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Sep 11, 2014 · The school will now be home to the Mighty Arabs. An educational exchange program between the high school and students from a city in Michigan with a large Arab-American population is in the works. The new mascot with its more realistic face captures the school's spirit — without stereotyping or discriminating, Adams said.
- Claudia Koerner
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
Sep 1, 2014 · THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California high school has retired a controversial Arab mascot. The bearded, snarling mascot with a large hooked nose who wears a head scarf did not appear at Coachella Valley High School's season opening football game on Friday.
Nov 11, 2013 · For decades, Coachella Valley High's mascot has been the Arab, a menacing-looking man with a hooked nose and a head wrap. School pep teams even lead belly dances during halftime shows.
Mar 5, 2020 · A Southern California high school has retired a controversial Arab mascot. The bearded, snarling mascot with a large hooked nose who wears a head scarf did not appear at Coachella Valley...
Nov 8, 2013 · The group said it was “shocked to learn that the Arab” is the official mascot of the high school in Thermal. “Continued use of the ‘Arab’ mascot perpetuates demeaning stereotypes of Arabs...
Nov 7, 2013 · A self-described civil rights group is calling on a Southern California high school to get rid of its longstanding Arab mascot that it deems offensive.
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Its mascot is the grizzly bear. As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,639 students and 107.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 24.5:1. There were 78 students (3.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 39 (1.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
