Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights, California)

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Location
Los Altos High School

15325 East Los Robles Ave. Hacienda Heights, California, USA
Information
School district	HLPUSD School District
Principal	William F. Roberts
Enrollment	2085
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Joe Conqueror
Color(s)	Blue, Red, and White
Newspaper	The Conqueror
Established	1958
Homepage	www.losaltoshighschool.net

Los Altos High School is a secondary school located in Hacienda Heights, California. It is one of four secondary schools in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. Its students have also won an engineering award for a solar car and also won 2 years straight at BYDV (Build Your Dream Vehicle). More Recently, the engineering students have won first place at the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in the hydrogen fuel cell division. The Los Altos Academic Decathlon Team recently ranked 4th place in Division III. Los Altos was ranked 444 in Newsweek's 2008 list of the 1,300 top U.S. public high schools.[2]

1 Football Athletics
2 Notable alumni
3 Los Altos Entertainment Unit
4 Los Altos Academy of Engineering
5 Los Altos Choirs
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Football Athletics

Los Altos High School is noted for their football team. Their team has previously been CIF champions eleven times. In games against rival team Wilson of Hacienda Heights, Los Altos has defeated Wilson 9 years straight for the wheel. The Los Altos football team lost this year to Wilson for the wheel.

Los Altos Conqueror football players cheer as they clinch a victory

[edit] Notable alumni

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Shaun Cody: Detroit Lions^{[citation needed]}
Michael Smith: NBA Star and Clippers Television Commentator^{[citation needed]}
Louis G. Kim: c/o 2005, specialist, Army. 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. Killed 2/20/07 in Ramadi, Iraq.^{[citation needed]}

The Los Altos Conqueror Entertainment Unit Marching Band stands in attention as they begin their field show.

[edit] Los Altos Entertainment Unit

The Conqueror Entertainment Unit is under the direction of Jay Laging. The Los Altos Entertainment Unit, consisting of the Band and Auxiliary, has appeared at the White House, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade, and the Fiesta Bowl Pageant, among others.^[1]

[edit] Los Altos Academy of Engineering

The Los Altos Academy of Engineering was begun by Bob Franz in 1989. Since the creation of the Academy, the program has built many solar cars, electric cars, and solar boats as well as an electric dragster, a solar cooler, and a dyno machine. They are currently working on the DARPA Grand Challenge and have just completed their hydrogen fuel cell car Infusion. The Los Altos Academy of Engineering has participated in several events including: The Solar Cup, Shell Eco-Marathon, and Build Your Dream Vehicle (BYDV).^[2]

[edit] Los Altos Choirs

The Los Altos choirs consist of LA Harmony, Men's Choir, Women's Ensemble, and Production Choir. It is currently under direction of Mr. Dwight Fitchner.