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Southwest Senior High School

Senior high school in San Diego, California, United States

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Southwest [Senior] High School (SOH), in San Diego, California, United States, is a high school established in 1975. It was built on the site of a small railroad yard owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad along the original San Diego-Tijuana line. It existed until the mid-1930s when the tracks were moved east to the present-day Trolley tracks. Part of the Sweetwater Union High School District, it serves all socioeconomic communities of San Diego (specifically the Nestor community), as well as some students living in Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and San Ysidro. The school serves approximately 1,750 students.

Academics

The school has shown remarkable achievements in academic competitions such as Academic Decathlon, in which they held 6 consecutive county titles from 2003–2008 and received 3rd place in the 2009 and 2010 competitions. Along with these six consecutive county titles, Southwest High School is the first school in San Diego County to have achieved five and later six consecutive county titles. The Varsity Academic League won eight varsity Metro [District] championship titles in 1999, 2001, 2003–2007, and 2009. The Varsity won their division nine times in 1999, 2001, and 2003–2010. The varsity team in 2005 concluded their season by winning the County Academic League title beating La Jolla High School 124–53 making it the highest score in San Diego County Academic League championship history. For their accomplishments in League and Decathlon the San Diego County School Board declared in 2005 that June 17 would be known as Southwest High Academics Day. The JV Academic League held 8 consecutive Metro championship titles from 2001–2008 and have won their division for 10 years in a row from 2001-2010 (also an 11th win back in 1999).^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

The Southwest Raiders sports teams represent the Southwest Senior High School in high school sports programs.

Notable alumni

Frankie J, pop singer^[3]
Damon Washington, NFL running back for the New York Giants^[4]
Adrian Garcia Marquez, sportscaster and sports announcer (Fox Sports, ESPN Radio, MLB, NFL, San Diego Chargers)^[5]
Chris Martin, former professional boxer who held the NABO junior featherweight title
Rene Ortiz, former professional soccer player for the San Diego Sockers and coach of Mexico national arena soccer team^[6]

References

^ "Southwest High School | Administration".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Southwest Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
^ Devenish, Colin (May 29, 2003). "Frankie J. Back At School". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
^ Brents, Phillip (January 26, 2001). "Washington is South Bay's Giant on Super Bowl Sunday". The Star-News. p. 13. Retrieved October 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Krasovic, Tom (November 7, 2019). "Column: Fox Deportes' Adrian Garcia Marquez lauds San Diego upbringing". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved October 19, 2023. (subscription required)
^ "Rene Ortiz signs with Sockers". Imperial Beach Star-News. August 2, 1987. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.