Opportunity II High School

Yvonne Golden was the controversial principal of Opportunity while I was there. She eventually left San Francisco and moved to Florida, where she became the first Black mayor of Daytona Beach. There is now a community center named in honor of Yvonne.

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Fong Ha taught math at Opportunity for awhile in the mid-late 70s. He passed away in 2019

tai chi berkeley Sifu Fong Ha practiced Chinese internal arts since his childhood and has studied with many renowned teachers. He was born in 1937 and passed away is September of 2019. He began his studies of Yang-style Taijiquan in 1953 with Tung Ying-chieh, and continued with Yang Sau-chung, the eldest son of Yang...

One of our alumni, Cynthia McGraw, died January 4, 2013, after a long illness. We will miss her.

What's your favorite memory from Opportunity?

So... I was thinking last night about the albums we listened to when we were in school. I was into disco, funk and soul, but most of you who are here right now were always telling me "Disco Sucks!" and nodding your heads to, what... Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, all that music that were golden oldies even then.

Discuss... ;p

Along Plum Alley

Plum and So. Van Ness

Judy Bebelaar in 1975

Dennis Banks and Yvonne Golden, 1977

Members of the 1977 Opportunity II High Cobras JV Baseball team

Rap Rappold, Opportunity High grad.

Ron Cabral with students at KALW Radio doing Natural High Express radio show. Debbie Liatos, Terry Preston.