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This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (November 2010) Yosemite High School is a secondary school in the Yosemite Unified School District in Oakhurst, California. YHS occupies 100 acres (0.40 km2) of rolling, wooded hills and is located within the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. Yosemite High School is a California Distinguished School. Contents 1 Feeder Schools 2 Test Scores and Honors 3 Music Department 4 Athletics 5 History 6 Famous alumni 7 External links 8 References Feeder Schools Yosemite has nine major feeder schools, of which eight are elementary schools and one is a middle school: Bass Lake Elementary Coarsegold Elementary North Fork Elementary Raymond-Knowles Elementary Rivergold Elementary Spring Valley Elementary Wasuma Elementary Wawona Elementary Oak Creek Intermediate Current enrollment is approximately 1200 students. Test Scores and Honors YHS was named a California Distinguished School in 2001 and 2005. Its 2005 Academic Performance Index (API) score was over 9000, which places it in the upper tier of California high schools. At least one alumnus has been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship. YHS teams traditionally excel in the Academic Decathlon (AD) competition, having won sixteen consecutive Madera County titles as of 2009, in addition to having taken first place twice in 2000 and 2001 and second place at the state level multiple times, most recently in 2006 and 2007. Music Department Yosemite High School's Music Department consists of two choirs, two bands and two percussion classes. During football and basketball season the Advanced Percussion, Concert Band, and Wind Ensemble combine to form a pep band. In the spring the bands perform at CMEA (California Music Educators Association) Festivals and the Heritage Festivals in Anaheim, California. Athletics Yosemite fields interscholastic teams in seventeen sports. It is a member of the North Sequoia League in the Central Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The most noteworthy recent success belongs to the girls basketball team, which won its fourth consecutive section title in March 2007. Other consistently successful programs include football, girls volleyball, and cross country. The most well-known YHS athletic alumnus is probably Major League Baseball pitcher Ted Lilly, currently starting for the Los Angeles Dodgers. History Founded September 9, 1976 to relieve district travel times (often in excess of 4 hours), YHS became a site of constant controversy. The matter of greatest contention was its unorthodox education methods, ranging from laissez-faire scheduling to counterproductive class organization. Students (referred to as “learners”) chose their own classes, handled their own attendance, and gave themselves their grades, much to the chagrin of parents, who “…were worried that the students {were} running the school and that there {was} a lack of supervised instruction…” Teachers (referred to as “learning facilitators”) were also given free rein—with the classes they taught, resulting in such classes as skateboarding and rock climbing. They taught in a single large building with simultaneous classes operating without walls, leading to a good deal of confusion and distraction. Some time into the first year, 6-foot (1.8 m) tall partitions were set up, but they did little to reduce the strength of the din. In recent years, YHS has returned to more traditional academic practices, including fixed schedules, standard classrooms, state-mandated coursework and grading criteria, and referring to "teachers" and "students." The school began relatively under funded; “learning facilitators” were paid a $4–6,000 lower salary than the state average for that time. By the turn of the 21st century, however, the budget has expanded and the campus has become a showpiece. Famous alumni Ted Lilly (Major League Baseball pitcher) Guy Major ([Cartoonist]) Justin "JK" Kahler ([Winemaker]) Nate Manor (Musician) External links http://www.yosemitehs.com/ References Turcsanyi, Melinda. "YHS: Full circle in 25 Years", The Sierra Star, November 9, 2001. Ward, Earlene. "A long, difficult road to the first diploma", The Sierra Star, March 13, 1997. Ward, Earlene. "YHS at 30", The Sierra Star, September 1, 2006. "Academic Decathlon results", The Fresno Bee, February 7, 2009. Coordinates: 37°19′43.9″N 119°37′53.99″W / 37.328861°N 119.6316639°W / 37.328861; -119.6316639