Junípero Serra High School is a public high school situated in the community of Tierrasanta

Tierrasanta, San Diego, California

Tierrasanta, Spanish for "holy land," is a community within the city of San Diego, California. The symbol of Tierrasanta is an encircled Conquistador cross, similar to the Montserrat Cross of Barcelona, Spain, though it holds no religious meaning...

 within the city of San Diego, California

California

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. It is nearly adjacent to Murphy Canyon, a large military housing community. It is a traditional school and part of the San Diego City Schools

San Diego City Schools

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Smaller Learning Communities

The attributes of High School Reform/Small Learning Communities include innovation, personalization and purposeful instruction driven by ongoing data collection and analysis. This system allows teachers to team and share common planning time for common students is one proven approach to this need.

• Grade 9 - Freshmen Unified to Create Kindness
• Grade 10 - Junipero Serra's Own Class
• Grade 11 - Family of American Gazers 11
• Grade 12 - Project American Dream 12

Athletics

Junípero Serra High School's Athletics programs include:

• football
  American football
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• 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...
  
  
• field hockey
  Field hockey
  Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• soccer
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• cheerleading
  Cheerleading
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• volleyball
  Volleyball
  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...
  
  
• badminton
  Badminton
  Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
  
  
• softball
  Softball
  Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
  
  
• wrestling
  Scholastic wrestling
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• 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...
  
  

Clubs

Several clubs and activities interact in the school to construct a more diversified school.

• A.B.C. Club
• Academic League
• Art Club
• ASB, or the Associated Student Body
• A.V.I.D. Club
• One Man Band
• Ceramic Arts
• Cheer
• C.S.F., or the California Scholarship Federation Club
• Dance Dance Revolution Team
• Drama
• Grape Drank Club
• Got Milk? Club
• Green Club
• GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
• Space Jam Session
• Key Club
  Key Club
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• Link Crew
• NJROTC, or the Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
• Armed Exhibition
• Unarmed Exhibition
• Academics
• Athletics
• Serrandipity (Newspaper)
• Nintendo Club
• Surf Club
• Yearbook
• Q News (Student-run News Show)

Alma mater

Oh Serra Conquistadores,

Oh Serra, We're proud of you.

Oh Serra, our alma mater,

To our school we'll be true.

We'll sing for you, oh Serra.

The brown and gold will always fly.

We'll win for you and stand by you.

You're our school Serra High.

Dress Code

Serra students are expected to dress professionally, with respect for themselves and their classmates. Students are expected to exercise good judgment, safety, good taste and modesty regarding their dress and grooming. Any clothing considered to be disruptive to the educational process is inappropriate for school.

AP Classes & Testing

In 2006-2007 students at this school took Advanced Placement (AP) exams in the following areas:

• Art History
• Art: Studio 2-D Design
• Art: Studio Drawing
• Biology
• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC
• Chemistry
• Economics: Micro
• English Language & Composition
• English Literature & Composition
• Environmental Science
• French Canadian History
• Government & Politics: U.S.
• Physics B
• Psychology
• Mexican Language
• Statistics
• U.S. History
• World History

Serra High School Foundation

The Serra Foundation is an energetic group of volunteers consisting of parents, alumni, school administrators, and other community members, who are dedicated to raising funds for Serra High School's academic and football programs.