Harbor High School (California)

Harbor High School is a high school located in Santa Cruz, California, with roughly 950 members of its student body. The mascot, Petey the Pirate, sports the school colors of green and gold.[2][3][4]

Harbor High School
Address
300 La Fonda Avenue

Santa Cruz
,
California
95062

United States of America
Information
Established1968
PrincipalTracey Runeare
Teaching staff40.38 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Age range13-19
Enrollment842 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.85[1]
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Color(s)  Green
  Gold
MascotPirate
RivalsSanta Cruz High Soquel High School
TuitionPublic
Websitehh.sccs.net

Arts Programs

Harbor High is well known for its variety of arts programs.[5] The school's theater department offers a student-directed play and musical each year, amassing over 100 participants in total. Until 2018, the Harbor High Drama department was run by Cathy Warner, who had taught and directed for three decades. Harbor High School has an award-winning music program that boasts over 120 members and offers band, varsity band, and their prestigious jazz ensemble. Harbor High also hosts Escapade, a local dance group also run by students.[6]

Sports

Harbor competes in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League alongside Santa Cruz High School, Scotts Valley High School, Soquel High School, San Lorenzo Valley High School and Aptos High School.

The school has somewhat of a notorious history with football, winning its first varsity game since 2008 on August 31, 2019.[7] Harbor lost the Monterey Bay League Championship in 1973 in a close battle with Monterey High School under coaches Claude Sharp, assistants Bob Enzweiler, Bob Nicolaisen and Larry McCook.

Perhaps the greatest Harbor Dynasty was that of Girls' Soccer who won 9 CCS Championships in 14 years under head coach Gerald Pleasant who retired in 2004. The Harbor High School boys' swim team has won 26 SCCAL Championships in the 40 years that the school has been open. In 2021, the boys' varsity soccer team won the CCS championship against Carmel.

Recently Harbor has made great strides in surf competitions, even getting an article on the National Surf League Website.

The Conch

As Harbor and Santa Cruz are the only two teams within the City of Santa Cruz, the Pirates and Cardinals annually compete for the City Championship in football represented by a large Conch Shell trophy. Beginning in 2004, Harbor won the Shell 3 consecutive times. Santa Cruz has won the last 2 games. 2004: Santa Cruz 21, Harbor 23; 2005: Harbor 35, Santa Cruz 15; 2006: Santa Cruz 6, Harbor 28; 2007: Harbor 0, Santa Cruz 49; 2008: Santa Cruz 27, Harbor 14. As of the 2012 season Harbor holds the Conch until 2015.

Notable alumni

Georgia

See also

References
  1. "Harbor High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  2. "Harbor High School". harborhigh.org. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. "Harbor High School". yelp.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. "Harbor High School". education.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. "Visual and Performing Arts".
  6. "School Accountability Report Card" (PDF). Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  7. "2019 2020 Harbor High Daily Bulletin". Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. "Santa Cruz"s Oliver "Tree" Nickell has reached the ears of world from his laptop". 18 December 2013.
  9. "Santa Cruz native Tom Urbani, 54, a former MLB pitcher who coached youth baseball, dies". Santa Cruz Sentinel. September 29, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.

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