Homestead High School (HHS) is an American comprehensive high school serving western Cupertino, western Sunnyvale, and portions of southern Los Altos, in Santa Clara County, California. Opened in 1962, the school serves 2,270 students in grades 9 to 12 as part of the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD). In 2003 and 2009 the California Department of Education recognized Homestead as a California Distinguished School, and in 2004, the Federa...
more
Homestead High School (HHS) is an American comprehensive high school serving western Cupertino, western Sunnyvale, and portions of southern Los Altos, in Santa Clara County, California. Opened in 1962, the school serves 2,270 students in grades 9 to 12 as part of the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD). In 2003 and 2009 the California Department of Education recognized Homestead as a California Distinguished School, and in 2004, the Federal Department of Education recognized Homestead as a Blue Ribbon School.
Homestead High School has played an important role in the development of Silicon Valley. During the late 1960s and 1970s, the school was a haven for students interested in electronics and the emerging computer age. The school’s electronics class is considered as seminal as Frederick Terman's program at Stanford University. During this period, the electronics teacher, John McCollum, created a hands-on classroom in which students like Stephen Wozniak learned while designing,...
less
