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Emil R. Buchser High School
Address
Map
3000 Benton Street[1]

Santa Clara, California
95051

United States
Coordinates37°20′45″N 121°58′56″W / 37.3457°N 121.9821°W / 37.3457; -121.9821
Information
TypePublic high school[2]
EstablishedOctober 9, 1957
(67 years ago) (1957-10-09)[3]
StatusDefunct
Closed1981 (44 years ago) (1981)[4]
School districtSanta Clara Union High School District (1957–1966)[5]
Santa Clara Unified School District (1966–1981)[6]
Grades9–12[7]
Color(s)  Red
  Black
  White[8]
Team nameBruins[3][9]
RivalSanta Clara High School[3]
NewspaperBear Prints[10]
YearbookKodiak[11][12]

Emil R. Buchser High School was a comprehensive, coeducational public high school in Santa Clara, California, United States that served students in grades nine through twelve.[2][3] It opened in 1957 as the Santa Clara Union High School District's second high school,[3][5] and it closed in 1981 due to declining enrollment.[4] The campus was repurposed as Santa Clara High School's new location, and Buchser Junior High School[a] was established at Santa Clara High's old location.[4][13]

History

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Construction of Buchser High School began in 1957 and wrapped up in 1958.[14] The school opened to freshmen and sophomores on October 9, 1957[3] and held half-day sessions for the first three weeks due to ongoing construction.[15] It grew to include grades nine through twelve by the 1959–1960 school year.[16] The school was dedicated to longtime superintendent Emil R. Buchser Sr. on October 11, 1959.[17][18]

The Santa Clara Unified School District suffered declining enrollment throughout the late 1970s.[19] On November 6, 1980, the district board of education announced that the student bodies of Buchser High School and Santa Clara High School would merge before the 1981–1982 school year.[4][20] Following the merge, Santa Clara High moved to Buchser High's location.[4] Buchser Junior High School[b] was established at Santa Clara's old location.[13]

Principals

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  • Elmer Johnson (1957–1959)[3]
  • Herbert L. Stocking (1959–1961)[3][21]
  • Donald Callejon (1961–1973)[21]
  • Jack Lyon (1973–1980)[22][23]
  • George Bergna (1980–1981)[24]

Notable alumni

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Notes

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  1. ^ Now Buchser Middle School[13]
  2. ^ Buchser Junior High School became Buchser Middle School in 1986.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Santa Clara Union High School District Directory for 1959–60" (PDF). Benefit Capital. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Buchser (Emil R.) High". California Department of Education. June 24, 1999. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Stocking, Herbert L. (October 23, 1959). "Buchser: Past, Present, Future" (PDF). Bear Prints. Vol. 2, no. 2. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e Cheng, Cynthia (March 21, 2018). "Santa Clara Schools Over The Years". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Directory for 1959–60" (PDF). Benefit Capital. Santa Clara Union High School District. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  6. ^ Schuk, Carolyn (April 30, 2014). "1965 SCUSD Unification Created Today's Trustee Areas". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  7. ^ "Buchser Students 1959–60" (PDF). Benefit Capital. Emil R. Buchser High School. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  8. ^ "Small Buchser Pennant" (PDF). Benefit Capital. Emil R. Buchser High School. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  9. ^ Towne, Erika (January 11, 2019). "Santa Clara High School Alumni Push to Bring Back Panther Mascot". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  10. ^ "Bear Prints Wins In Name Contest" (PDF). Bear Prints. October 16, 1958. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  11. ^ A Century of Change (yearbook). Santa Clara: Jostens. 2001. p. 185.
  12. ^ "Pimental Heads Yearbook Staff" (PDF). Bear Prints. Vol. 3, no. 1. September 30, 1960. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d "Buchser Middle School 2022–2023 School Accountability Report Card" (PDF). Finalsite. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  14. ^ "Santa Clara High School 2022–2023 School Accountability Report Card" (PDF). Finalsite. p. 7. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  15. ^ "We'll Always Remember". Buchser Memories. p. 6. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  16. ^ Stocking, Herbert (October 9, 1959). "Message from the principal" (PDF). Bear Prints. Vol. 2, no. 1. p. 2. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  17. ^ "Dedication Day October 11" (PDF). Bear Prints. Vol. 2, no. 1. October 9, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  18. ^ "Santa Clara names new high school for superintendent". The Campbell Press. Vol. 61, no. 40. October 21, 1954. p. 4. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  19. ^ "Decision 0500E – Santa Clara Unified School District" (PDF). California Public Employment Relations Board. State of California. April 11, 1985. p. 9. Retrieved January 24, 2025. Throughout the late 1970's, the District's enrollment declined at all grade levels.
  20. ^ "Closure". Tocsin 1981 (yearbook). Vol. 84. Santa Clara: Jostens. 1981. p. 15. On the sixth of November, 1980, because of declining enrollment, the Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Education designated Santa Clara High to be closed as a high school...
  21. ^ a b "Who is Don Callejon?". Don Callejon Arts and Design School. Santa Clara Unified School District. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  22. ^ Kodiak 1974 (yearbook). Santa Clara. 1974. p. 22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ^ Kodiak (yearbook). Santa Clara: American Yearbook Company. 1980. pp. 10–11.
  24. ^ "Additional Endorsements for Joe Kornder". smartvoter.org. November 7, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2025. George Bergna, Principal Buchser High School, retired
  25. ^ "NFL players to come from Bay Area high schools". SFGate. November 7, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  26. ^ "Steve Bartkowski". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  27. ^ Kodiak 1974 (yearbook). Santa Clara. 1974. p. 174.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  28. ^ "Joe Charboneau". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  29. ^ Muskat, Carrie; Guardado, Maria (May 18, 2018). "Langston glad he didn't sign with Cubs in '78". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  30. ^ "Mark Langston". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  31. ^ Kodiak (yearbook). Santa Clara: American Yearbook Company. 1980. p. 34.
  32. ^ Herbst-Bayliss, Svea; Vengattil, Munsif (June 2, 2020). "Twitter names ex Google CFO Pichette as chair, Kordestani to stay on". Reuters. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  33. ^ "Its official: Krazy George is a 2021 Grand Marshal". Santa Clara Parade of Champions. September 19, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
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