Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles, California)

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Alexander Hamilton High School
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Information
Locale 2955 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90034
Principal Gary Garcia
Students 2,154[1]
Type High School
Grades A-F System
Athletics Hamilton High School Yankees
Mascot Alex
Established 1931
Phone 310-836-1602
Homepage Hamilton Home Page

Alexander Hamilton High School is a public high school within the Westside (Los Angeles County) in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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[edit] History

Hamilton High School opened in fall 1931, with Thomas Hughes Elson as the principal. [2] At the time, its attendance boundaries included Culver City,[1] and in 1932 they extended as far north as Mulholland Highway. [3]

Early photographs from the school's archives show the campus in its pre-World War II state, with only the main front building completed at the time. The photos show dozens of 1920s and 30s cars parked along Robertson Boulevard in front of the school. The bell tower still exists today, but no longer houses a working bell.

Today, there exists the main building, the secondary building, the humanities building, the music building, and other structures. There is a large Theater Hall, a dining facility, two gym buildings, boys' and girls', and a workshop building. Adjacent is a Department of Water and Power building and a continuation school called Cheviot Hills High School.

[edit] Administration

Hamilton High is divided into seven "small learning communities," or SLCs," which coordinate their own curricula and staff. They are:

Hamilton's mascot, "Alex"
Hamilton's mascot, "Alex"

The Humanities Magnet and the Music Academy have their own buildings. Classes in those buildings are mostly held for that program, and offer teachers trained in those areas. The other SLC divisions hold classes in the larger main buildings.

[edit] Humanities Magnet

The Humanities Magnet was established in 1981. It offers an interdisciplinary liberal arts curriculum. As a university preparatory program, all classes in the Humanities Magnet are Honors or Advanced Placement level.

Annually, an average of 98% of the magnet's graduates are admitted to colleges and universities. Of that group, more than 80% are accepted to four- year colleges or universities.

[edit] Athletics

The sports program at Hamilton includes sports such as basketball, soccer, football, tennis, volleyball, track and field, baseball, softball, and swim teams for boys and girls. In recent years, the boys and girls soccer teams both received spots in the playoffs, with the girls winning the invitational playoffs in the recent year. In 2006 the football team achieved a record of 8-2, the best in the history of the school, thanks to the contributions of coach Kelvin Moore.

In fall 2007, Hamilton High School's Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Girls Varsity Cross-Country teams all won Western League Division Championships. David Bensimon came in first place with an amazing 15:44. Lawrence Kennedy, suffering from a broken angle, still accomplished a PR of 16:04. Francis Kennedy, suffering from an injured knee accomplished a PR of 16:23.

[edit] Co-curricular activities

Hamilton's school newspaper is called The Federalist, a reference to The Federalist Papers, the writings of the Revolutionary patriot Alexander Hamilton, after whom the school was named. The school colors are green and white.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2006-2007 [2]:

[edit] Feeder schools

Several neighborhoods, including Palms, Beverlywood, Cheviot Hills, Rancho Park, and Reynier Village [4], are within the Hamilton attendance district. Palms Middle School and Ralph Waldo Emerson Middle School feed into Hamilton.

In fall 2007, some neighborhoods that were within the Hamilton attendance district were reassigned to Fairfax, University, and Venice high schools [3].

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Filming location

The school has been used for several movies, television shows, and music videos.

TV Shows

Movies

Music Videos

[edit] References

  1. ^ LAUSD School Profile
  2. ^ The Citizen, June 12, 1931, p. 10, and November 20, 1931, p. 1
  3. ^ The Citizen, January 29, 1932, p. 11.
  4. ^ Spanish style still defines central pocket - Los Angeles Times

[edit] External links

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