Bishop O'Dowd High School
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Bishop O'Dowd High School | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Established | 1951 |
President | James Childs (J.D. Childs) |
Chaplain | Fr. James Sullivan |
Faculty | 125 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1175 (2016–2017) |
Average class size | 24 |
Student to teacher ratio | 15:1 |
Campus | Urban |
Campus size | 20 acres |
Color(s) | Black and Gold |
Athletics | 15 interscholastic sports, with 57 teams, including rugby, water polo, and lacrosse as well as the traditional sports such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, and football. All students are encouraged to participate in the athletics program. |
Athletics conference | West Alameda County Conference, Foothill League |
Mascot | Dragon |
Team name | Dragons |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1] |
Newspaper | The Crozier |
Yearbook | Mitre |
School fees | $1,100 registration deposit |
Tuition | $16,790 (2016–2017) |
Alumni | More than 13,000 |
Website | bishopodowd |
Bishop O'Dowd High School is a
History
Bishop O’Dowd High School is named in memory of the former Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Bishop
Bishop O'Dowd's first senior class graduated in 1955, and since then O'Dowd has had over 12,000 graduates.[2]
In June 2010, O’Dowd successfully completed a three-year, $9 million comprehensive fundraising campaign and funds raised were split about evenly between capital development and program enhancement. Funds contributed to renovation of many elements of the classroom buildings — from floors to ceilings, interior and exterior, every classroom, lab and locker, from ventilation to technology infrastructure.
Athletics
In 2015, the men's basketball team won the CIF Open Division Championship and the women's team won the Division III CIF State Championship. The men's team was led by Ivan Rabb, the no. 8 player in the country.[3] As of 2015, O'Dowd's basketball team was ranked 13th nationally.[4]
Programs and extracurricular activities
- 21 AP courses
- 10 Honor Courses
- Athletics: 61 teams, 16 sports
- 4 musical groups
- Student clubs: 40+
- Students spend a minimum of 100 hours in community service by graduation
- Center for Environmental Studies (a building)
- The Living Lab – a 4.857 1/2 acre student-built vegetable and botanical garden
Awards
Bishop O'Dowd High School was recognized as a
Alumni
- The Matches, pop-punk band
- Alijah Vera-Tucker, football player
- Tarik Glenn, football player
- Jevon Holland, football player
- Jasmine Guillory, novelist
- Maya Harris, lawyer & writer
- Meena Harris, lawyer and author
- Ivan Rabb, basketball player
- Kevin King, football player
- Brian Shaw, basketball player
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, musician and filmmaker
- Michael A. Goorjian, actor & filmmaker
- Kirk Morrison, football linebacker & radio analyst
- Brandon Ashley, basketball player
- Tyson Ross, baseball player
- Langston Walker, football player
- Grady Livingston, college basketball player
- Jeff Kobernus, baseball player
- Dennis Montali, bankruptcy judge
- Meghan Kalkstein, broadcast journalist
- Sean Aaberg, comics artist
- Burl Toler III, football player
- Ryan Drese, baseball player
- Eric Bjornson, football player
- Alexi Pappas, runner, filmmaker, actor, & author
- Luis Scott-Vargas, game designer and member of the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame
- Johnnie Bryant, basketball coach[6]
Footnotes
- ^ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Educatius | Bishop ODowd High School". Educatius. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "aisia-robertson". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Bishop O'Dowd claims state title with OT victory". 29 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ http://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/1982_2015_nbrs_schools.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Alum of the Month – August". 27 July 2017.