Bakersfield High School

A view from the science building looking out on Griffith Field

Bakersfield High School is a high school located in Bakersfield, California.

First founded in 1893 as Kern County High School, changed to Kern County Union High School in 1915, and finally to Bakersfield High School in 1945. Most of the original architecture has been demolished and replaced by new structures to accommodate the growing number of students over the years. The official mascot is the Driller. The school recently celebrated its 110th anniversary by opening an on-site museum, Art gallery, and Football hall of fame. The school is famous not only for its prominent football heritage, but also for the network of tunnels and bomb shelters that trace under the entire campus, remnants of a Cold War era fear of nuclear attack.

Staff

*Principal: David Reese
*Assistant Principals: Rick Harvick, Steve Wedel
*Dean of Instruction: Chris Fendrick
*Dean of Students: Stan Greene
*Dean of Athletics: Brad Van Roekel

Prominent Alumni

*Earl Warren - Chief Justice of the United States
*Frank Gifford - Former football player
*Robert Swift - Current NBA player

External links

*Bakersfield High School

Other Sources

Recollections Of A High School District 1893-1968 J.S. WallaceISBN 0-9619924-0-9

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