Los Angeles High School
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| Established | 1873 |
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| School type | Public |
| Principal | Raul Fernandez, Frank Nishimura |
| Students | 4700 |
| Colors | Blue, White |
| Mascot | Romans |
| Location | 4650 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019, USA |
| Website | Los Angeles High School |
Los Angeles High School, founded in 1873, is the oldest public high school in the Southern California Region and in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its colors are blue and white and the teams are called the Romans.
Los Angeles High School is a public secondary high school, enrolling an estimated 4,700 students in grades 9-12. Los Angeles High School receives accreditation approval from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Concurrent enrollment programs, provided in large by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Community College District, are offered with West Los Angeles College, Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Los Angeles City College, or Santa Monica College.
Los Angeles High School is a large, urban, inner-city school located in the Mid-Wilshire District of Los Angeles. The attendance boundary consists of a contrasting spectrum of economic diversity ranging from affluent Hancock Park to the low-income, densely populated immigrant community of the Pico-Union District. Within the school is a College Incentive Magnet Program, which operates on Track C. Forty-four percent of the student population is identified as LEP, or Limited English Proficient. Currently, 66% of the students are identified as eligible to receive supplemental instructional services and materials through the Federal Title I Program.
The magnet high school is a university preparatory secondary high school program and a "school within a school." First established as a part of student integration services in the 1970s, the Los Angeles High School Math/Science/Technology magnet prepares students with an intensive, rigorous course load in order to better prepare them for university entrance. There are 317 students enrolled in the magnet program, grades 9-12.
Typically, the senior class at large has approximately 35% of seniors entering into four-year universities and schools. The magnet senior class typically has 85% of its senior class entering into four-year colleges and universities.
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[edit] History
Until recently, buildings commissioned to house the school were among the architectural jewels of the city, and always were strategically placed at the summit of a hill, the easier to be pointed to with pride. (One of the school's mottos is "Always a hill, always a tower, always a timepiece.") Construction on LAHS' original building began on July 19, 1872. Opening in 1873, it was originally located at the site of the current Los Angeles County Court House at Temple and Broadway, approximately .
In 1891, LAHS moved to its second building and location on nearby Fort Moore Hill, located on north Hill Street between California (now the 101 Freeway) and Sunset Boulevard (now Ceasar E Chavez Ave.) at . It eventually became the location for the Fort Moore Hill Pioneer Memorial and the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District (which moved in 2000). LAHS would move to its present location in 1917, where an edifice which became an international cultural landmark was erected for the famed school. The insure a permanently beautiful vista for their contemplation, and to honor classmates who had fallen in World War I, the students purchased the land across the street for the creation of a tree-filled, memorial park.
The popular late 1960s and early 70s television series Room 222 was filmed here. The 1917 building sustained moderate cosmetic damage, principally in the tower area, during the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. Efforts spearhaaded by the Alumni Association, founded in 1876, to repair and preserve the iconic structure were opposed by certain commercial interests, who lobbied for its demolition, and finally decisively thwarted when it was gutted by a fire of mysterious origin. The replacement structure has been universally decried and finds no champions among either current or former students and faculty, or residents of the neighboring community. Most students tell you they have heard that it was designed by a prison architect.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Josephine Miles, poet
- Frederick Madison Roberts, first African American to be elected to the California State Legislature (1919-1933)
- Nacio Brown, Jr., songwriter and son of Nacio Brown, Sr. who wrote "Singing in the Rain."
- John Cage, composer
- Fletcher Bowron, four term mayor of Los Angeles 1938 - 1953
- Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
- Johnnie Cochran, attorney who defended O.J. Simpson
- Francis J. Weber, historian, noted author on California's mission period
- Budd Schulberg, Oscar-winning screenwriter
- Leonard Slatkin, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra
- Dustin Hoffman, actor
- Charles Bukowski, writer, poet
- Mel Tormé, jazz singer
- Charles Francis Richter, Inventor of the Richter Scale
[edit] Current Administration
- Dr. Frank Nishimura, Principal
- Raul Fernandez, Principal
- Carol Wilmington, Assistant Principal
- Dr. Moohay Choe, Assistant Principal
- Carlos Garcia, Assistant Principal
- Violeta White, Assistant Principal
- Elena Anthony, Assistant Principal
- Chi^2 Ogbuagu, ELA Administrator
[edit] Advanced Placement Program
Students are accepted into the Advanced Placement Program and individual advanced placement classes based on faculty and counselor recommendations. A student may be admitted into an AP class by request if the AP instructor has approved the request.
