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    Catalina Magnet High School

    After years of having only one school, Tucson Unified School District decided it was time to open another high school to meet the growing need in. In 1953, construction crews broke ground to begin the building of a new high school to. In January 1957, an only partially completed Catalina received a full student body. The students themselves helped move equipment and furniture to help make the transition smoother.

    Additional classrooms, shower and locker facilities and a science wing were added later, with 10-cent levy funds and federal aid under Public Law 815. The school now has 65 regular classrooms plus the -classroom science wing. R. T. Gridley was the first principal of Catalina.

    It would not be until 1959 that the original plans for the school were completed. In the sixties, Catalina went through it's golden years. During this time Catalina was known as "The Country Club School" for the upper class students that attended Catalina. During this time, Catalina would watch as many other schools began to develop in the Tucson Area, such as Sahuaro, Palo Verde, Canyon Del Oro, Rincon, and Cholla opened their doors to students.

    In 1968 Catalina received a new Principal, a former Tucson High Assistant Principal Derald Hendrickson. Mr. Hendrickson made it a mission to combat the threat of drugs on school campuses. Mr. Hendrickson implemented many policies still used by TUSD today.

     


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        Catalina Magnet High School

        3645 East Pima Street
        Tucson, AZ 85716

        Phone: (520) 232-8400   |   Fax: (520) 232-8401   |   Official Website

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