Foothill High School is a public secondary school located in the unincorporated community of North Tustin, California between Old Foothill Boulevard and Dodge Avenue. It has a mailing address of Santa Ana, but it is a part of the Tustin Unified School District.
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History
Opened in September 1963, it is the second oldest high school in the Tustin Unified School District. Its name is derived from the Tustin Foothills, which is the pre-2005 name of the area of North Tustin.
In 1996, Foothill was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School award. It was awarded the California Gold Ribbon School award in 2015 and the California Distinguished School award three times, in 1994, 1999, and 2005.
Academics
Foothill High School offers multiple academic programs including 23 advanced placement classes, 10 Honors classes, and 8 International Baccalaureate classes. Foothill is the only school in the Tustin Unified School District to offer the International Baccalaureate program. Foothill also offers AVID and CTE pathways in the areas of Engenering, Media Arts( such as FTV), Manufacturing, Culinary Arts, Computer Science, Visual Imagery, Graphic Design, Robotics, and Applied Medical.
Foothill also partners with Irvine Valley College (IVC) to offer dual enrollment courses in Business, American Sign Language, Kinesiology, and Dance history.
Athletics
Foothill plays in the Crestview League, a part of the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS), which is part of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).
Seasons
Foothill has 22 teams in 14 sports.
Fall:
Cross country
Football (men's)
Golf (women's)
Tennis (women's)
Volleyball (women's)
Water polo (men's)
Winter:
Basketball (men's/women's)
Soccer (men's/women's)
Water polo (women's)
Wrestling (men's/women's)
Spring:
Baseball (men's)
Golf (men's)
Lacrosse (men's/women's)
Softball (women's)
Swimming
Tennis (men's)
Track
Volleyball (men's)
Campus
Foothill was built on a 37-acre campus.
Notable alumni
Brian Alexander, former United States men's national water polo team member and 2011 Pan American Games gold medalist
Eva Angelina (2003), adult film actress
Brad Boxberger, baseball player
Mike Champion (1976–1978), baseball player with the San Diego Padres
Jamal Duff (1990), football player, actor
Kimberly Duran (born 1989), muralist
Doug Eisenman (born 1968), tennis player
Bruce Furniss, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, swimming
Steve Furniss, 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, swimming
Jason Hairston (1990), businessman, professional football player
Margo Harshman (2004), TV & film actress Even Stevens
Brittany Hayes, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, water polo
Chris Hoke (1994), professional football player
Phil Hughes (2004), baseball player
Sadie Jean (2020), singer
Norm Katnik (1999), NFL center for Minnesota Vikings
Adam Koets (2002), professional football player
Jillian Kraus (born 1986), water polo player
Other
Former head football coach of the Kansas State Wildcats, Bill Snyder, coached at Foothill High School from 1969-1974, then went on to a coach at Austin College and Iowa before landing at Kansas State University.