Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School

Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School (AABHPHS)
Address
451 McClatchy Way Sacramento , California 95818 United States
Information
Type	Small; Medical field
Motto	"Leading from the future"
Established	Fall 2005
Head teacher	Leticia Bucio, Interim Principal
Faculty	Teachers and other personnel
Number of students	195 (2022-2023)
Campus	Five Structures: A, B, C, D, and Multi-purpose Room
Color(s)	Black, silver, and green
Website	hphsjaguars.com

Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School (AABHPHS) is a high school in the Upper Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California. A member of the Sacramento City Unified School District.

History

During the fall of 2002, developers met with other founding partners to discuss the potential merits of a small healthcare high school for Sacramento. Sacramento was experiencing an extreme shortage of new, qualified healthcare workers and the Sacramento City Unified School District was in the process of developing a network of small, focused high schools.

In 2005, a temporary campus was built for inaugural freshmen for one year. And in late 2006, the final campus was completed.

AABHPHS is named after the late Senior Master Sergeant (Retired) Arthur A. Benjamin, U.S.A.F., a life support systems specialist and instructor in the United States Air Force; prior Director for the U.C. Davis Medical Center Cancer Ward; prior Air Force Junior ROTC instructor from nearby Hiram Johnson High School, and prior principal for Hiram Johnson.

Extracurricular and academic activities

The school offers many extracurricular and academic activities that include: MESA, basketball, volleyball, science, Japanese, Latino, yearbook, leadership, anime, martial arts, and dance. All clubs participate in school.