[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15618-15619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              150TH ANNIVERSARY OF SACRAMENTO HIGH SCHOOL

 Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I am pleased to recognize the 
150th anniversary of Sacramento High School in Sacramento County, CA.
  On September 1, 1856, as the Gold Rush came to an end in California 
and miners migrated into newly formed cities, Sacramento High School 
opened its doors and began a long tradition of quality education. As 
the second oldest high school west of the Mississippi, Sacramento High 
School is a historical landmark and symbol of a quality educational 
institution in California's capital city.
  Sac High, as it is locally known, has been the alma mater of a wide 
range of notable alumni including NBA great Kevin Johnson, Pulitzer 
Prize winner

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Herb Caen, and a number of distinguished Californians, including former 
California Governor Hiram Johnson.
  Most recently, nearly 100 percent of the senior class will have the 
opportunity to pursue a post secondary education, 70 percent of whom 
have been accepted to a public or private 4-year college. Sac High's 
Dragons have also accumulated many championships in a variety of 
athletics over the years, including the recent San-Joaquin Division III 
Championship that both men's and women's basketball teams have won.
  As the school and the community celebrate Sac High's 
sesquicentennial, I would like to congratulate the past and present 
students, faculty, and administrators who upheld Sacramento High 
School's traditions and campus pride for the last century and a half 
and wish them another 150 years of success.

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