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Whitney High School is a public magnet school located in the southern Placer County city of Rocklin, California, a settlement in the northern Sacramento metropolitan area. Whitney is one of two high schools in Rocklin Unified School District; its counterpart is Rocklin High School. The school is the district's newest educational facility, having opened in 2005 to freshmen and sophomores; Whitney's first freshmen graduated at the end of the 2008–09 school year. That same school year, Whitney was recognized as a California Distinguished School. The school educates its students using a modified block schedule program that alternates four periods every two days. Students are subject to eight different periods in total. Students at the school are also taught through a standard-based essential skills program, where students must demonstrate mastery of all skills deemed necessary in a class before credits can be earned; additionally, students must achieve a grade higher than C by the year's end, as scores lower than C equate to a "No mark", and the course must be retaken. As of the end of the 2009–10 school year, the high school fielded twenty-three clubs, including an award-winning school yearbook (known as ''Details''), a school newspaper (known as ''the Roar''), and an Emmy winnng broadcast program (known as ''Unleashed''). Whitney also ran twenty-three sports teams as of the 2008–09 school year; the football and girls' soccer teams were champions at the 2009 Sac-Joaquin Section Championships for the respective sports. ==History== Whitney's name was a significant subject of debate, as the school's first two proposed names were associated too closely with other schools in the area. The school was initially designated Granite Ridge High School, which was deemed too similar to RUSD's Granite Oaks Middle School. It was then designated as Liberty High School, but the name was associated with the rival Lincoln High School. Rocklin Unified School District finally decided on "Whitney" in honor of Joel Parker Whitney, the man who suggested that his successful Boston businessman father, George Whitney, invest in the 1854 development of Placer County, which was then a major locale for gold-seeking Argonauts. George Whitney would later found and develop the city of Rocklin. Additional debate revolved around the school's mascot and colors; deliberation around data collected via survey from the city of Rocklin and other Rocklin Unified School District entities ultimately convinced the district administration to choose the wildcat and the colors of maroon and gold. Construction began in October 2003 with preliminary site work and underground utilities; construction of the buildings started on April 2004. The high school opened its doors to over 721 ninth and tenth grade students on August 22, 2005, while still partially under construction. Its opening relieved the strain of overcrowding that had previously affected Rocklin High School.〔 Whitney was recognized as a California Distinguished institution on April 1, 2009, four years after its opening in 2005; the school was noted for this achievement, and is one of six in Placer County to merit the title. On May 19, 2009, Whitney and other recently designated California Distinguished Schools were congratulated in a ceremony in Anaheim. Three petitions were issued by local charter school Rocklin Academy to found a 7–12 grade charter school called Western Sierra Collegiate Academy in 2008 and base it on the grounds of either Whitney or Rocklin High School. Rocklin Unified School District denied the school its facilities in its first two attempts,〔 〕 although the academy secured a location where Rocklin's Sierra Christian Academy once operated by 2009.〔 〕 Whitney teacher Matthew Yamamoto was arrested in September 2012 on suspicion of molesting an underage student.〔http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/09/17/whitney-high-school-teacher-arrested-on-child-molestation-charges/〕 The school district waited two days after the arrest before informing parents.〔http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/09/18/district-says-legal-concerns-delayed-notifying-parents-of-teachers-arrest/〕 In 2013, Yamamoto pleaded no contest to oral copulation with a minor, attempted sexual intercourse with a minor and sexual penetration with a foreign object on a minor, and pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. He received the maximum sentence of five years in prison, in light of his violation of a restraining order during the investigation.〔http://fox40.com/2013/11/21/former-high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-for-relationship-with-student/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whitney High School (Rocklin, California)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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