California High School (Whittier, California)

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California High School

Type	Public secondary
Principal	Lynn Carmen-Day
Students	2,968
Grades	9–12
Location	9800 South Mills Ave., Whittier, California, USA
District	Whittier Union High School District
Colors	Blue and Gold
Nickname	Cal Hi or Cal High
Mascot	Condors
Newspaper	'The Californian'
Website	www.wuhsd.k12.ca.us

California High School (CHS) is a public high school located at 9800 South Mills Avenue Whittier, California 90604 and belongs to the Whittier Union High School District.

"Cal High," as it is known, is home to the Condors, with around 3,000 students currently attending. The mascot is the Condor and the school colors are blue and gold. It has been recently honored as a California Distinguished School, and is highly praised for its academies. It also offers a Latin program, which is uncommon in Southern California. Many sports are offered, such as soccer, tennis, softball, baseball, volleyball, cross-country, track, cheerleading and of course, football. The cheerleading program has earned many national titles at competition and support all sports and activities on campus with much enthusiasm and spirit. The band has also won many commendations and awards, including sweepstakes at the local Band Jam competition 4 years running under the direction of Doug Nordquist (2004-2006), and has ranked 6th in the SCSBOA Marching Band Championship Competition.

1 Academies
2 Theatre Arts Program
3 Journalism Program
4 Clubs
5 Recent Renovations
6 External links

[edit] Academies

These three year programs teach students about their chosen course of study during their Sophomore, Junior, and Senior year.

Architecture & Engineering (A&E)
Automotive Academy
Business Academy
Culinary Academy
Health Academy

[edit] Theatre Arts Program

The theatre department is now currently rehearsing for the show "The Boy Friend" written by Sandy Wilson, directed by the Drama teacher Mrs. Susan Eiden. Not only does the club participate in its annual Fall Play and Spring Musical, the Comedy Sportz team is also a very popular group on campus, and highly entertaining.

[edit] Journalism Program

The journalism program is student run (this year's Editors-in-Chief are Bianca Breitenbucher and Zachary Payne); and produces a publication approximately once every three weeks. They have won Sweepstakes in the Whittier Union High School District's Journalism competition three years in a row.

[edit] Clubs

Cal High is home to a diverse range of clubs, including:

The National Honor Society
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
Dead Language Club
Asian Club
Club Eco
California Scholarship Federation (CSF)
Ham Club
German Club
Scrapbooking Club
Magic Club
Anime Club
Campus Light
Chess Club
Drama Club
Living Language Club
Spanish Club

[edit] Recent Renovations

Cal High has gone through recent renovations and updates.[1] The most major of which is the new library (and included classrooms). These are the current and future projects as of February 2008:

Project	Status	Expected Completion
Fire hydrant	3%	April, 2008
Landscape and Restroom	95%	January, 2008
4 New Science Labs and Classrooms "EE"	13%	October, 2008
Existing Library Conversion to 4 Classrooms	22%	June, 2008