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2024 concludes the first year of a new century, which propelled the purple and white into status no other local high school can claim- a second century.
With a new year upon us, let’s take a look back and recount the rich history of one of California’s most beautiful high school campuses.
In 1895, something groundbreaking (at the time) took place in Redwood City. The very first high school between San Francisco and San Jose opened. It was a building block in the early development of the Peninsula.
The school was established due to meetings between parents from seven elementary school districts that took place the same year. Formed as a preparatory school to feed nearby Stanford University, which opened in 1891, it was called Sequoia Union High School.
Its first President was David Curry.
The name “Sequoia” has a Cherokee origin, meaning “giant redwood tree.” It honors the legendary Cherokee – Sequoyah, who is credited for being the first person in history to create a written language alone without being literate in another language. His creation was the Cherokee syllabary, which is a list of syllables representing unique sounds in the Cherokee language. In Cherokee, his name is “Sikwayi.” Sequoyah was also known as George Gist after his probable father, a Virginia fur trader named Nathaniel Gist. A statue of Sequoyah greets you as you enter the main building.
To be continued…..
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