09 school year; the football and girls' soccer teams were champions at the 2009 Sac-Joaquin Section Championships for the respective sports.
Whitney's name was a significant subject of debate, as the school's first two proposed names were associated too closely with other schools in the area. The school was initially designated Granite Ridge High School, which was deemed too similar to RUSD's Granite Oaks Middle School. It was then designated as Liberty High School, but the name was associated with the rival Lincoln High School. Rocklin Unified School District finally decided on "Whitney" in honor of Joel Parker Whitney, the man who suggested that his successful Boston businessman father, George Whitney, invest in the 1854 development of Placer County, which was then a major locale for gold-seeking Argonauts. George Whitney would later found and develop the city of Rocklin. Additional debate revolved around the school's mascot and colors; deliberation around data collected via survey from the city of Rocklin and other Rocklin Unified School District entities ultimately convinced the district administration to choose the wildcat and the colors of maroon and gold. Construction began in October 2003 with preliminary site work and underground utilities; construction of the buildings started on April 2004.
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