Bolsa Grande High School

Bolsa Grande High School
Bolsa Grande High School
Address
9401 Westminster Blvd. Garden Grove, California 92844 United States
Coordinates	33°45′43″N 117°57′52″W / 33.761943°N 117.964384°W / 33.761943; -117.964384Coordinates: 33°45′43″N 117°57′52″W / 33.761943°N 117.964384°W / 33.761943; -117.964384
Information
School type	Public high school
Founded	1959
Superintendent	Laura Schwalm
Principal	Louise Milner
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,659 (2009)
Language	English
Area	Garden Grove, California
Color(s)	Red, blue, and white
Mascot	Matador
Website	www.bolsagrande.org

Bolsa Grande High School is a public high school in the Garden Grove Unified School District in Garden Grove, in southern California, United States. The school opened on September 28, 1959. The school's nickname is the Matadors.

Academics

Bolsa Grande (which translates from the Spanish as "big pocket" or "big pouch") is geographically related to Bolsa Chica wetlands, and was named after the Bolsa Grande lowlands, which is the larger of the two topographical depressions and is set about five miles inland.

It was recognized as a California Distinguished School. In 2008, the school's API was 770. The following year, 2009, the API increased to 789. In 2010, the API increased again to 797, with the average California High School API being 728. In 2011, Bolsa Grande's API score improved considerably from 797 to 822, the largest gain in the Garden Grove Unified School District for that year.

Athletics

Bolsa Grande's sports teams are known as the Matadors and compete in the Garden Grove League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section.

The school is home to one of only two on-campus football stadiums in the GGUSD (the other is at Garden Grove High School). All seven high schools in the district share these two stadiums during football season.

Notable alumni

Jerry Carr (Class of 1968): baseball, California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals
Glen Titensor (Class of 1976): NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys in 1981
Scott Totten (Class of 1980): music director and lead guitarist for the Beach Boys
Brian Zambrano (Class of 2006): MLS Professional Reserve Division (Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper 2007-2008)

External links

School's official website

Garden Grove, California

Areas	Little Saigon Little Seoul West Garden Grove

Education	Coastline Community College Garden Grove Unified School District Bolsa Grande High School Garden Grove High School Pacifica High School Rancho Alamitos High School Santiago High School Westminster School District Huntington Beach Union High School District Orange Unified School District Asahi Gakuen

Points of interest	Crystal Cathedral Islamic Society of Orange County

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