Independence High School (IHS) is a public high school located in the Berryessa area of San Jose, California, USA. It serves the neighborhoods of Berryessa and East San Jose. The high school is located on Educational Park Drive and is just north of Overfelt Gardens. Student population is approximately 3711 as of 2005-2006, with approximately 180 teachers serving the school. Independence is part of the East Side Union High School District. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Berryessa District in San Jose, California is located in the northeast portion of the city, between Coyote Creek and the Diablo Range foothills. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Berryessa District in San Jose, California is located in the northeast portion of the city, between Coyote Creek and the foothills. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Statue of Confucius in the Chinese Cultural Garden at Overfelt Gardens Overfelt Gardens is a 33 acre (130,000 m²) park in San Jose, California, USA. The land for the park was donated by Mildred Overfelt in 1959, in memory of her parents, William and Mary Overfelt, early San Jose... The East Side High School District operates the following high schools in San Jose, California, USA: Note: Based on 2002-2003 school year data External link East Side High School District Website Categories: Education in San Jose, California | School districts in Santa Clara County, California ...

Independence High School's mascot is the 76er (more commonly known as the Sixer), so-called because Independence High School not only has the address number of 1776 (mirroring the year the United States Declaration of Independence was signed), but also was founded in the year 1976. The official name for the school mascot is Sammy the Sixer. This article is about the year 1776. ... United States Declaration of Independence In the Declaration of Independence the 13 states (formerly the Thirteen Colonies) declared themselves a new country, the United States of America and announced that were now totally independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ...

Independence High School began renovating its campus in 2003, and finished renovation in 2006 with the reopening of D Villa and the Fukushima Gym.

Campus

Independence High School consists of over fifty buildings, each labeled with a specific letter (there are no indoor hallways). The four primary sets of buildings are referred to as the villas, including A-Villa (American Hall), B-Villa (Bicentennial Hall), C-Villa (Constitution Hall), and D-Villa (Democracy Hall). During the fall of 2005, E-Villa (Eagle Hall) was removed indefinitely, only to be used as the name place for all music rooms. All villas are architecturally identical and surround the Clock Tower.

Areas of Interest:

• Fukashima Gym
• Frank Fiscalini Pool Tower
• Independence Planetarium
• Clock Tower & Senior Stage
• Memorial Grove Park
• School / Public Library

Sports Structures:

• Small Gym
• Olympic-sized racing and diving pools
• Olympic-sized track
• Four baseball fields
• Seven tennis courts

Other Academic Structures:

• E-Building, the music center, dedicated to all and any music-related classes
• G-Complex, the art complex, composed entirely of all art classes on campus.
• H-Building, the main office, located in the front of the school.
• K-Complex, the science building, generally used for all lab sciences, and home to the ASB room and bank.
• L-Complex, mainly used for real-life courses, including Business and Childcare.
• M-Complex, the industries building, predominantly used for industrial classes such as Woodshop and Space Technology
• N-Complex, the foreign languages building, essentially used for most foreign language classes and the book room.
• P-Buildings, or the portable buildings, which are now in use by MACSA, a charter school on Independence's campus

Yearbook

With an annual budget of $65,000, students advised by Mrs. Stacy Johnson write The American, Independence High School's CSPA Gold- and Silver-winning yearbook. The 2006-2007 edition of The American will be all in color, a first in Independence High School's history.

Band

Independence High School's band program, led by Mr. Ken Ponticelli, includes Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, and Symphonic Band, as well as the audition-only class Wind Ensemble.

The school's marching band, the 76th Cavalry Marching Band and Color Guard, was World Champion in 1981, but has since fallen from that rank. In 2006, the 76th Cavalry became WBA Class AA Champion with Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony, garnering 85.85 points at preliminaries and 87.69 at the finals -- the first championships the Cavalry had won since 1991. The 76th Cavalry placed fourth in the overall A/AA/AAA classing. This article is becoming very long. ... United States Federal Protective Service color guard. ... Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who successfully employed the idioms and melodies of the folk-music of his native Bohemia in symphonic and chamber music. ... The Symphony No. ...

Choir

Independence High School offers two choirs for student enrollment: Concert Choir and Chamber Choir. Chamber Choir is audition-only, and holds auditions during May/June. Both choirs present concerts in December and May, as well as a fundraising one in mid-January.

Dance

Dance classes offered at Independence include Jazz Dance 1 &and Jazz Dance 2-3, Ballet 1 & Ballet 2-4, Modern Dance 1 & Modern Dance 2-4, and Theater Dance (also known as the Independance Company, audition only).

Athletics

Most sports teams are divided among a Junior Varsity (JV) team and a Varsity team. Independence is one of the schools in the BVAL that does not offer a Men's Volleyball team, a Golf team, or a Field Hockey team.

Fall Sports Season

• Cross Country (Co-ed)
• Football
• Tennis (Women's)
• Volleyball (Women's)
• Water Polo (Men's & Women's)

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Winter Sports Season

• Basketball (Men's & Women's)
• Soccer (Men's & Women's)
• Wrestling (Co-ed)

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Spring Sports Season

• Badminton (Co-ed)
• Baseball (Men's)
• Softball (Women's)
• Swimming (Co-ed)
• Tennis (Men's)
• Track and Field (Co-ed)

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Trivia

Although urban myth dictates that Independence High School was originally planned to be a college, presumably because of its massive area compared to other high schools in California, this rumor is false. In actuality, Independence High School was planned to be not just one high school, but two or three, all sharing the same facilities (i.e. the multitude of sports structures now in use by Independence). However, due to financial and practical problems, the idea was scrapped, and Independence opened as a single high school in 1976. Urban Legend is also the name of a 1998 movie. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

The school mascot is the 76er, or the Sixer. This is because Independence High School not only has the address number of 1776 (mirroring the year the United States Declaration of Independence was signed), but also was founded in the year 1976. The 76er is usually interpreted as a patriot of a founding father; the mascot is usually depicted as a cartoonish George Washington caricature, although actually named Sammy the Sixer (perhaps alluding to Samuel Adams). United States Declaration of Independence In the Declaration of Independence the 13 states (formerly the Thirteen Colonies) declared themselves a new country, the United States of America and announced that were now totally independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. ... A common caricature of Charles Darwin focuses on his beard, eyebrows, and baldness, while often giving him the features of an ape or monkey. ... Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was the chief Massachusetts leader of the Patriot cause leading to the American Revolution. ...

On Tuesday, June 2, 2006, the first official day of finals for all non-seniors of the 2006 school year, students were greeted by a senior prank committed the previous night. One hundred and eighty doorknobs had been sabotaged with the supergluing of tanbark into their key inserts, thus forcing the custodians to blast open the doorknobs, costing the school thousands of dollars in repairs. The San Jose Police Department became involved, referring to the incident as a criminal offense, and all culprits faced adult prosecutions. The consequences of the prank included the canceling of the Senior Picnic scheduled the same day. The god Týr, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A school prank is a prank pulled at school by a student, usually on another student. ...

External links

• Independence High School Website
• 76th Cavalry - Marching Band and Color Guard Website
• East Side Union High School District Website
• IndepenDANCE Company Website