Friday, September 22, 2017

Fun Fact Friday # 4 - BHS Principals


Bonita has had 19 principals.
1903-1904        AC Smith (School was originally housed above a Lordsburg store and then in the same building as La Verne Heights Elementary. There were 34 students with one graduating senior in the class of 1904).
1903-1907        Llewellen Evans (School was on Damien and Bonita-Damien now.  Echos was created 1907…do we even call the yearbook the Echos anymore?  There were 6 graduates in the class of 1906).
1907-1920        Arthur Durward (student body of 58 students)
1920-1921        M.M. Livingston
1921-1932        William T Randall
1932-1946        George Bell (Glenn Davis lead the football team to CIF championship in 42 and wins the Heisman in 46).
1946-1950        Rudolph Fischer (Was a teacher at Bonita 1913).
1950-1957        Joseph Deal (Merger of the Bonita Union High School district, La Verne Elementary District and San Dimas Elementary District forms BUSD).
1957-1962        C. Guy Warfel (The land which housed BHS is sold to the catholic church and Bonita High School moves to its current location in fall of 1959).
1962-1966        Clarence Krawczak
1966-1967        Dan Thompson
1967-1969        Howard Wigell (Introduced George the crocodile, Allen Carter is the “green machine”)
1969-1986        Lou Rosen (he hired me J.  Allan Carter is named CIF player of the year in football).
1986-1992        Robert Lewis (BHS stadium is renamed in honor of Glenn Davis).
1992-1994        Bruce Cantley
1994-1997        Greg Franklin (Sportsplex is completed 1996.  Senior Project is planned).
1997-2015        Robert Ketterling (longest tenure of a Bonita Principal-18 years.  Senior project is implemented in 97.  AC completed in entire campus.  Buildings all painted Green and White.  BHS becomes a digital school.  BHS celebrates her centennial celebration.  Ketterling Court-new gym-built). 
2015-2017        Derek Bub (WASC Accreditation gets a 6 year accreditation). 
2017-Present     Kenny Ritchie (Portable AC units for both gyms.  Other than that…time will tellJ)

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