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Adrian C. Wilcox High School is a public school located in Santa Clara, California. It is one of three high schools serving those living within the boundaries of the Santa Clara Unified School District. (Previously there were four high schools in the district. See below.) The school is named after Adrian C. Wilcox, who served on the Santa Clara Union High School Board of Trustees for over 30 years. Wilcox was first accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1966 and is accredited through 2009. In April 2005, Wilcox officially became a California Distinguished School.

History

Construction of the school began in the late 1950s. The school was named for the ranking member of the Santa Clara Union High School Board of Trustees, Adrian C. Wilcox. The school opened its doors in the fall of 1961 to what became its first graduating class, the class of 1964, which entered as sophomores. The first graduating class to attend Wilcox for all four years was the Class of 1965.

The student body was split when Marian A. Peterson High School opened in the district and then later recombined when Peterson and Buchser High School's name was converted into middle schools. At that time, the student body voted to change the name of the mascot, newspaper, and yearbook, along with the school colors, to be more inclusive of the new students. The original mascot for Wilcox was The Warrior, the school colors were green and gold, the newspaper was The War Chants, and the yearbook was The Promethean. The original school song ("All Hail Our Alma Mater") and fight song ("Fight On Wilcox") are still in use today.Шаблон:Citation needed

In February 2005, the Mission City Center for the Performing Arts, a building constructed adjacent to the school and across Calabazas Creek from the main campus, opened.

Student life

Extracurriculars

The school newspaper is known as The Scribe and usually publishes seven issues per year. The school yearbook is known as The Phoenix.

Extracurricular groups include a marching band (known as the Black and Gold Regime), orchestra, drill team (Chargerettes), cheerleaders (Spirit Squad), a theatre club (Wilcox Stage Company), color guard, a dance team, a debate team, and a choir.

The school has a winterguard, which is solo colorguard, and a winter percussion program. Students can join sports teams, including soccer, basketball, and football.

Class colors

Each class is designated a class color. The colors for the 2023–2024 school year are:

Class of	Standing	Color
2027	Freshman	Blue
2026	Sophomore	Red
2025	Junior	Yellow
2024	Senior	Green

The colors are on a four-year rotation, with the color of the graduating seniors being handed off to the following year's freshmen. For example, after the class of 2023's graduation, the incoming freshman of the 2023–2024 school year, or the class of 2027, received their class color of blue.Шаблон:Cn

The colors are primarily used during the annual battle of the classes, known as Fantastics.

Associated Student Body (ASB)

Homecoming and Fantastics are organized by the Associated Student Body (ASB) and the four class councils. The Wilcox ASB is composed of 17 students, including 13 officers and 4 class presidents. They are in charge of dances, rallies, and school-wide events. Every March, students run to be on ASB.

Each year has its own class council, consisting of nine members. The class president is also part of ASB. Much like ASB, students run for election to class councils. Class councils are in charge of class funds, class fundraisers, activities, and Fantastics and Homecoming execution.

Academics

AP and Honors classes

As of the 2023–2024 school year, Wilcox offers 24 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and 9 honors-level courses. Over 40% of students enroll in at least one AP course, and an average of 68.2% of students passed their AP Exams during the 2021, 2022, and 2023 testing seasons.

Graduation requirements

Subject	Years	Credits
English	4	40
Mathematics	2	20
Science	2	20
Social Science	3	30
World Language	1	10
Visual and Performing Arts, Practical Arts	1.5	15
Physical Education, Health	2.5	25
Electives		70
Total		230

Music

Шаблон:Unreferenced section The music department includes male and female glee clubs, choir, chamber choir, marching band, dance band, pep band, concert band, and orchestra.

The instrumental programs listed in the 2015–2016 course catalog are band, jazz band, and string orchestra. Vocal offerings are chorus and canta nova.

The Wilcox High School Marching band, the "Black and Gold Regime", is a competitive after school-program. Competitions include the Cupertino Tournament of Bands, Foothill High School Band Review, The Lodi Grape Bowl Classic, WBA Independence High School Field Show, and the Fairfield High School Tournament of Champions.

During football/fall season, the concert band class performs at home games as the pep band, along with the color guard and BGR members not in concert band. The BGR performs their show at halftime for most of the back half of the season.

During the winter season, the department offers after school Winter Percussion and Winter guard. These programs are generally smaller than the fall season's, but rehearse just as often and also perform at competitions.

The 3 concerts put on by the Wilcox music program are the Winter Concert, the Spring Concert, and the Pops Concert. The Orchestra, Jazz band, Concert band and Marching band/Winter Perc Ensemble perform in the Mission City Center for Performing Arts' theater. Admission to these concerts has always been free and open to the public.

Theatre

Classes

As of the 2023–2024 school year, Wilcox offers two theatre courses, Theatre 1 and Theatre Productions Honors. Theatre 1 provides an introduction to many theatrical techniques, including voice projection, pantomime, and improvisation. Theatre Productions Honors focuses on the theory and design of various aspects of technical theatre, including sets, lighting, and costumes. The class also covers and expands on the techniques learned in Theatre 1. Theatre Productions Honors is a UC-approved honors-level course.

Club

The school's drama club is Wilcox Stage Company, which performs twice each school year at the Mission City Center for Performing Arts.

Wilcox Stage Company's past performances

Year	Show	Type
1962–1963	Arsenic And Old Lace	Play
1963–1964	The Teahouse Of The August Moon	Play
1964–1965	The Night Of January 17th	Play
1965–1966	My Three Angels	Play
2000–2001	Little Shop of Horrors	Musical
2007–2008	Into the Woods	Musical
2008–2009	Noises Off	Play
2011–2012	The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza	Play
2012–2013	The Importance of Being Earnest	Play
	The Mousetrap	Play
2013–2014	The Dining Room	Play
	Alice in Wonderland	Play
2014–2015	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Play
	Guys and Dolls	Musical
2015–2016	The Great Gatsby	Musical
2016–2017	Frankenstein	Play
	Beauty and the Beast	Musical
2017–2018	Almost, Maine	Play
	Grease	Musical
2018–2019	Autumn Entertainment Night, featuring Check, Please!	Fundraiser
	Chicago	Musical
	Chicago On The Rocks With A Twist	Showcase
2019–2020	Everybody Has Issues	Showcase
2021–2022	Not Completely Hopeless	Showcase
	The Great Gatsby	Play
2022–2023	Clue: On Stage	Play
	Dracula	Play
2023–2024	The Single Man	Play
	The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon	Play

Athletics

Шаблон:More citations needed Wilcox competes in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, a league that is split into two divisions: De Anza and El Camino.

Sports offered at Wilcox include:

• Fall: football, cross country, girls' volleyball, field hockey, girls' tennis, water polo, girls' golf, girls' field hockey
• Winter: basketball, wrestling, soccer
• Spring: track and field, baseball, softball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, boys' volleyball, boys' golf, badminton, boys' tennis, lacrosse

Baseball

Wilcox's baseball program has won five CCS titles in the past 14 years (2000, 2002, 2004,2008, 2014). Wilcox baseball has had numerous athletes compete at the collegiate and professional level, including Carney Lansford.

Track and Field

From 2009 to 2015, The Varsity Boys Track and Field Team remained undefeated in league competition. During the same time period The Varsity Girls Track Team was undefeated for a period of four years. During this time period, 2009–2015 the combined varsity boys and girls track teams had an overall win loss record of 84–4 with the boys at 42–0. In 2008–2009 the Wilcox Track and Field Team made history, both the girls and boys team went undefeated in their League for the first time.

During the years 2009–2016 the track and field program at Wilcox HS produced:

12 CCS champions, 5 second-place finishers, 8 third place, 4 fourth place

26 state championship qualifiers, 7 state finalists, 4 state medalists

The Wilcox track and field program has had two Olympic athletes. 1999 Wilcox graduate Amin Nikfar, represented the Republic of Iran in the men's shot put in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Former head coach and long-time science teacher, Mike Buncic, represented the United States in the men's discus yhrow in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games

Other Wilcox athletic programs

In the 2008–2009, the girls' water polo team had their first ever perfect regular season before losing in CCS. In 2007, Wilcox's badminton team came third overall in their league. The Wilcox wrestling team went undefeated in the El Camino League in 2007–2008 season, winning the league championship. In 2008–2009 the Wilcox football team made it to the C.C.S finals against Menlo Atherton. In the 2009–2010 season, Wilcox played against Los Gatos in the CCS finals and lost by 1 point in overtime. In 1995 and 1997, the Wilcox football team had its best seasons with winning 2 CCS Division II championships. The boys volleyball program at Wilcox earned a berth into the 2014 CCS Division 1 Playoffs for the first time in school history after winning the SCVAL-El Camino Division title.Шаблон:Citation needed

Notable alumni

• Carney Lansford, Class of 1975, 15-year Major League Baseball veteran (1978–1992). The baseball field at Wilcox is named after him.
• Carlos Noriega, Class of 1977, NASA astronaut, retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
• John H. Hendy, Class of 1981, American football player for the San Diego Chargers, 1985–1987. Voted first-team NFL All-Rookie at cornerback, 1985.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Juju Chang, Class of 1983, journalist and broadcaster for ABC News.
• Robert Royston, Class of 1988, dancer, choreographer, US Open Swing Dance Championship and World Country Dance Championship four consecutive years (1995 to 1998)Шаблон:Citation needed
• Craig Dietrich, Class of 1998, Director of the Digital Humanities Studio program at the Claremont Colleges, noted for his work developing software for cultural heritage.
• Amin Abraham Paul Nikfar, Class of 1999, shot putter who represented Iran, in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games and was the Asian Indoor Champion in 2004.Шаблон:Failed verification
• Kyle Barraclough, Class of 2008, relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.