In 2016, the Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the California All-State Music Educator's Conference (CASMEC) in San Jose. The Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall in 20, as well as Chicago Symphony Hall in 2013. Samohi currently offers five concert bands, with the Wind Ensemble recognized as one of the most exceptionally talented high school bands in California. In 2006, the marching band qualified for the first time in the SCSBOA 5A division championship. The band enjoys a long history of competing in parades and field shows, most notably participating in shows sponsored by the SCSBOA (Southern California Student Band and Orchestra Association). The marching band performs for home football games and for many school and community events. The Santa Monica High School Viking Marching Band is one of the oldest high school marching bands in the state of California. In February 2006, Symphony Orchestra became the first public high school orchestra to perform in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles. Many of the orchestras from Santa Monica High School have had the chance to travel around the nation and the world. The orchestra program is made up of many different ensembles, ranging from the smaller Beginning Strings / String Orchestra to the large Symphony Orchestra. In 2005, Symphony Orchestra was labeled the best high school-level orchestra in the nation by the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) at the National Orchestra Festival in Reno, Nevada. The front of Barnum Hall Orchestral program Additionally, the quiz bowl team remains competitive in the Southern California circuit. The school also has an academic team which won the 2008 National Science Bowl competition as well as the 2017 National Ocean Sciences Bowl. In that case, the student has the option to join the house their sibling is in, or to join a new one. Upon enrollment in Santa Monica High School, students are randomly assigned to a house unless the student has already had a sibling in SAMOHI. Teachers with classrooms in a house building/floor are automatically deemed one of the house teachers with some slight exceptions. A principal oversees each of the houses, along with two counselors. The "A" house was cut due to the California budget cuts to public schools. S House is stationed in the Language Building, M and O house are both stationed in the new Discovery Building, H house is stationed in the English Building, and I house is stationed in the Innovation Building. There are five houses: S, M, O, H and I, with each house assigned a building or a floor of a building. In 2003, Samohi adopted a house system, similar to college house systems each student is part of a house. On September 10, 2015, during "Back to School Night" the Innovation Building was unveiled to the public. As of February 2015, a new Science and Technology Building, known as the Innovation Building, has been constructed along with an outdoor gathering space called Centennial Plaza. As the school aged, renovations took place in Barnum Hall and the Music Building was completely rebuilt. In 1952, Santa Monica High School was finally expanded to what it is now, 33 acres (130,000 m 2), and two new buildings were built, the Science and Technology D.M. The campus also added six buildings during this period: the Language, English, Business, History, Administration and Music Buildings.
Barnum Hall Theater, originally called "the Auditorium," was built in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to be the Civic Auditorium of Santa Monica and host school events as well.
One of the best examples of the classical Greek style in Southern California, the amphitheater was built after Santa Monica passed a $30,000 bond measure to fund its construction. In 1921, the Open Air Memorial Theater (now called the Greek Amphitheatre) was built to honor the Santa Monicans who served in World War I. Ten years later the campus was expanded with construction of the English building. The school sits on the hilltop between 4th and 7th streets and Pico and Olympic Blvds., from which one can see the Pacific Ocean. The "new" campus opened in 1912 with one building, the current History Building, with an enrollment of 50 students. The first graduating class graduated in 1894. In 1891, the Union High School Law was passed in Santa Monica, thereby establishing a four-year high school for the city.
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