Campolindo High School
Encyclopedia
Campolindo High School is a public high school located in Moraga, California
, and is in the Acalanes Union High School District
. Campolindo offers an advanced education system in the Acalanes School District, with particular emphasis on its participation in the Advanced Placement Program
.
In 2003, Campolindo ranked 490th in Newsweek
's top high schools, and top ten of California high schools. In 2009, Campolindo ranked 86th in Newsweek
s top high schools.
, men's football, men's basketball
, men's baseball
, men's/women's cross country
, men's/women's track and field
, men's/women's swimming
and diving
, men's/women's soccer
and Men's Volleyball.
Men's Fall Sports: Football
, Water Polo
, and Cross Country
Men's Winter Sports: Basketball, Soccer, and Wrestling
Men's Spring Sports: Ultimate Frisbee Baseball
, Golf
, Swimming, Diving, Tennis
, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Lacrosse
Women's Fall Sports: Water Polo, Cross Country, Golf, Volleyball, and Tennis
Women's Winter Sports: Basketball and Soccer
Women's Spring Sports: Softball, Swimming, Diving, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee and Lacrosse
in the neighboring town of Orinda
. Students often wear t-shirts saying "Stomp the Mats" (Miramonte's mascot is the Matador, or Mat for short).
The Soda Center is the annual host of:
Because it has one of the few 50 meter pools in the area, the Soda Center is also frequently used for USA Swimming
swim meets.
The diving tank was used during the filming of the science television program Mythbusters
to test the myths "Underwater Car and "Breathing Through a Tire".
The center replaced a large blacktop area which was known by students as the "backlot", where some students (sometimes called "backlotters") would congregate in large numbers during breaks to smoke and socialize.
show on May 17, 1969. A poorly recorded portion of this exists and circulates among traders of Grateful Dead Live shows.
The spring of 1969 also included a show by Santana a few months before they performed at Woodstock (with the Grateful Dead) and their first album that fall. B.B. King also performed in concert there in 1969. Other notables of that era that came to Campolindo were The Joy of Cooking and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
The cafeteria was also the location of notable early concert by the Dead Kennedys
, on the evening of December 19, 1978. The band, who had just made their first appearance 5 months earlier, performed under the pseudonym of "The Creamsicles". The DKs were preceded by a set by The Zeros and openers The Liars, a punk-pop band from Berkeley. The concert, promoted as "The Whittler's Ball", was produced by a group of Campolindo students. A recording exists of the concert.
From 1990 to 1992, a student band named Code Blue, featuring Sub Pop
and Brushfire Records
recording artist Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave
) and Beluga Heights record label founder and hip-hop record producer JR Rotem, often performed at lunchtime.
In October 1984 Eddie Money made an impromptu visit during the Campolindo Homecoming Dance. He jumped up on stage and performed "Shakin'" to the delight of all those in attendance.
Moraga, California
Moraga is a suburban incorporated town located in Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is named in honor of Joaquin Moraga, whose grandfather was José Joaquin Moraga, second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza...
, and is in the Acalanes Union High School District
Acalanes Union High School District
Acalanes Union High School District is a public high school district in southwest/central Contra Costa County in California. It currently has four schools: Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Campolindo High School in Moraga, Las Lomas High School in...
. Campolindo offers an advanced education system in the Acalanes School District, with particular emphasis on its participation in the Advanced Placement Program
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
.
In 2003, Campolindo ranked 490th in Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
's top high schools, and top ten of California high schools. In 2009, Campolindo ranked 86th in Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
s top high schools.
Athletics
Campolindo has been a strong school for sports. The Cougars play in Division III, and have programs in women's volleyballVolleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, men's football, men's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, men's baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, men's/women's cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, men's/women's track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, men's/women's swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, men's/women's soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and Men's Volleyball.
Men's Fall Sports: Football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, and Cross Country
Men's Winter Sports: Basketball, Soccer, and Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
Men's Spring Sports: Ultimate Frisbee Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Swimming, Diving, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
Women's Fall Sports: Water Polo, Cross Country, Golf, Volleyball, and Tennis
Women's Winter Sports: Basketball and Soccer
Women's Spring Sports: Softball, Swimming, Diving, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee and Lacrosse
Notable alumni
- Matt BiondiMatt BiondiMatthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals...
, 11-time Olympic medal winner in swimming. - Rajiv ChandrasekaranRajiv ChandrasekaranRajiv Chandrasekaran is an Indian-American journalist. He is currently the National Editor of The Washington Post, where he has worked since 1994...
, Author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone", contributor MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
"Hardball with Chris MatthewsHardball with Chris MatthewsHardball with Chris Matthews is a talk show on MSNBC, broadcast weekdays at 5 and 7 PM hosted by Chris Matthews. It originally aired on now-defunct America's Talking and later CNBC. The current title was derived from a book Matthews wrote in 1988, Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told by One Who...
" and "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and National Editor, Washington Post. - Paul FariesPaul FariesPaul Tyrrell Faries is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman. He played during four seasons at the major league level for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Padres in the 23rd round of the amateur draft...
, pro baseball player with the San Diego PadresSan Diego PadresThe San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
(1990–92) and San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
(1993). - Penny Flame, screen name of Jennifer Ketcham, American (former) pornographic film and reality tv star
- Hans FlorineHans FlorineHans Florine is an American rock climber, who together with Yuji Hirayama previously held the Speed Climb World Record for climbing The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2:37:05; 2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds set on October 12, 2008...
, rock climber, X-Games gold medalist. - Walter William (Chip) Hale III, pro baseball player with the Minnesota TwinsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
(1989–1990, 1993–1996) and Los Angeles DodgersLos Angeles DodgersThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
(1997), currently 3rd base coach of New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
. - Aaron PoredaAaron PoredaAaron Andermon Poreda is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball....
(2004), major league pitcher drafted by the Chicago White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
in the first round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft2007 Major League Baseball DraftThe 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, and was held on June 7 and June 8, 2007...
, and traded to the San Diego PadresSan Diego PadresThe San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times... - Stephen RobinsonStephen RobinsonStephen Kern Robinson is a NASA astronaut. He was born October 26, 1955, in Sacramento, California.He enjoys flying, antique aircraft, swimming, canoeing, hiking, music, art, and stereo photography. He plays lead guitar in Max Q, a rock and roll band...
, Astronaut - Peter RoccaPeter RoccaPeter Rocca is a former international backstroke swimmer from the United States. Peter broke onto the international swimming scene winning two gold medals in the Men's Backstroke events at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico...
, Olympic swimmer. - Jonathan RotemJonathan Rotem- Early life :Rotem was born in South Africa to Israeli immigrant Jewish parents. He moved to Toronto at the age of two and finally to Moraga, California when he was twelve.Rotem's entry point into music was in receiving classical piano tuition at a young age...
, Producer - Carey SchuelerCarey SchuelerCarey Schueler is the daughter of former Chicago White Sox General Manager Ron Schueler. She was the first woman ever drafted by a Major League Baseball team when the White Sox picked the 18-year old left-handed pitcher in the 43rd round of the 1993 MLB draft.Up until that time she had been a...
, the first woman ever drafted by a Major League Baseball team. - Zach Schwartz, AKA Zach Rogue, Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
recording artist and founder of the band Rogue WaveRogue Wave (band)Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, , and headed by Zach Schwartz who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was Out of the Shadow which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004...
. - Jeff StevensJeff StevensJeffrey Allen Stevens is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He was originally selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft...
, professional baseball player with the Chicago Cubs, US Olympic bronze medalist - Peter Turre, (1975) Drummer, Ray Charles
- Kim VandenbergKim VandenbergKimberly Vandenberg is an American swimmer. She was part of the bronze medal winning team of the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also won a silver medal at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in the 200 m butterfly....
, member of USA Swimming National TeamUSA SwimmingUSA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams which officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the...
, won silver medalSilver medalA silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
in 2007 FINA World Aquatics Championships in MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia, won bronze medal for the women's 4 × 200 meter free relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics - Peter VarellasPeter VarellasPeter Varellas is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....
, member of the 2008 Men's Olympic Water Polo Team, won silver medal at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - John VasicekJohn VasicekJohn Vasicek is an American filmmaker. His debut film, Voyeur", was selected for the 2007 Sonoma film festival. His 2010 script, Rhodes to Love, is being developed for a Spring 2012 production...
, founder More Fire Films; son of Oldrich VasicekOldrich VasicekOldrich Alfons Vasicek a Czech mathematician, received his master's degree in math from the Czech Technical University, 1964, and a doctorate in probability theory from Charles University four years later.... - Jon ZuberJon ZuberJon Edward Zuber is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1996 and 1998. He also played one season in Japan for the Yokohama BayStars in 2001...
, played for Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
during the 1990s.
Rivalries
The school's main rival is Miramonte High SchoolMiramonte High School
Miramonte High School is a public high school located in Orinda, California. It is part of the Acalanes Union High School District, which has a college preparatory program, with 15 Advanced Placement courses offered. Over 98% of its graduates go on to college. 320 students graduated in 2005, with...
in the neighboring town of Orinda
Orinda, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Orinda had a population of 17,643. The population density was 1,389.5 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Orinda was 14,533 White, 149 African American, 22 Native American, 2,016 Asian, 24 Pacific Islander, 122 from other races, and...
. Students often wear t-shirts saying "Stomp the Mats" (Miramonte's mascot is the Matador, or Mat for short).
Soda Aquatic Center
The Soda Aquatic Center opened to the public in 1999 and has three pools: a 3.5 feet (1.1 m) pool, a diving well 10 to 13 feet (4 m) deep with two 1-meter springboards and two 3-meter springboards, and a competition pool. The 50 meter by 25 yards (22.9 m) competition pool is considered to be one of the fastest pools in the country.The Soda Center is the annual host of:
- The Water Polo Premier League
- The Orinda Moraga Pool Association's Swimming Championship Meet
- The DFAL Swimming and Diving Championship Meet
Because it has one of the few 50 meter pools in the area, the Soda Center is also frequently used for USA Swimming
USA Swimming
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams which officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the...
swim meets.
The diving tank was used during the filming of the science television program Mythbusters
MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...
to test the myths "Underwater Car and "Breathing Through a Tire".
The center replaced a large blacktop area which was known by students as the "backlot", where some students (sometimes called "backlotters") would congregate in large numbers during breaks to smoke and socialize.
Music History
The Campolindo High School gymnasium was the location of a Grateful DeadGrateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
show on May 17, 1969. A poorly recorded portion of this exists and circulates among traders of Grateful Dead Live shows.
The spring of 1969 also included a show by Santana a few months before they performed at Woodstock (with the Grateful Dead) and their first album that fall. B.B. King also performed in concert there in 1969. Other notables of that era that came to Campolindo were The Joy of Cooking and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
The cafeteria was also the location of notable early concert by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....
, on the evening of December 19, 1978. The band, who had just made their first appearance 5 months earlier, performed under the pseudonym of "The Creamsicles". The DKs were preceded by a set by The Zeros and openers The Liars, a punk-pop band from Berkeley. The concert, promoted as "The Whittler's Ball", was produced by a group of Campolindo students. A recording exists of the concert.
From 1990 to 1992, a student band named Code Blue, featuring Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
and Brushfire Records
Brushfire Records
Brushfire Records is a Haleiwa, Hawaii based record label owned by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. The label, formerly known as The Moonshine Conspiracy Records, was originally made to release soundtracks for Woodshed Films, a surfing movie production owned by Jack Johnson, Emmett Malloy, and...
recording artist Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave
Rogue Wave (band)
Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, , and headed by Zach Schwartz who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was Out of the Shadow which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004...
) and Beluga Heights record label founder and hip-hop record producer JR Rotem, often performed at lunchtime.
In October 1984 Eddie Money made an impromptu visit during the Campolindo Homecoming Dance. He jumped up on stage and performed "Shakin'" to the delight of all those in attendance.
External links
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- Campolindo High School parent reviews
- Acalanes Union High School District
- Campolindo Choral Department
- Women's Volleyball
- Track and Field
- Cross Country
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Men's Basketball
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