Amador High School
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| name = Amador High School
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| address = 330 Spanish Street
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| city = Sutter Creek
| state = California
| zipcode = 95685
| country = United States
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| district = Amador County Unified School District
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| principal = Butch Wagner
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| administrator = Julie Riffel
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| enrollment = 702 (as of 2022–2023)
| faculty = 33.52 FTEs
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| national_ranking = 1747 (2016-17)
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| average_class_size = 27
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| type = Public high school
| grades = 9-12
| age_range = 13-18
| language = English
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| hours_in_day = 7 hours, 45 minutes
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| athletics_conference = Mother Lode League
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| fight_song = "On to Victory"
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| rival = Argonaut High School
| mascot = Buffalo
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| team_name = The Thundering Herd
| nickname = Amador
| colors = Dark Blue, White, and Gray {{color box|navy}}{{color box|white}}{{color box|gray}}
| yearbook = "The Skip"
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| newspaper = "Herd This"
| established = 1911
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| status = Open
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| feeder_schools = Ione Junior High School, Jackson Junior High School
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| free_label1 = Mascot Name
| free_text1 = Buckingham "Bucky" Amador Buffalo
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| free_text2 = Amador High School Marching and Concert Band
| website = {{URL|https://amadorhs.amadorcoe.org/}}
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Amador High School, located in Sutter Creek, California, is one of two public high schools in Amador County. Originally known as "Amador County High School" at its inception in 1911, the school's name changed to "Sutter Creek Union High School" in 1916, reverting to "Amador County High School" in 1949, at the request of that year's graduating class. In 1984, upon completion of the merger of three school districts in the county, the name was changed to "Amador High School".Amador High School Yearbook, "The Skip", 1989
As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 638 students and 31.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 20.2:1. There were 177 students (27.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 14 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&InstName=amador&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=060245008786= School data for Amador High School], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 15, 2024.
Academics
California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Amador High School had an API growth score of 791 in 2009. Amador High School's 2009 base score was 788, however the school did not meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. Amador High School made AYP in 2009.
School statistics
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| Subject
! Amador HS ! Other CA Schools |
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| English/Language Arts
| 58% | 41% |
| Geometry
| 42% | 24% |
| US History
| 38% | 38% |
| Biology
| 51% | 36% |
| Science
| 32% | 35% |
Athletics
Amador High School is home of the Buffaloes (Thundering Herd). They are part of the Mother Lode League and a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (Sac-Joaquin Section).
In September 2022, shortly after the beginning of a game, the Amador County Unified School District cancelled all of the school's scheduled varsity football games, including the one then in progress, due to the discovery of a group chat with "racial overtones" involving a majority of the team,{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Joe |title=Amador High football season canceled amid investigation into players' racist chat thread |url=https://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/article266406366.html |access-date=September 29, 2022 |date=September 27, 2022}} ending the team's entire 2022–2023 season with the cancelled games scored as forfeit.{{cite news |last1=Massimino |first1=Dominic |title=Amador High canceling its football season amid texting scandal sends shock waves through MLL |url=https://www.uniondemocrat.com/sports/article_20948f16-3eb9-11ed-a1d3-5fad13fd2a30.html |access-date=September 29, 2022 |work=The Union Democrat |date=September 27, 2022 |language=en}} The matter was turned over to an independent investigator, with some allegations referred to law enforcement.
Rivalry with Argonaut
Known as the "Cross-County Clash",{{Cite web |url=http://ledger-dispatch.com/sports/sportsview.asp?c=262768 |title=Ledger Dispatch: Big Game is tonight as Amador visits Argonaut. November 13, 2009 |access-date=January 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100105003655/http://ledger-dispatch.com/sports/sportsview.asp?c=262768 |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |url-status=live }} the towns of Sutter Creek and Jackson have watched Argonaut High School & Amador High School face off in athletics for more than 100 years. In football, both teams play for the coveted "Rotary Bell",[http://www.ledger.news/in_the_game/to-the-victor-goes-the-bell/article_b3f2651c-a9fe-11e7-90c9-af9e9a8e939f.html Ledger Dispatch: To the victor goes the bell. Oct 6, 2017 .][https://www.jacksonrotary.org/photoalbums/the-rotary-club-of-jackson-s-big-game-bell-trophy THE ROTARY CLUB OF JACKSON'S BIG GAME BELL TROPHY] which remains in the possession of the winning team for a full year. Students previously participated by defacing the other school's property, but in recent years police have succeeded in controlling the vandalism. The town of Sutter Creek supports Amador during sports seasons by displaying the school's colors along Main Street.
Theater
Amador High School Drama, Performing Arts and Publications is headed by theater teacher Giles Turner (who has held the position since 1967).{{cite web |last1=Schaap |first1=Caitlyn |title=Alumni Come Together to Celebrate Teacher's Impact |url=http://www.ledger.news/news/local_news/alumni-come-together-to-celebrate-teacher-s-impact/article_c1d0ea6c-ac9d-11e8-aadf-7bd2197249d2.html |website=Ledger Dispatch |accessdate=November 23, 2018}}
In 2013, the school's theater was renamed The Giles Turner Performing Arts Center, in honor of Turner's 50th year in the teaching profession. Later in 2018, Turner was again commemorated with a celebration held by former students in honor of his 50th year teaching theater at Amador; in order to continue his legacy, a theater scholarship, the Giles Turner Alumni fund, was set up to provide financial aid to those who wish to continue to study theater.
Notable alumni
- Tory Bruno Class of 1979 - Aerospace Executive and Rocket Scientist. CEO of United Launch Alliance
- Rich Cellini Class of 1988 - Play-by-Play Announcer and Professor at University of San Francisco's Sports Management Program{{Cite web |last=Knittel |first=Jonathan |date=2019-01-04 |title=Amador grad talks the talk |url=https://www.ledger.news/in_the_game/amador-grad-talks-the-talk/article_ea9807c2-0f8b-11e9-887a-a356883b3e1d.html |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Ledger Dispatch |language=en}}
- Enver Gjokaj: Actor
- John Vukovich: Major League Baseball player, manager, coach
References
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External links
- [https://amadorhs.amadorcoe.org/ Amador High School]
- [https://sites.google.com/acusd.org/amador-high Amador High School student and parent site]
- [http://leagues.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1006003 Amador Jr. Buffalos Football & Cheer]
- [http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/amador-buffaloes-(sutter-creek,ca)/home.htm Amador High School sports: Maxpreps]
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