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Mission San Jose High School
Mission San Jose High School, one of five comprehensive 9-12 high schools in the Fremont Unified School District, opened in 1963.
Mission is located in the southeastern portion of the city of Fremont near the historic Mission District and Ohlone College.
Mission Statement
“Preparing the Next Generations for the Global Community”
Mission San Jose High School is striving to prepare students for a competitive, ever-changing and advancing modern “high
technology” global community. We believe that a solid, well-rounded education is the basis for personal development. By providing a
safe and supportive learning environment, we seek to nurture the academic, personal, and social development of our students, which
will equip them for a lifetime of learning, service, and leadership.
• Parents are partners with the school in assisting students with their academic achievement, and growth toward full personal
maturity.
• Teachers strive to create a positive learning environment, while encouraging students to be active agents in their own
development.
• Students strive to develop the understanding of continuity between the past and today’s culturally diverse society and the
impact on the future.
• Students acquire an awareness of social justice in the world and a commitment to alert, responsible, and active citizenship.
School Community
Mission has a student population of 2,150 with the following ethnic breakdown: 73.8% Asian, 9.5% other ethnicities and 16.7%
Caucasian. Parental involvement is one of the many strong points that characterize the school. The two main parent groups are
Mission Possible, our PFA, and Mission Boosters.
Curriculum and School Program
The focus of this school is the student, and student achievement is our primary goal. The schools curricular program offers a wide
range of courses and levels. The school offers honors level classes in English, science and mathematics in conjunction with college
preparatory classes in all core academic areas. Mission also offers a wide array of Advanced Placement courses in English, Fine Arts,
Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Another integral part of Mission’s curriculum is our elective program,
including our award winning and State recognized woodshop program that is the only four year program in the district, our drama and
music programs which consistently garner awards in various regional and state competitions. Students have the opportunity to enroll
in ROP courses offered both on and off campus. Mission also offers career strands in conjunction with ROP in Biotechnology,
Merchandizing/Marketing and Culinary Arts/Pastry. Mission, in collaboration with Stanford University, has established a national
program dealing with academic stress entitled “Stressed Out Students” (SOS).
Scholastic Excellence
In 2008, Mission was recognized by the Federal Government’s NCLB Blue Ribbon Commission as a distinguished school. Mission is
also rated as the 60 th Best High School in the Nation. The school has consistently been recognized for its academic excellence on a
local, statewide, national and international level. Mission graduates virtually every senior and the attendance rate for the school is
97.5% with a dropout rate of 0.3%. Ninety-five percent of our graduates matriculate to post-secondary education with 77% attending
four-year colleges/universities including all UC and CSU campuses.
Mission High received a full 6-year WASC accreditation in 2008. Mission is the district leader in average SAT scores with a Writing
of 624, Reading of 618 and Math of 672. Mission has consistently met both its API and AYP requirements with the most recent API
score of 931, making Mission the top ranked non-magnet public high school out of 7,000 high schools in the state. Mission leads
Alameda County in the number of National Merit Semi-Finalists (65), and National Merit Commended students (74). Newsweek has
twice recognized Mission as one of its top high schools in the nation. Mission has been recognized by the College Board as having the
best AP Statistics and French programs in the nation. The California Business for Educational Excellence and Just For the Kids
Foundation has recognized Mission as a Scholar School for the past three years. Our students, with the assistance of staff members,
continue to accumulate awards for individual and group competitions. These awards include 1 st place in the National Science Bowl
and Oceanic Bowl as well as national recognition by the Siemens Westinghouse and Intel Science Talent Search competitions.
Mission is extremely proud of its students and the accomplishments of our rich and diverse community.
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