Sylmar High School

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Sylmar High School
Location
13050 Borden Ave. Sylmar, CA 91342 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1950s
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	James Lee
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,605
Color(s)	Navy Blue/Carolina Blue
Mascot	Spartans
Information	(818) 833-3700
Website	http://www.sylmarhs.org/

Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. The school mascot is the Spartans.

History

Sylmar first opened in 1961. On Friday October 19, 2012, Sylmar High will celebrate its 50th year anniversary.

Athletics

Sylmar's athletic program has flourished in the Los Angeles City Section. Particularly in football, the Spartans have won 2 City titles under former head coach Jeff Engilman in 1992 and 1994. Since then, the Spartans have had plenty of 10+ win seasons making playoffs but, have fallen short of advancing to the championship games. Jeff Engilman retired from coaching in 2003 with London Woodfin, the offensive coordinator, taking the reigns. Woodfin's first season as head coach in 2004 was a success with the team going 9-3 losing to Dorsey High School 55-13 in the playoffs. The closest Sylmar has gotten to making the championship game was in 2005 losing to Taft High School 48-28 in the Semi-Finals when Sylmar finished 12-1. Sylmar had running back CJ Gable at the time.

Notable alumni

George Wrighster, football, Jacksonville Jaguars' tight end^{[citation needed]}
Brandon Browner, football, Seattle Seahawks cornerback^{[citation needed]}
Durell Price, football^[1]
Brian Roberson, football^{[citation needed]}
Pete Redfern, baseball, pitcher^{[citation needed]}
Johnny Whitaker, actor (class of 1978)^[2]
Jeff Scott Soto, singer, rock star (class of 1983)^{[citation needed]}
CJ Gable, football (USC Trojans, New Orleans Saints, Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars)^{[citation needed]}
Adrian Lopez soccer, (Cal State Northridge, San Fernando Valley Quakes)^{[citation needed]}
Tyler Honeycutt, basketball, (Sacramento Kings)^{[citation needed]}
Marco Estrada, Baseball, (Milwaukee Brewers)^{[citation needed]}
Chuy Bravo, television personality of Chelsea Lately^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ Leech, Paige A. (December 11, 1994). "Price Gouges Crenshaw, 38-6 : City Section: Sylmar back has 166 yards, three touchdowns as Spartans win 4-A title". Los Angeles Times.
↑ TV Guide June 26-July 2, 1999. pg. 25.

External links

School website
Los Angeles Unified School District profile
"Northridge project cuts dropout rate at Sylmar High School", April 17, 2006, CSUN News (pdf)
http://sanfernandosun.com/sanfernsun/

v t e Los Angeles Unified School District District 2

High schools	Arleta East Valley Grant North Hollywood Polytechnic San Fernando Sun Valley Sylmar Verdugo Hills

Middle schools	Reed Van Nuys

Magnet schools	Van Nuys LA CES

Elementary schools	Carpenter Chandler Dixie Canyon Kester Avenue Riverside Drive

Coordinates: 34°18′25″N 118°26′28″W / 34.307°N 118.441°W / 34.307; -118.441

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