Buchanan High School
File:CUST BHS.jpg
Address
1560 N. Minnewawa Clovis, California,  United States
Information
Type	Public
Opened	1991
School district	Clovis Unified School District
Principal	Ricci Ulrich
Grades	9-12
Number of students	3536
Color(s)	Red and Blue
Athletics conference	CIF Central Section
Mascot	Bears
Accreditation(s)	WASC
Newspaper	The Scribe
Website	http://bhs.cusd.com/

Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan High School, known as Buchanan High School, is a four-year public high school in Clovis, California, United States. The school is part the Buchanan Educational Center, which houses approximately 5,000 students at Garfield Elementary School (K-6), Alta Sierra Intermediate School (7-8), and Buchanan High School. The school graduated its first class in the spring of 1995, and is named after CUSD's first district superintendent, Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan, which makes Buchanan High School the only CUSD high school that does not contain "Clovis" in its name.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Test Scores and Honors 3 Athletics 4 Activities 5 Other Distinctions 6 Notable alumni 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Facilities

The school has the largest campus in CUSD.

On June 5-6, 2009, the California Interscholastic Federation held the State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High's Veterans Memorial Stadium. ^[1]

[edit] Test Scores and Honors

The school is a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School.^{[citation needed]} For the 2007-2008 school year, Buchanan High School received a score of 847 Academic Performance Index (API) rating.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Athletics

Buchanan was awarded "California Athletic High School of the Year" in 05-06.^{[citation needed]} The Bears received "Special Mention State School of the Year" by CalHiSports for their athletic success in 07-08.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Activities

The marching band has won awards and trophies in the Western Band Association and Northern California Band Association.^{[citation needed]}

The Jazz band has produced six CDs with a seventh coming this December, and has gone to the Monterey Jazz Festival in both 2007 as well as 2008.

In May 2006, all four choir groups won 1st Gold at the spring festival^{[citation needed]} and were given the prestigious Sweepstakes Award, earning the title of best high school choir on the entire West Coast that year. Similarly, in 2008 the groups placed 1st and 2nd and were duly noted for their outstanding work.

The school also has an award-winning National History Day team, an award-winning robotics team and pep & cheer squads.^{[citation needed]}

Buchanan High School is also known for its nationally recognized Space Mission simulation, titled Columbia Space. This program was started to expose students to the wonders of space, as well as to honor the crew members on the Space Shuttle Columbia. In the program, students create an entire mission, from planning experiments to training and selecting astronauts, by themselves. The Columbia Space Mission had a downlink with the International Space Station with Astronaut Greg Chamitoff.

[edit] Other Distinctions

As of August 2009, six Buchanan HS alumni have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than from any other California high school.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Jason Donald, member of the 2008 USA Baseball Team at the Beijing Summer Olympics
• Matt Giordano, professional football player, Green Bay Packers
• Rick Merlo, member of the 2008 USA Water Polo Team at the Beijing Summer Olympics
• Kevin Chappell, 2008 NCAA individual and team golf champion (UCLA),Jack Nicklaus Award winner, professional golfer.

[edit] Notes

• http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/story/755269.html
• http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/aug/HQ_08157_ISS_Educ_Downlink.html
• http://www.fresnofamous.com/content/bug-concert-buchanan-high-school-jazz-band

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/bhs/