American High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located in Fremont, California. It is one of five public high schools within the Fremont Unified School District. The school receives its students through the American High School attendance area boundary set by the district. It was a California Distinguished School from 2005 to 2009.
The school opened in 1972 as an open campus with 9th, 10th and 11th graders under Principal Joseph Tranchina...
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American High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located in Fremont, California. It is one of five public high schools within the Fremont Unified School District. The school receives its students through the American High School attendance area boundary set by the district. It was a California Distinguished School from 2005 to 2009.
The school opened in 1972 as an open campus with 9th, 10th and 11th graders under Principal Joseph Tranchina. The Class of 1974 was the school's first graduating class, and the Class of 1976 was the first four-year class.
On November 16, 1973 at approximately 3:00am fire broke out in the Faculty Commons, gutting the facility and necessitating its reconstruction. Two former students were later arrested for starting the fire.
The student population at the end of the 2004-2005 school year was 1,981 students. In previous school years, 2003–2004, 2002–2003, 2001–2002, the school’s population has been 1,868, 1,692, and 1,586 respectively. A few years...
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