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Gunn High School
Location
780 Arastradero Road Palo Alto, CA 94306 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1964
Principal	Noreen Likins
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Timmy the Titan
Website	Official Website

Henry M. Gunn High School is one of two public high schools in Palo Alto, California. Gunn High School is a four-year high school with a current enrollment of 1,907 students.^[1] The Class of 1966 was the first class to graduate from Gunn High School.^[2] The academic year has two semesters with 240 minutes of weekly instruction for every class. The school's schedule operates on a rotating bell schedule with classes assigned to lettered "periods" from A through G.

Established in 1964, Gunn High School was named after the late Henry M. Gunn (1898-1988), who served as the Palo Alto superintendent from 1950 to 1961. In 1964, the Palo Alto Unified School District announced it would name the district's third high school after him.

The ethnic and racial makeup of the 2007-08 student population is American Indian or Alaska Native - 0.1%, Asian - 32.9%, Pacific Islander - 0.4%, Filipino - 0.8%, Hispanic or Latino - 5.3%, African American - 1.7%, White - 48.6%, Multiple or no response - 10.1%. Males make up 51.0% and females make up 49.0%. ^[3]

The mascot of the school is Timmy the Titan.^[4] The student newspaper is The Oracle, part of the High School National Ad Network. The internal student-run television news show is the Titan Broadcast Network.

Contents 1 Academic reputation 2 Robotics Team 3 Notable alumni 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Academic reputation

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U.S. News & World Report rated Gunn High School 66^th in 2007, 74^th in 2008.^[5] Newsweek rated Gunn High School 114^th in 2008.^[6]

The average SAT score for Gunn seniors hovers around 1200-1300 on the former 1600 scale with a 1293 average for the class of 2007, and 1307 average for the class of 2008.^[7]

Education in mathematics and computer sciences is particularly strong. In 2004, 5 students qualified for the USAMO out of around 250 nationally, and during the 2004-2005 school year 5 out of the approximately 35 American students in the Gold Division of the USACO were from Gunn.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, 2 students qualified for the USAMO. In 2006, 5 students qualified. In 2007, 4 students qualified. In 2008, 7 students qualified. In 2009, 8 students qualified

[edit] Robotics Team

The acclaimed^[8][9] Gunn Robotics Team (GRT), established in 1997 and advised by teacher and former NASA employee Bill Dunbar, has consistently placed in the top 25 at the FIRST Robotics Competition. It is also the only FIRST Robotics team to have won the national animation award three times, in 1997, 2006, and 2009^[10].

[edit] Notable alumni

• Zoe Lofgren, class of 1966 — member, U. S. Congress House of Representatives
• Pete Snyder, class of 1970 — Coach of U. C. Santa Barbara NCAA 1979 National water polo team
• Stanley Jordan, class of 1977 — jazz guitarist
• George Packer, class of 1978 — author
• David Leavitt, class of 1979 — author of Family Dancing and The Lost Language of Cranes
• Stephan Jenkins, class of 1983 — lead singer for Third Eye Blind
• Jessica Yu, class of 1983 — director of Academy Award winning short documentary for Best Documentary in a Short Subject for the film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
• Steve Almond, class of 1984 — author
• Rick Porras, class of 1984 — co-producer on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• Matt Flynn, class of 1988 — Grammy Award-winning drummer of Maroon 5, as well as former drummer of the The B-52's
• Shemar Moore, class of 1988 — actor, formerly of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently the CBS drama Criminal Minds, as well as the former host of Soul Train
• Anne Wojcicki, class of 1991 — businesswoman, founder of 23andMe, wife of Google founder Sergey Brin
• Brett Simon, class of 1992 — director of Assassination of a High School President
• Trip Adler, class of 2002 — CEO and co-founder of the document-sharing website Scribd
• Mehdi Ballouchy, class of 2002 — professional soccer player
• Andrew Jacobson, class of 2003 — professional soccer player
• Matt Marquess, class of 2004 — professional soccer player

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gunn High School website
• Gunn Alumni Site
• The Oracle, student-run newspaper
• Gunn Auto Tech
• Gunn High School's The Partisan Review, student-run political magazine patterned after the now-defunct Partisan Review
• Gunn Robotics Team
• Gunn Web Design Club's New Gunn Site

Coordinates: 37°23′56″N 122°07′59″W / 37.399°N 122.133°W / 37.399; -122.133