Sacramento City College ( SCC ) is a public community college in Sacramento, California . SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), offering Associate in Science (A.S) and Associate in Art (A.A.) degrees.
9-578: Founded in 1916 as a department of Sacramento High School , Sacramento City College is the seventh oldest public community college in California and the oldest institution of higher learning in Sacramento. Rare for its time, Sacramento City College was founded by a woman (Belle Cooledge) and with an all female class as its first graduates, the college began with the spirit of inclusion at its very heart. First known as Sacramento Junior College , Cooledge founded
18-628: The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), and the Big 8 Conference. SCC fields 18 teams, including 10 women's teams and 8 men's teams. The baseball program has demonstrated the most consistent success with 37 league titles, 5 state titles, and 1 national title. On the women's side, the track and field team won 3 straight state titles (2003, 2004, 2005), while the softball program won 4 state titles between 1988 and 2004. Sac City's athletic alumni have competed in
27-600: The Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California . Originally founded in 1856, Sacramento High is the second oldest public high school in California . In 2003, the school adopted its current form as a charter school within the Sacramento City Unified School District . Founded in 1856, Sacramento High School moved several times. In 1922, construction began at its current location on 34th Street. It opened at this location in 1924 and continuously served
36-545: The 1920s. The format changed in the early 1970s, and it was discontinued by 1980. The school newspaper-originally named "the Blotter" in the 1920s—would be called "The Pony Express" for several decades. It is now called "the Express." There are over 50 student clubs and groups on campus, although there are no official fraternities or sororities . The campus does not offer any dorms. The Sacramento City College Panthers are members of
45-544: The 75-acre (300,000 m) Sacramento City College Campus. In October 1967, the Sacramento Pop Festival was held at the main campus' Charles C. Hughes Stadium . In 1970, the newly renamed Los Rios Community College District opened a third campus, Cosumnes River College . Folsom Lake College has recently been added to the district. The Sacramento City College yearbook was called the Pioneer when initially published in
54-583: The Olympic Games, the World Series, the NFL playoffs, and a world championship boxing match. Several of its coaches (and former coaches) have coached or served in administrative positions on a national and international level, including the Olympic Games, the NFL, and Major League Baseball. Sacramento High School Sacramento Charter High School ("Sac High") is an independent public charter high school in
63-497: The college became a part of the Sacramento City Unified School District. Twenty-eight years later, as a result of a March 17, 1964, election, Sacramento City College separated from the Sacramento City Unified School District to join the newly organized Los Rios Junior College District, which took over the operation of American River College and Sacramento City College. Los Rios paid the total of $ 1.00 for
72-448: The college to provide a safe, welcoming place for students to learn the basics for a college education, and to be a gathering spot for extra-curricular activities that would bring the community together. In 1922, the citizens of Sacramento organized a junior college district, effectively granting Sacramento Junior College its administrative independence from Sacramento High School. This plan of organization remained in force until 1936, when
81-597: The growing neighborhoods of Downtown Sacramento, Midtown, East Sacramento, River Park, College Greens, Tahoe Park and Oak Park until 2003. The school was decommissioned as a standard public school by the SCUSD School Board in June 2003 due to low performance, over the objections of many students, parents and teachers. The new charter high school, which opened in September 2003, kept the same school colors, purple and white, and
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