Hollywood High School

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Hollywood High School
Location
1521 N Highland Ave, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Information
Type Public
Grades 9 - 12
Campus Urban
Mascot Shieks
Color(s)          Crimson, White
Established 1903
Homepage Official website
This article is about Hollywood High school, a secondary school. For the computer game, see Hollywood High.

Hollywood High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located on the intersection of Highland Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

The school serves Hollywood, Beachwood Canyon, and Outpost Estates. Some areas (including sections of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Hollywood High School and Fairfax High School.

Hollywood High School was established in 1903. The school, which covers grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The current principal of the school is Fonna Bishop.

The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie named The Sheik. A picture of Valentino as "The Sheik" adorns the backside of the auditorium, facing the football field.

The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994, it was restored in 2002.

Bancroft Middle School and Le Conte Middle School feed into Hollywood High School.

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[edit] Skateboarding

Hollywood High School is a famous landmark and popular for skateboarders and has appeard in many movies including : Menikmati (2000), This is Skateboarding (2002), Yeah Right (2003), Round Three (2004) and more.

Trick down :

  • Andrew Reynolds : Fakie flip, Nollie flip, lipslide, fs flip over the rail, Nollie bs 180, kickflip & switch fs flip
  • Eric Koston : Nollie nosebluntslide down the rail
  • Paul Rodriguez : Switch flip & Switch fs heelflip
  • Chris Haslam : Kickflip bs smith
  • Jamie Thomas : Fs smith grind, backside lipslide & 180 fs nosegrind
  • Arto Saari : Switch fs boardslide & Bs smith

[edit] Notable alumni

Hollywood High School enterance [1]
Hollywood High School enterance [1]
Hollywood High School (at center), 1906
Hollywood High School (at center), 1906

Hollywood High School has over 500 notable graduates or attendees, including:

[edit] Cameos

Hollywood High School is seen in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

Hollywood High School is seen in the Nancy Drew, 2007 film, starring Emma Roberts.

Hollywood High School appears in the movie Made (2001 film) written and directed by Jon Favreau.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Klein, Alvin. "ACTRESS, 18, HAS SOME REGRETS", The New York Times, October 30, 1983. Accessed December 27, 2007. "Before attending Hollywood High School, she was a student at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood."
  2. ^ Favreau, Jon (2001). "Made" -- by Jon Favreau.
    Retrieved on June 2nd, 2008 from
    http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Made.html (See page 17, line 23)

[edit] External links

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Los Angeles Unified School District District 4
7-12 Schools
High Schools
Belmont • Contreras LC • Fairfax • Franklin • Hollywood • Marshall
Alternative High Schools
Middle Schools
Bancroft • Le Conte • Virgil • Berendo
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