Foothill High School (Bakersfield, California)

For other uses, see Foothill High School (disambiguation).

Foothill High School
Address
501 Park Drive Bakersfield, California 93306
Coordinates
Information
Type	Public
Established	1962
School district	Kern High School District
Principal	Gail Bentley
Enrollment	2,627
Color(s)	Black & Gold
Mascot	Trojans
Rival	Highland, East Bakersfield, Mira Monte
Information	(661) 366-4491
Website	http://foothill.kernhigh.org/

Foothill High School is located in Bakersfield, California and serves grades 9-12. Their speech and debate team won the State Championship (small schools) in 2004, and in 2003, Foothill had the league record of sending 7 students to the National Championships. Their FFA Advanced Parliamentary Procedure Team won a National Championship at the National FFA Convention in October 2007.

In 2010, the "We The People" team made it to state for the first time in the school's history. Although they did not make it to the final rounds in the capital, Unit 4 of the team received a Unit award out of the remaining 7 schools.

On May 30th, 2013, Foothill High School had their fiftieth commencement ceremony with the graduating class of 2013. With that, the graduates received a commemorative trophy and one-of-a-kind diploma covers with the schools golden anniversary Trojan emblem.

Notable alumni

• Jon Baker, NFL and CFL player
• Joey Porter - NFL Player - Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals
• Lonnie Shelton - NBA Player - New York Knicks, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers 1982 all-star
• Chris Childs, former New York Knicks guard

External links

• Foothill High School
• Class of 1964 (Website for First Graduating Class Alumni)