• Source: Sunnyside High School (Tucson, Arizona)

Sunnyside High School, opened in 1955, is home to two thousand students located on the south side of Tucson, Arizona. Sunnyside offers a variety of extracurricular programs, advanced placement courses, and specialized career and technical training programs. It is a part of the Sunnyside Unified School District.




History


Sunnyside High School opened in 1955 with 9th and 10th grade classes.
The original mascot logo for Sunnyside used a variation of Arizona State University's Sparky mascot. The school was forced to change after the university learned of this use when Sunnyside played a championship game at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.




Campus



Sunnyside High School is located on the south side of Tucson, Arizona.




Curriculum


There is a widespread of curriculum that is offered at Sunnyside High School.




Departments of Instruction


Sunnyside High School offers these courses either for class credits, or elective credit:

Automotive Collision Repair Technology
Automotive Technology
Business/Business Information Technology
English Language Development
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) – Business Management and Administrative Services
Fine Arts
Graphic Communications
Health
Industrial Technology
Information/Computer Technology
Language Arts
Library
Life Management
Marketing
Mathematics
Medical Careers
Music
Photography
Physical Education
Precision Metals Technology
Publications
Radio and Television Technology
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Choir
Sports Medicine Club
Skills USA




Courses or college credit


Below are courses available to students, for both high-school:

Writing 101
Computers Maintenance
Web Design and Development




Academics and enhanced courses


Advanced Placement Courses
Honors Academy
Honors Courses
Medical Careers Academy
Tech Prep/Work-Based Learning
CISCO Academy-A+, Net+ Certifications




Extracurricular activities


Fine Arts: Concert Band, Dancing, Drum Line, Folklorico, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band, Mariachi, Orchestra, Painting, Photography, and Pottery
Publications: media video communications, and yearbook
Clubs: Anytown, Blue Wires, DECA, HOSA, MESA, National Honor Society, Student Government, YES Club, Sunnyside Web Company, FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
Sports: Division 5A: boys volleyball, baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling, Gymnastics
Sunnyside Blue Devil Dance Team
Wildcat Society
Sunnyside Cheer Team




= Athletics

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Sunnyside High School is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is classed in its 5A conference. A wrestling powerhouse in Arizona, Sunnyside has won 30 state championships (14 in a row, 1998–2011). It lost a dual-meet December 12, 2015, where Green Valley (NV) snapped a 314 win streak stretching from 1999 to then, and only has lost ten since 1969. However, Sunnyside Wrestling regained its championship title in 2018. The teams are known as the Sunnyside Blue Devils. Athletic teams are fielded in boys volleyball, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, and swimming.
The varsity football team was featured on the Great American Rivalries Series in 2009 against Salpointe Catholic High School.



Arizona State Championship titles

Boys Basketball: 1993 (4A)
Football: 2001 (4A), 2003 (4A)
Wrestling: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022,2023
Cheerleading: 2000
Softball: 2007
Boys Cross-Country: 1966, 1975, 2008
Boys Soccer: 2019
Girls Volleyball: 1990




= Music

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There are various musical performing groups at Sunnyside.
Performing groups as well as their director(s):

Sunnyside Jazz Ensemble, Erik Ellison.
The Pride of Sunnyside Marching Band, Erik Ellison.
Sunnyside Wind Ensemble, Erik Ellison.
Sunnyside Choir, Erik Ellison.
Los Diablitos Azules Mariachi.
Sunnyside Orchestra, Hayley Britt.



The Pride of Sunnyside Marching Band


History

2006: Scott Matlick, Drum Major for The Pride of Arizona (2002–2004), is hired as Director of Bands at Sunnyside High School. Reinvents the band, dawning the name The Pride of Sunnyside Marching Band. The band's show is Gladiator picked by previous Director Alli Coyle.
2007: Scott Matlick introduces the show "Adentro: The Music of Ricardo Arjona", based on Latin singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona's album Adentro. The tradition of the marching on to the field in the opening set known as the "S" is brought back to commemorate the school's 50th anniversary. After two years as Director of Bands at Sunnyside, Scott Matlick returns to the University of Arizona to be part of the Graduate Teaching Assistant program for the UA Bands and The Pride of Arizona.
2008: During the summer the band was temporarily under the direction of Joseph Molinar. The band plays "The Return of Aerosmith" the show Director Alli Coyle created in 2005 for the band. In early August the band gets Director of Bands Matthew Hoolsema from Michigan. Under the new direction of Matthew Hoolsema, the school's choir program is brought back.
2009: Matthew Hoolsema introduces the show Music of the Big Band Era. The program includes tunes "La Suerte De Los Tontos", " House of the Rising Sun", "Blue Groove", and "Big Noise from Winnetka". The band reached the state marching competition.
2010: Although not as successful as the previous year, the Pride of Sunnyside continued to a new season with the music of Journey.
Recent directors

2004–2006: Alli Coyle
2006–2008: Scott Matlick
2008–2011: Matthew Hoolsema
2011: Armando Salas
2012–2019: Rusty Carle-Ogren
2019–2022: Erik Ellison
2023-Present: Christian Del Rosario
Recent field shows
Under Alli Coyle:

2004: Mask of Zorro
2005: The Music of Aerosmith
Under Scott Matlick:

2006: Gladiator
2007: Adentro: The Music of Ricardo Arjona
Under Matthew Hoolsema:

2008: The Return of Aerosmith
2009: The Music of the Big Band Era
2010: The Music of Journey
Under Armando Salas:

2011: Latin Sketches
Under Rusty Carle-Ogren:

2012: Symphonic Passions
2013: 80s and Gentleman
2014: Les Misérables
2015: Cirque De Solei
2016: When the Stars Come Out
2017: The Labyrinth
2018: Macabre




= Student groups

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Notable alumni



David Adams, former NFL player
Raul Grijalva, Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district
Harry Holt, former NFL player
Matthew Lopez, professional UFC fighter; RFA most wins and finishes in history; Sunnyside's first 4x state wrestling champion
Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation since 2007
Mike Scurlock, former NFL player
Michael Smith, former NFL player
James Terry, professional MMA fighter
Roman Bravo Young, freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, two-time NCAA champion for Penn State University
Audrey Jimenez - 4 Time AZ State Wrestling Champion. 2023 - First female wrestler to win AZ State Championship in boys wrestling division. Currently a student at LeHigh University. url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/02/17/sunnysides-audrey-jimenez-makes-arizona-wrestling-history/72646121007/




Notable faculty


Two faculty members have been recognized as Arizona Teacher of the Year, Marguerite Johnson Caldwell in 1983 and Rich Mayorga in 2003.




See also


Desert View High School
Sunnyside Unified School District




References






External links


Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside Blue Devils Football

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