Skyline High School (Oakland, California)

Skyline High School is a public high school in Oakland, California, United States. It is part of the Oakland Unified School District.Administration and academicsFor the 2014-2015 school year, the principal was Vinh Trinh and the assistant principals were Marisol Arkin, Anya Gurholdt, Elin Peinado and Christina Macalino.In July 2015, it was announced that Trinh was resigning. The interim principal as of August 2015 is Claude Jenkins. For the 2015-2016 school year, the assistant principals were Vinnie Blye, Emiliano Figueroa, Gary Middleton and Nikki Seaberg.Under Trinh, a program was designed through which Skyline students can simultaneously earn a Berkeley City College degree and a high school diploma.Skyline High School students must choose one of four academies by their 10th grade year. Academies are "schools within a school" centered on career fields. Ninth grade students apply to the academy of their choice in the spring semester. Students study with the same team of teachers and group of students from 10th to 12th grades in their English/social studies and academy lab courses. Some courses include math and/or science, depending on the academy of choice. Students can take advantage of internships and paid summer jobs in their fields.LocationSkyline High School is located on a 45acre campus at the crest of the Oakland hills. The campus is near the Redwood Regional Park and has a panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay Area. The campus is located in an affluent residential neighborhood away from commercial venues.CampusThe school has dedicated various parts of the campus to different class levels: Senior Lawn Junior Quarter Sophomore Square Freshman Bungalow