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Coordinates: 32°42′04″N 117°02′53″W 32.7010777, -117.0480502

Morse High School

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    • 6905 Skyline Drive, San Diego, California, United States of America
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    • (619) 262-0763
    • (619) 262-6835 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
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Samuel F. B. Morse High School, also called Morse High School or simply Morse, is an urban public high school located in southeastern San Diego in the neighborhood of Encanto serving grades 9-12 in the American K-12 education system. Named after inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, it first opened its doors in 1962. Morse has produced several notable African American sports athletes among its alumni and has sent its graduates to many colleges and universities throughout the United States including Stanford, MIT, Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Hampton University, Columbia University, UCSD, USC, Cal Tech, and UC Santa Barbara. Morse High School serves the predominantly working-class, culturally diverse urban communities of Alta Vista, Bay Terraces, Encanto, Jamacha-Lomita, Paradise Hills, and Skyline in Southeast San Diego. As of 2006-2007, demographics from the California Department of Education show that a slim plurality of the students are Filipino (35%), followed by Hispanic-Latino (34%), Black (21%), and non-Hispanic White (4.0%). Roughly 63% of the student body is eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Lunch.^[1]

Academic Performance Index place the school in schoolwide API of 640 (growth) in 2007 from 648 (base) in 2006 where 800 is the targeted California state goal. As of 2006, Morse High School has an API Statewide Rank of 3 out of 10, and an API Similar Schools Rank of 6 out of 10. Amid criticism of the school's declining performance after its administrative shake-up in 2002, then-superintendent Carl Cohn brought in Todd Irving, a Co-Principal from East Palo Alto High School, as Co-Principal to assist Principal Rocio Weiss for the 2006-2007 school year. Following Rocio Weiss's departure as Co-Principal in 2008, Todd Irving has retained his role as Principal of Morse High School. ^[1]

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