Additionally, students have the option of, as a Junior or Senior, taking vocationally-oriented courses through the Regional Occupational Training program or CART high school.

[citation needed] The Bears received "Special Mention State School of the Year" by CalHiSports for their athletic success in 07-08 and 08- 09.

[citation needed] Under the direction of Key Poulan, both concert wind ensembles were selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, April 14, 2001.

In the program, students create an entire mission, from planning experiments to training and selecting astronauts, by themselves.

Buchanan High school won the national, state and valley championships for baseball in 2011.

As of December 2010, eight Buchanan HS alumni have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than from any other California high school.