John Swett High School

Public secondary school

John Swett High School

Address

1098 Pomona St Crockett, California, United States
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1927
School district	John Swett Unified
Principal	Leslie Marley^[1]
Staff	23.09 (FTE)^[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	453 (2018–19)^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	19.62^[2]
Color(s)	Scarlet, white, and royal blue
Athletics	Football, basketball, softball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, cross-country, wrestling, cheerleading
Mascot	Warrior
Website	www.jshs.jsusd.org

38°03′10″N 122°13′18″W / 38.05278°N 122.22167°W / 38.05278; -122.22167^[3]

John Swett High School is located in Crockett, California, United States. It serves the communities of Crockett, Port Costa, Rodeo, and the Foxboro area of Hercules. It is named after John Swett, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected in 1863. John Swett High School was established in 1927. The school remains in its original building complex, which was extensively renovated five years after original construction for seismic retrofitting at a cost of two-thirds of the original cost of the complex.^{[citation needed]} John Swett High School is part of the John Swett Unified School District.

The school's Indian mascot was dropped by a vote of the School District Board in February 2015.^[4] Citing the Golden State Warriors as an example, the school mascot became the Warriors in February 2016. The school always was the Warriors but would go by Indians. The year books would say Warriors on the cover but sports teams would go by the Indians.^[5]

Clubs and organizations

Associated Student Body and Student Council
California Scholarship Federation
Color Guard
Marching Band

Notable alumni

Billie Joe Armstrong - musician, of the punk rock band Green Day (transferred after freshman year)
Eric the Midget (Eric Lynch) - television actor and recurring personality on the Howard Stern Show
Floyd Peters - professional football player
Aldo Ray - film actor
John V. Robinson - writer and photographer; author of books Crockett, and Spanning the Strait: Building the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge
Jim Turner - professional football player (1959)^[6]

References

^ "Marley, Leslie * Principal". www.jsusd.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c "John Swett High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ United States Geological Survey (14 June 2000). "GNIS Detail - John Swett High School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
^ Joe Vazquez (February 12, 2015). "John Swett High School In Crockett Drops 'Indians' Mascot". KCBS.
^ Elissa Harrington (April 5, 2016). "East Bay school defends name change from 'Indians' to 'Warriors'". ABC7 News.
^ "The Face of an Educated Toe".