Enterprise High School (Redding, California)


Enterprise High School is a public high school in Redding, California. It has an enrollment of about 1200 students. Enterprise High School is part of Shasta Union High School District in the Redding. Its main rival is Shasta High School.

Administration

Enterprise High School is a state-recognized distinguished school in California. The foreign languages offered are French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. There is also a drama department. Enterprise currently offers Honors and Advanced Placement Courses in: English I, English II, English III, English IV, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology, European History, U.S. History, American Government/Economics, Statistics, Trigonometry, Calculus, and Spanish.
Due to the low socio-economic status of Enterprise, test scores are reflective of that status. Contrary to popular belief, however, Enterprise ranks a 10 out of 10 when compared to schools of similar size. Other schools in the district rank much lower when compared to schools of equivalent size and socio-economic status.
Enterprise also has an extensive and broad College Preparatory program. Every subject is offered in CP level, acceptable to the University of California and California State University systems.
Below is the list of classes available to Enterprise High School students:
EnglishSocial SciencesScienceMathematicsOther
Honors/CP English IIntroduction to Social Science/Personal Growth CP Physical Earth ScienceCP Algebra IFreshman 9th P.E.
Honors/CP English 2AP European History/CP World HistoryCP BiologyCP GeometryAll electives chosen by choice
AP/CP English IIIAP/CP U.S. HistoryHonors ChemistryCP Algebra IIAll electives chosen by choice
AP/CP English IVAP/CP American Government/EconomicsAP Physics, AP Chemistry, or AP Biology Trigonometry/Pre Calculus/AP Statistics or AP Calculus

Enterprise has an extensive list of available electives, in which they satisfy unit credit for the UC and CSU systems.
Visual/Performing Arts
Art I-IV
Band I & II
Choir
Drama I-IV
Guitar
Percussion
Practical/Vocational Arts
Computer Aided Drafting I-III/IV
Construction
Computer Applications
Introduction to Technology
Culinary Arts
Family and Consumer Science
Yearbook
Newspaper
Foreign Language
Spanish I-III
French I-III
Mandarin Chinese
American Sign Language
Russian
Other
NJROTC
Student Government
Teacher Aiding

Music

Enterprise stages the Victorian Dinner Celebration now in its 31st year of performances. This original dinner/play set in a Victorian Christmas holiday venue is an evening of comedy, food, and vocal and instrumental music.

Athletics

Enterprise currently requires a 2.0 GPA to participate in sports.
Every October, Enterprise and their main rival, Shasta High School, play in a celebrated game called the River Bowl. The Hornets and the Wolves have been playing for the bowl for 24 years. After Enterprise winning the River Bowl every year, Shasta finally took the River Bowl in 2005. However, Enterprise won the River Bowl back on October 13, 2006 with a score of 10-0, the first shut out in River Bowl history. On October 12, 2007, a great and close game was played with the conclusion of Shasta winning the River Bowl back with a score of 17-24. The overall score of wins for the last 27 years is 17-10, with Enterprise in the lead.

Demographics

In 2011, Enterprise High School had 1,294 Students: 1.9% African American, 10% Asian, 70.17% Caucasian, 11.44% Hispanic or Latino, 2.78% Native American, and 0.62% Pacific Islander.

1982 skylight injury

Around 1 A.M. on March 1, 1982, recent graduate Rick Earl Bodine and three others trespassed onto Enterprise High School, allegedly to steal spotlights off the roof. After handing down one of the spotlights, Bodine reportedly walked across to take a second spotlight, but in the dark and rain fell through a painted-over skylight; the trespassers called an ambulance. Brain damage from the 27-foot fall initially left Bodine mute and quadriplegic. The state declined to prosecute Bodine, viewing that the injuries were more than sufficient punishment. Bodine's attorney sued the school district, arguing the district was negligent, given that a similar painted-over skylight in Shasta High School in Redding had resulted in a death in 1981. Judge Joseph Redmon ruled that criminal conduct would not bar Bodine from suing or collecting. The district's insurance company settled the case for $260,000 up front plus $1,500 per month for the rest of Bodine's life. Outrage over the settlement spurred the introduction of California bill A.B. 200 in 1985 and the subsequent adoption of statute 847, which restricts property-owner liability toward plaintiffs engaged in certain felonies.

Notable alumni