The school's electronics class is considered as influential as Frederick Terman's program at Stanford University.

[11] During this period, the electronics teacher, John McCollum, created a hands-on classroom in which students like Stephen Wozniak learned while designing, building, repairing, and understanding a range of equipment.

Beginning in the summer of 2009, solar panels and shade structures were added over both parking lots, and the fields were reorganized so that a new stadium could be constructed.

[13] Homestead High School's curriculum includes preparatory courses, vocational training, and general education.

The marching band has enjoyed a continuous run of championship awards, starting in 1993 with their field show rendition of The Phantom of the Opera.

In April 2010, Homestead's marching band was one of only 10 high schools nationwide selected to participate in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

[16] Participating in the 2009 Australian International Music Festival held in the Sydney Opera House[17] on a trip to New Zealand and Australia, the Wind Symphony received a Gold Award, and the Jazz Ensemble received a Silver Award.

Homestead's award-winning student newspaper, The Epitaph, won eight Gold Crowns from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA).

[citation needed] In 1988, the paper received one of its highest honors, The Press Freedom Award, from the Student Press Law Center, for its successful defense of a story about a junior boy who was HIV positive, one of the first such stories in any high school newspaper.

The story was reported nationally in the wake of a Supreme Court's decision in Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260 (1988).

[citation needed] The paper's adviser from 1976 to 1994, Nick Ferentinos, was the 1994 Dow Jones News Fund's National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year.

[citation needed] With a gift from alumnus Steve Wozniak (class of 1968), co-founder of Apple, the Epitaph adopted desktop publishing in 1986, among the first high school newspapers to use the technology to produce a student publication.

Alumnus Steve Wozniak and noted electrical engineer Ron Crane have both served as key supporters of the team over the years.

[23] Currently the largest student-run organization on campus, Interact is a club dedicated to developing leadership and character skills as well as allowing members to find their passions.

The Interact club at Homestead is also closely connected with the interact clubs in the Fremont Union High School District, and they work closely together to create ways to fundraise for international projects through car washes, talent shows, dances, and more.

The original baseball program was under the direction of Chuck Camuso, a longtime mentor and leader, who received the CCS Coaches Honor Award in 1993–1994.

This tournament brings in highly ranked boys soccer teams from around the valley and has been in existence for over 20 years.

[31] The 2018 Varsity Women's Soccer Team made it to the second level of the CCS finals,[32] where they were defeated by St. Francis High School.

The Homestead team had an award-winning season, including beating top runner Palo Alto.

The runners contributing to the national record of 47:11.2 were Jack Christianson (9:17.0), Mike Ferguson (9:17.2), Tom Brassell (9:26.0), Steve Flynn (9:35.4), and John Hanes (9:35.6).

Another graduate was Chrisann Brennan, who was Jobs's first girlfriend (also an early employee of Apple) and the mother of his first child, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.