Piedmont Hills High School

Recent history

• In 2010, the Pirates won the 2010 CCS Division I Championship for football, the first in the school's history.
• In 2011, the school's cheerleaders were required to wear sweatpants under their cheerleader skirts while attending classes; the principal considers the miniskirts "too risque" though the rule does not appear during games.
• In 2012, the school's concert choir received a Unanimous Superior at the CMEA Festival, the first in the school's history.
• In 2012, the school's vocal jazz group, the "Treblemakers", competed in and won the vocal jazz portion of Northern California Jazz Festival for a second consecutive time.
• In 2012, the girls' track & field team was the #1 CCS champion. Also became state champions and earned the second fastest time in the country
• In 2013, the Piedmont Hills Drama Department production of "Hairspray" won Best Ensemble at the Stage's Top Honor Awards.
• In 2014, the Treblemakers competed in the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival and won a Commanding Performance rating.
• In 2014, concert choir received a Unanimous Superior from CMEA, held at Silver Creek High School.
• On March 20, 2015, a dead man in his twenties was found at the bottom of the diving pool.
• In 2015, Piedmont Hills celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an all-alumni production of A Chorus Line, as well as a Homecoming Reunion.
• In 2015, the school's baseball team won the 2015 CCS Division Championship for baseball, the first in the school's history.
• In 2018, the school repaired its swimming pool.
• In 2019, the school finished its new, modern science building.
• In 2020, the school was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Notable alumni

• Rex Walters, Professional Basketball Player and Coach
• Ato Boldon, Olympic Track Medalist & World Champion
• Melissa Dyrdahl, co-founder and CEO of Bring Light, former Senior VP of Adobe Systems Incorporated
• Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
• Steve Papin, American football player
• Stephen Anderson, American football player for the Houston Texans
• Tommi Virtanen, the low-seed from SWC2019 Americas Group D