Berkeley High School is the only public high school in Berkeley, California. It is located one long block west of Shattuck Avenue and three short blocks south of University Avenue in Downtown Berkeley, and is recognized as a Berkeley landmark. Berkeley High School has a current student enrollment of 3,329 in 2008-2009 school year from California school data website, drawn from a city of about 106,000 residents from Berkeley and is second largest ...
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Berkeley High School is the only public high school in Berkeley, California. It is located one long block west of Shattuck Avenue and three short blocks south of University Avenue in Downtown Berkeley, and is recognized as a Berkeley landmark. Berkeley High School has a current student enrollment of 3,329 in 2008-2009 school year from California school data website, drawn from a city of about 106,000 residents from Berkeley and is second largest and most populous high school in Northern California second only to James Logan High School in *Union City. The school mascot is the Yellowjacket.
The first public high school classes in Berkeley were held at the Kellogg Primary School located at Oxford and Center Streets adjacent to the campus of the University of California. It opened in 1880 and the first high school graduation occurred in 1884. In 1895, the first high school annual was published entitled the Crimson and Gold (changed to Olla Podrida by 1899.)
In 1900, the citizens of...
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