Analy High School

38°24′26.1″N 122°49′31.8″W

Analy High School
Location
6950 Analy Avenue Sebastopol, California 95472
Information
Type	Public
Established	1908
Principal	Martin M. Webb
Faculty	65
Enrollment	1,361
Mascot	Tiger
Information	+1-707-824-2300
Website	analyhighschool.org

Analy High School, pronounced "ann-a-lee" is a high school located in Sebastopol, California, U.S.A., in the county of Sonoma.

Analy is one of two comprehensive high schools in the West Sonoma County Union High School District, the other being El Molino High School. The high school district has 11 feeder elementary districts. Over the last three years, these districts have developed grade level standards K-12 in English, math and social studies, and work continues in technology and science. Analy has developed standards, particularly in English and math.

In 2002, the community passed a USD $13,000,000 bond issue, and in three years later they renewed a four-year parcel tax for another seven years. This parcel tax was defeated in an early initiative, but was placed on the ballot again and passed on June 8, 2005 by a margin of 65 votes.

Although Sebastopol's population is small, the school serves an area of 50,000. Approximately 85% of Analy's students go directly to two or four-year colleges; the school ranks in the 98th percentile on sending students to two- or four-year public schools.

30% of the student population is involved in the band, choir, or theater departments.

Analy has a seven-period day. The school offers a range of electives, including eleven practical arts classes.

Choir

Analy's choir department performs three concerts each year. The first concert is performed in the fall, the second in the winter, and the third in the spring. The choir department is divided into different choirs, which perform music at differing styles and levels of complexity.

Choirs

• Concert Choir: This is the beginning level choir, and it has no prerequisite to join. The concert choir primarily consists of freshmen and sophomores, though it is not limited to younger students.

• Treble Choir: This is an all female chorus. It is the second level for female singers, and students are required to audition before joining the treble choir.

• Honor Choir: This is the advanced mixed-voice chorus. It is also an audition-only choir, and usually consists of singers who have graduated from the concert or treble choirs. The group is not limited though, and singers with potential are encouraged to audition even without experience in the previous two choirs.

• Vocal Ensemble: The Vocal Ensemble is not an actual course. It is a small group (usually consisting of 8-12 singers) that rehearses outside of class hours, usually once a week. This group often tackles music that is considered more challenging, both in technical and vocal facets, also consisting wholly of songs that are performed a cappella. Auditions for the group are held early in the year, and are limited to students in the Honor Choir. The Vocal Ensemble is a relatively new facet of the Choir Department, which witnessed its creation in 2002.

Traditions

• Each winter, the Honor Choir has traditionally performed the Hallelujah Chorus, from Handel's Messiah as the last song of the evening, accompanied by the Analy Band. Alumni of the honor choir are invited to join the chorus onstage for the song and to sing with the choir.

• Every spring, several graduating seniors are selected to direct a song each. They are given their choice of songs and rehearse with their choir, as conductor, in place of Mr. Del Monte. Eventually they conduct their piece on the night of the Spring Concert.

• Each Spring Concert, the Honor Choir's final piece is one arranged by legendary composer and arranger Moses Hogan

• On Graduation Day, at the end of each school year, the Honor Choir performs a song for the graduating seniors.

Drama

The Drama department headed by teacher/director Starr Hergenrather, produces two shows per year, a non-musical in the fall, and a musical in the spring. The Crucible is planned for production in the fall of 2008.

The Drama department annually attends the Lenaea Festival, a high-school theatre event held on the California State University, Sacramento campus

Recent shows

(Bold indicates shows directed by current drama teacher Starr Hergenrather)

*Anything Goes (2008)

*Lysistrata (2007)

*Urinetown (2007)

*The Tempest (2006)

*Bye Bye Birdie (2006)

*M*A*S*H (2005)

*The Pajama Game (2005)

*The Laramie Project (2004)

• The Breakfast Club (Senior Show, student adapted and directed)

*Kiss Me, Kate (2004)

*Tartuffe (2003)

*The Threepenny Opera (2003)

*Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (2002)

• For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls (Senior Show, student-directed)

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Guest director) (2002)

*Hair (2002)

*You Can't Take It With You (2001)

• 42nd Street (2001)

• Fame (2000)

External links

• Official website