San Dimas High School

History

San Dimas High School was opened in 1970 to serve the growing population of San Dimas, California. A distinctive bell tower was built on campus in 1980 to create an icon for the main quad. The bell tower houses the bell from the original San Dimas Elementary School and is rung each time a team wins a CIF Championship. The bell tower was refurbished in 2011 with a wider base to support the structure. Each year the school plays their cross town rivals, Bonita High School, in the Smudge Pot Bowl football game. The winner of the game takes home a silver smudge pot reminiscent of the area's citrus growing history.

Honors

San Dimas High School has been named a California Distinguished School three times, most recently in 2009. It has been on Newsweek Magazine's list of "America's Best High Schools," most recently in 2010. The Animation Program received a Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association in 2007.

Advanced Placement courses

San Dimas High School offers 16 Advanced Placement (AP) Courses along with a variety of honors and accelerated courses:

• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP English Language
• AP English Literature
• AP Environmental Science
• AP French Language
• AP Music Theory
• AP Psychology
• AP Physics
• AP Spanish Language
• AP Statistics
• AP Studio Art
• AP United States Government
• AP United States History
• AP World History

Athletics

San Dimas High School plays in the Valle Vista League. San Dimas Saint Football won the CIF Southern Section Division Mid-Valley (XI)(Section) Champion for 2009 by defeating Monrovia High School 12–7 at Citrus College on December 12, 2009. San Dimas Saint Baseball won the CIF Southern Section Division Champion for 2009 on June 5, 2009 at Angel Stadium.

In popular culture

The title characters of the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure attend San Dimas High School. A history project to be completed in front of the whole school drives the plot of the film. A line from another student's presentation, "San Dimas High School Football Rules!" has entered popular culture, such as the title of a song from the 1999 album Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits by The Ataris.

Notable alumni

• Bruce Thompson (1971), former California State Assembly member
• Bobby Rose (1985), former MLB infielder
• D. J. Hackett (1999), former NFL wide receiver
• Jamie Dantzscher (2000), artistic gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist
• Chris Pettit (2002), former MLB outfielder
• J. J. Spaun (2008), PGA Tour golfer
• Jimmy Lambert (2012), former MLB pitcher
• Peter Lambert (2015), former MLB pitcher
• Ally Lemos (2022), soccer player for the Orlando Pride
• Decker DeGraaf (2024 - transferred), tight end for the Washington Huskies

References

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