Cupertino is a four-year comprehensive high school with an enrollment of about 1,546 students, grades 9-12. Established in 1958, CHS is the smallest of five high schools in the Fremont Union High School District and serves students from the suburban areas of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Cupertino. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the City of Cupertino is a blend of residential areas and high technology industry. Students come from homes where many parents have advanced educational degrees and are committed to academic excellence. The school benefits from industry partnerships, special district programs, and strong community support.

Cupertino High School staff continually reassesses programs to meet the needs of all students for life in the 21st century. After receiving the highest possible recommendation and accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in April 2003, Cupertino High School submitted our Mid-Term WASC report in May of 2006.  This report reviewed and updated the information found in the April 2003 Self-Study. Our school mission statement is to prepare students to be effective and productive members of society who possess skills in communication, critical thinking, lifelong learning and self-discipline, and involved citizenship.

An excellent co-curricular program complements the academic program at Cupertino High School. The visual-performing arts program is thriving in the areas of drama, choral, and instrumental music. The high school also offers a wide variety of other opportunities including athletics, clubs, student leadership activities, and community service. Students can also connect with the school and other students through such programs and activities as peer tutoring, a ninth grade mentoring program (Tino Crew), and a Best Buddies program linking general and special education students. Athletics is a large program at Cupertino High School and over 600 students participate in competitive sports on an annual basis

Cupertino places a high premium on the value of good communication with families, using a mix of traditional and electronic means. Our school newsletter is mailed home three times each year and other special mailings are sent with information about guidance and school events. We use a phone auto-dialer to communicate attendance and school events to families. The school website is in a constant state of change and improvement as staff and students add more information each month. SchoolLoop is used as a web-based home and school communication system which provides information to students and parents about class work, assignments, attendance, grades, and general school information. Email continues to be an effective means of communication between the school and families and the addition of SchoolLoop helps facilitate such electronic communication.

Cupertino High School’s seven-year facility modernization program is complete—every instructional classroom has been remodeled and updated. New facilities include an eight-classroom science building, field house (practice gym), dance studio, and swimming pool. Other key venues that were remodeled include a performing arts theatre, gym/locker rooms, library, cafeteria, and administration building. The physical and instructional environment has been dramatically improved for students and staff and the results will be evident over the coming years. Today the school is comprised of 68 classrooms, 2 gyms, 1 student center, 1cafeteria, 1 library, 1 career center, 1 staff lounge, 2 computer/video labs, 1 theatre, 2 dance/team rooms, and multiple athletic fields.

The principal works daily with six (6) full-time custodians to ensure that the cleaning of the school is maintained to provide for a clean and safe school. District maintenance staff ensures that the repairs necessary to keep the school in good repair are completed in a timely manner. The District rotates a “deep cleaning” crew at all campuses during breaks and over the summer. This custodial crew strips and waxes floors, cleans carpets, removes cobwebs off ceilings, washes windows, dusts blinds, pressure washes exteriors, and washes whiteboards and shelves. Additional carpet cleaning machines were purchased for the sites to help better maintain the classrooms year round. The District increased the work year from 11 to 12 months for the groundskeeper at each high school which has improved the field maintenance and curb appeal of each campus.