Piedmont High School

Piedmont High School is a public high school located in Piedmont, California, United States. Piedmont High School is part of the Piedmont Unified School District.Piedmont High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. Piedmont High School was also a California Distinguished School. Piedmont has a widely known Bird Calling Contest. Football coaches Kurt Bryan and Steve Humphries developed the A-11 offense.BackgroundPiedmont High School offers ninth through twelfth grade. The school motto is "Achieve the honorable." The school maintains rigorous academic standards, and is well known in the area as an excellent school. Many families move into Piedmont for the schools once their children reach school-age.Piedmont's colors are purple and white (representing the Scottish thistle), and its mascot, the Highlander, reflects the school's Scottish heritage.HistoryIn September 1922, the Piedmont Unified School District opened the city's first high school. It was funded by a bond passed by voters in 1920.Piedmont High School was the last public school in California to require uniforms, which disappeared in the 1970s.