Yuba City High School
Location
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850 B Street
Yuba City, California
Coordinates39°07′47″N 121°37′22″W / 39.1298°N 121.6228°W / 39.1298; -121.6228
Information
TypePublic
School districtYuba City Unified School District
PrincipalCylas Olsen
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,851 (2021-22)[1]
Color(s)Brown and gold
   
MascotHonker
Information(530) 674-4900
Elevation55 ft (17 m) AMSL
Websiteychs.ycusd.k12.ca.us
Yuba City High School is home of the Honkers

Yuba City High School is a public secondary school in Yuba City, California. It had roughly 3,000 students before River Valley High School opened in 2005. The school colors are brown and gold. Its mascot is the "Honker", a nickname for Canada geese.

Athletics

Yuba City High School's athletic program used to compete in Division I of the Sac-Joaquin Section as a member of the Sierra Foothill League (until 1970), North Metro League (1970–76), Delta League (1976–1998, 2000–02), Capital Athletic League (1998–2000) and Metro Conference (2002–06). However, with the opening of River Valley High School, Yuba City's enrollment split in half and the Honkers moved to the Division III Tri-County Conference in fall 2006. Yuba City began competing in the Capital Valley Conference beginning in fall 2018.

Fall sports
American football, girls' tennis, girls' volleyball, girls' field hockey, cross country, girls' golf

Winter sports
Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, boys' soccer, girls' soccer

Spring sports
Boys' baseball, boys' golf, boys' tennis, softball, swimming, diving, track & field, competitive stunt cheer

Mel Good

Every December, Yuba City High School hosts a basketball tournament called the Mel Good Holiday Classic, which is one of the biggest tournaments in Northern California. Teams from all over Northern California come to the school and are hosted by YCHS students.

Music

Yuba City High School has a marching and concert band, full orchestra and chorus. The Yuba City High School marching band was renamed the "Brown and Gold Brigade" in 2009. After school, students are invited to participate in Pep Band, Jazz Band and Winter Percussion.[2]

Clubs and organizations

Clubs

The following clubs are active as of the 2023-24 fall semester:

Art Club, Associated Student Body (ASB), ASL Club, Black Student Union (BSU), Brown and Gold Brigade, Brown Mob, Ceramics Club, Color Guard Club, Deeper Into God (DIG), Educational Tutoring Club, Environmental Club, Film Club, Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA), German Club, Honkers Helping, Interact Club, Japanese Culture Club, Key Club, Military Club, Punjabi Club, Say Love, Sikh Honors Service Society (SHSS), Spanish Honors Society, Smash Bros Club, Students Learning About Medicine (SLAM), YC Swifties Club

Yuba City High School bus tragedy

Main article: Yuba City bus disaster

In the late morning on May 21, 1976, a bus with the school's choir veered off the Marina Vista/Martinez Exit off-ramp from southbound Highway 680 (now Exit 56 of Interstate 680), and fell approximately 30 feet (9 m), landing on its roof and collapsing inwards.[3] One teacher and 27 students died,[4] leaving 24 survivors out of 52 passengers on the bus.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Yuba City High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Home - Home of Brown and Gold Brigade". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  3. ^ "Smash kills 26". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. May 21, 1976. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Like a bad dream". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. May 22, 1976. p. 1.
  5. ^ Denny, Isabel (17 July 2008). Ten Moments that Shook the Sports World. Skyhorse. ISBN 9781628730159.

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